This year’s deadline to file claims for PACT Act benefits through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is fast approaching for military Veterans and their families. The PACT Act was signed into law two years ago on Aug. 20, 2022, expanding VA health care and benefits for Veterans exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange, and other toxic substances.
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber are back in the lineup for the Philadelphia Phillies — count Harper in for the All-Star Game, too — just in time for a series against Los Angeles in a matchup of National League division leaders. Harper and Schwarber were both injured late in
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The Board of Supervisors today signed off on an official response to a Riverside County Grand Jury report that identified defects in the 911 system that surfaced during a massive storm, with the county in disagreement with the jury in most instances. The 19-member civil grand jury earlier this year published a report based
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday clung onto the Democratic nomination on a high-stakes day in Washington, but the risks of his refusal to step aside were laid bare when one of his party’s senators warned on CNN that Donald Trump could win in a “landslide.” Biden’s stubbornness
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — Iran is attempting to covertly stoke protests in the United States related to the conflict in Gaza, US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said in a statement on Tuesday, posing as activists online and, in some cases, providing financial support to protesters. “I want to be clear that I know
Continue ReadingROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The commander of the New Hampshire Air National Guard has died in a hit-and-run crash. Police say Brig. Gen. John Pogorek was securing a load on his trailer on the side of the road in the city of Rochester on Monday night when he was struck by an SUV that kept
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — A drunken driver who snapped a photo showing he was speeding at 141 mph before a deadly crash in England has been sentenced to 17 years in prison. Darryl Anderson was sentenced Tuesday for the May 31 crash that killed little Zackary Blades and his aunt, Karlene Warner. Anderson pleaded
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The sky was crystal clear as Oksana Femeniuk took her daughter to Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital for routine dialysis. Around 10 a.m, air-raid sirens blared. Sixteen-year old Solomiia was undergoing the treatment that required her to sit still for up to five hours and could not be interrupted. Her
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Two France rugby players have been arrested in Argentina on sexual assault allegations. Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou were arrested in Buenos Aires on a request from prosecutors in Mendoza after a formal complaint was filed against them, Martín Ahumada, spokesman for the provincial Public Prosecutor’s Office, said Tuesday. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s elections administrator says the state elections commission will meet this week to discuss how to implement a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that once again allowed for unstaffed absentee ballot drop boxes to be used in the battleground state. The Wisconsin Elections Commission will meet on Thursday to discuss
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Caitlin Clark leads Angel Reese in the race for WNBA Rookie of the Year honors at the midpoint of the season, according to a national panel of voters who also rank the AP Power Poll each week. Clark and Reese have garnered national attention with record-setting rookie seasons
Continue ReadingAP Auto Racing Writer John Force has left a Virginia hospital to move to a rehabilitation center closer to his home in California and the NHRA great celebrated the news by taking his daughter for ice cream on her birthday. Brittany Force wrote on social media the stroll outside the hospital — Force appears to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille and Haiti’s police chief visited the capital’s largest hospital, after authorities said they took control of the medical institution over the weekend from armed gangs. Police Chief Normil Rameau told a news conference that police took control of the Hospital of the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Security Council members are confronting Russia over a missile strike that destroyed part of Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital. Russia denies responsibility for the strike. Several council members poured out condemnations on Tuesday at an emergency meeting chaired by Moscow’s own ambassador. France and Ecuador asked for the session,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The pier built by the U.S. military to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza will be reinstalled Wednesday to be used for several days, but then the plan is to pull it out permanently, several U.S. officials said. It would deal the final blow to a project long plagued by bad
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials in Pakistan say volunteers have found the body of a Japanese climber who died while trying to descend from one of the highest mountains in the country. A local police chief said Tuesday the body of 64-year-old Hiroshi Onishi was brought down from the 7,027-meter Spantik Peak, also
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Tareq El Helou, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Lauren Kent, Tamar Michaelis and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — An Israeli airstrike hit a school complex housing displaced people in southern Gaza and killed at least 27 people on Tuesday, local health officials said, in the fourth such attack in as many
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley is releasing the delegates she won during this year’s Republican primary so that they’re free to support Donald Trump at next week’s convention. Haley on Tuesday opted to release her 97 delegates won across a dozen primaries and caucuses earlier this year. The former South Carolina governor
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The City of Palm Springs voted to pass an ordinance that will establish a process for reducing homeless encampments on public property in a 3-2 vote at the city council meeting tonight. The city sites public health and safety issues as the reason behind the ordinance that will prohibit anyone to sit, lie, or sleep
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Donna Vekic had thought a couple of times about quitting tennis, like when she struggled to get back to her best after knee surgery in 2021. Now she’s happy she stuck with it. The 28-year-old Croatian reached her first Grand Slam semifinal in her 43rd appearance at a major
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