Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Planned Parenthoods are challenging the state over a new law that kicked the organization out of the Medicaid program. Planned Parenthood Great Plains and Planned Parenthood Great Rivers said Monday that they are filing complaints with the state’s Administrative Hearing Commission. At issue is a new law to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Latinas contributed $1.3 trillion to the U.S. gross domestic product in 2021, up from $661 billion in 2010 and at a growth rate nearly triple that of non-Latinos during the same time period, according to a new report funded by Bank of America and conducted by professors at California Lutheran University and UCLA.
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is putting out yet another climate SOS to the world. This time he says those initials stand for “save our seas” as he tours vulnerable Pacific island nations getting hit extra hard by rising sea level. Reports on Monday from the United Nations
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court has cleared the way for Florida to enforce a ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Monday’s decision blocks a lower court order against the ban while the matter is appealed. The 2-1 decision was issued by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. The law that
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Democrats, with the backing of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, on Monday sued to block controversial new election rules in Georgia that they warned could lead to post-election “chaos” in the presidential battleground state in November. The lawsuit, filed in Georgia state court by the Democratic National Committee, the
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that the arrest in France of the CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, wasn’t a political move but part of an independent investigation. Durov was detained Saturday at Le Bourget airport in a judicial inquiry opened last month involving 12 alleged criminal violations,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A pack of four-legged therapists that helps calm airport travelers are getting a break of their own. Members of the Wagging Tails Brigade of therapy dogs were honored on Monday at Philadelphia International Airport. The event marks five years that the dogs have been dutifully working in the airport’s corridors.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mariah Carey’s mother Patricia and sister Alison both died on the same day, the singer said Monday. “My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend. Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day,” the Grammy-winning singer said
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The city of Los Angeles will pay $38.2 million to settle a 2017 lawsuit after “falsely” stating on federal documents that its multifamily affordable housing units built with federal funds were accessible for people with disabilities. The complaint was filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of
Continue ReadingCalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom’s letter to Oakland city leaders last month urging them to change the city’s policy on police vehicle chases seemed out of the ordinary: a governor weighing in forcefully on a somewhat-obscure element of local policing. But it’s part of a larger, slowly unfolding effort to exert state influence on law enforcement
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Artist Aaron Allen Marner will serve as the Grand Marshal for the 2024 Greater Palm Springs Pride Parade, organizers announced. Marner is a Palm Springs-based artist known for his vibrant and thought-provoking artwork. Organizers said he is recognized for his advocacy for social justice and contributions to the arts community. A Phoenix native who now
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Calling all job seekers! Your next opportunity may be getting ready to take flight at the Palm Springs International Airport. PSP is hosting its 4th annual job fair this Tuesday, Aug. 27 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The airport along with its partners are hoping to fill about 200 positions ahead of the Coachella
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Rams linebacker Ernest Jones did not practice Monday after being given permission to seek a trade. Jones took to social media on Sunday to clarify that he never requested a trade, posting on X before deleting it. Coach Sean McVay confirmed Jones’ statement and said discussions with
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Pushing boundaries and going fast was always in the sporting DNAs of cyclists Ashton Lambie and Chris Birch, whether it was speeding around velodromes or across the gravel backroads of the Great Plains. Ultimately, they had hoped to compete in the Tokyo Olympics three years ago. When that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ski season is still at least several months away, but the unusually cold storm that frosted West Coast mountain peaks late last week brought a hint of winter in August. The calendar briefly skipped ahead to November as the system dropped out of the Gulf of Alaska, down through
Continue ReadingCNN By Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith is arguing to revive his office’s classified documents case against Donald Trump with a vigorous defense of its authority in the first formal filing since Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the criminal case last month. In a brief filed with the 11th US
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer Sean “Diddy” Combs asked a federal judge Monday to throw out a lawsuit from a music producer who accused the music mogul of a broad pattern of sexual abuse and other misconduct. The lawsuit filed in February by Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones — one of many filed against Combs in the past
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer Sean “Diddy” Combs asked a federal judge Monday to throw out a lawsuit from a music producer who accused the music mogul of a broad pattern of sexual abuse and other misconduct. The lawsuit filed in February by Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones — one of many filed against Combs in the past
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith is arguing to revive his office’s classified documents case against Donald Trump with a vigorous defense of its authority in the first formal filing since Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the criminal case last month. In a brief filed with the 11th US Circuit
Continue ReadingKPNX, FACEBOOK, TAMARA MORALESGRAND CANYON NPSLATRICIA MIMBSBINGCARLY VANDERHORST JOHNSON AZ NATIONAL GUARD, CNN, Facebook/Tamara MoralesGrand Canyon NPSLatricia MimbsBINGCarly Vanderhorst Johnson AZ National Guard By Rebekah Riess, Zoe Sottile, Chris Boyette and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — The body of a missing hiker was recovered along the Colorado River on Sunday after flash flooding in Grand
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