By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A salmonella outbreak tied to tainted cantaloupe has now killed eight people _ three in the U.S. and five in Canada. Health officials in both countries also reported dozens of new illnesses on Thursday. In the U.S., at least 230 people are sick and 96 have been hospitalized since
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Black people make up about 38% of Mississippi’s population. But a new study says Black women were four times more likely to die of causes directly related to pregnancy than white women in the state in 2020. The study was done by a Maternal Mortality
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The woman who accused Jonathan Majors of assaulting her in the backseat of a car broke down multiple times on the witness stand Thursday as the actor’s attorney repeatedly played a surveillance video that showed Majors lifting her up and thrusting her into the vehicle. “I
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hundreds of Californians released from prisons could receive direct cash payments of $2,400 — along with counseling, job search assistance and other support — under a first-in-the-nation program aimed at easing the transition out of incarceration and reducing recidivism. Recipients will get the money over a
Continue ReadingCNN By Kara Scannell, Jeremy Herb and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump was in court for his New York civil fraud trial on Thursday where an accounting expert sought to bolster the defense argument that company valuations are a highly subjective process. Trump cast the trial as “corrupt” in brief comments
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CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Federation’s new training center will be built in Fayetteville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta about a 30-mile drive from downtown Atlanta. The USSF announced the specific site adjacent to Trilith Studios on Thursday after saying on Sept. 15 it intended to construct a complex in the Atlanta area. Atlanta
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, JACK JEFFERY and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel has designated a small slice of mostly undeveloped land along Gaza’s Mediterranean coast as a safe zone — a place where waves of people fleeing the war can find protection from airstrikes and receive humanitarian supplies for their families.
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT and BEN FINLEY Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The suspect in the deadly shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, had a list of targets at the school and at East Carolina University in North Carolina, police said Thursday. Three faculty members were killed and a fourth was wounded by
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming officials have decided to hold off on auctioning a pristine and valuable chunk of state-owned land within Grand Teton National Park. The Wyoming Board of Land Commissioners made up of Gov. Mark Gordon and other four statewide elected officials voted 5-0 Thursday to hold off
Continue ReadingST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A St. Paul police officer was shot in a leg and a suspect was critically injured in a shooting. Police say the shooting happened Thursday afternoon. St. Paul Police Sgt. Mike Ernster says the officer was treated at a hospital and released. The suspect remained hospitalized in critical condition. The
Continue ReadingBy MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Officials say a man fired a shotgun twice outside a Jewish temple in upstate New York, then said “Free Palestine” as he was taken into custody. Gov. Kathy Hochul said no one was injured Thursday afternoon, hours before the start of Hanukkah. Police say
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Ira “Ike” Schab had just showered, put on a clean sailor’s uniform and closed his locker aboard the USS Dobbin when he heard a call for a fire rescue party. He went topside to see the USS Utah capsizing and Japanese planes
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Ira “Ike” Schab had just showered, put on a clean sailor’s uniform and closed his locker aboard the USS Dobbin when he heard a call for a fire rescue party. He went topside to see the USS Utah capsizing and Japanese planes
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Palm Springs Fire crews were able to quickly contain a fire on the roof of the Carl’s Jr. restaurant at Sunrise and Ramon Road Thursday morning. The fire was reported at around 7:40 a.m. Crews were able to contain the fire to the roof of the building. No injuries were reported. Fire officials originally said
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff issued a stark warning amid the rising tide of anti-Jewish hate in the two months since Hamas’ attack on Israel during remarks at the National Menorah lighting ceremony Thursday. “What have we seen? We’ve seen the presidents of some of our most elite universities
Continue ReadingBy Gloria Pazmino, Ethan Cohen and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — New York Democrats have nominated former Rep. Tom Suozzi for the special election to succeed expelled Republican Rep. George Santos. Suozzi represented a previous version of New York 3rd Congressional District, on the north shore of Long Island, for three terms before vacating the
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA and JIM SALTER Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer was charged Thursday with manslaughter and fleeing an officer after a police pursuit ended in a crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy who had just laid a tire deflation device on the road
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News Channel 3 invites you to help us as we team up with the California Highway Patrol to ‘Cover the Cruiser’ for CHiPs for Kids. On Thursday, CHP will host a special ‘Cover the Cruiser’ event where you can drop off a new, unwrapped toy. The special event will be held at the Walter Clark
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Lauren Fox, Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN A critical annual defense policy bill that lawmakers are pushing to pass before the end of the year will include a short-term extension of a controversial law that permits warrantless surveillance of foreign nationals. The issue has set up a leadership test for House Speaker
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