By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer U.S. health officials say the death toll from outbreak of fungal meningitis tied to surgical procedures in a city along the U.S.-Mexico border has risen to six. More than 200 patients could be at risk of fungal meningitis after having surgical procedures in Matamoros, which is across the
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Soccer players in Italy will be banned from wearing No. 88 on their jerseys as part of a new initiative combating antisemitism. The No. 88 is a numerical code for “Heil Hitler.” A fan wearing a Lazio shirt with the name “Hitlerson” and the No. 88 on it was banned for life
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s Parliament is poised to open a bicameral commission of inquiry into the 1883 disappearance of the teenage daughter of a Vatican employee. If that happens, it would be the third new investigation launched since Emanuela Orlandi vanished on the streets of Rome. A Senate committee on
Continue ReadingBy KENNY CHOI Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Each year, thousands of people from across the country and world come together to cycle from San Francisco to Los Angeles. It’s called the AIDS/LifeCycle. The annual event that raises millions for HIV and AIDS services. The riders look after one
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Alyssa Thomas has kept the Connecticut Sun competitive with her all-around play. She has found ways to increase her productivity with Connecticut center Brionna Jones sidelined for the remainder of the season because of a ruptured Achilles’ tendon. Thomas now owns the WNBA record for triple-doubles after posting her
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Former U.S. Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy says he will seek the 2024 Republican nomination to challenge Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester as the Democrat tries to secure a fourth term. The 37-year-old founder of a Bozeman-based aerial firefighting company announced his campaign on Tuesday. This is
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Nicolas Coster, actor veterano recordado por su trabajo en los dramas diurnos “Santa Barbara” y “Another World”, murió el lunes 26 de junio, anunció su hija en una publicación de Facebook. Tenía 89. “Con gran tristeza estoy publicando esto”, escribió Dinneen Coster. “Nicolas Coster falleció esta noche en un hospital de Florida.
Continue ReadingBy MELINA WALLING, MELISSA WINDER and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region, and in parts of the central and eastern United States. The Environmental Protection Agency’s AirNow.gov site showed parts of
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA STARRANTINO Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — An East Bay toddler is recovering in the hospital after being hit by a commercial truck earlier this month while riding a bicycle in a crosswalk and his family was able to thank a bystander who sprung into action to help
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on four companies involved in “gold dealing” and one person they say made “weapons deals” tied to the Wagner Group. The announcement of the sanctions comes days after the short-lived mutiny led by the head of the mercenary group’s leader, Yevegny
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — A brutal heat wave is expanding across Texas and the South this week, impacting millions of Americans with triple-digit temperatures and extreme humidity that is cranking up the heat index, making it feel hotter than 110 degrees in some of the region’s most populous cities. But forecasters are warning
Continue ReadingANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Former captain Ryan Getzlaf has been named the Anaheim Ducks’ player development coordinator. Getzlaf served as Anaheim’s captain for 12 seasons. He is also the all-time leading scorer in franchise history, with 1,019 points. In his new role, Getzlaf will assist Director of Player Development Jim Johnson in working to prepare
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press NFL running back Leonard Fournette appears to have avoided injury after his car caught fire while he was driving on a freeway. Fournette posted a video to Instagram where he showed his burned vehicle on the side of the highway. Fournette doesn’t speak in the video but the short video shows
Continue ReadingBy MARLEE GINTER Click here for updates on this story DAVIS, California (KOVR) — A local woman is learning what it’s like to live on Mars right now and she didn’t even have to leave Earth. Alyssa Shannon is an Advanced Practice Nurse with UC Davis Health. She was one of only four people selected
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LARGE Click here for updates on this story FOLSOM, California (KOVR) — It’s a different kind of high-pressure situation. Folsom police are investigating whether a pressure washer was used as a deadly weapon during a fight that left a man bloody and beaten. Dispatch audio describes the scary scene that was called into
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said that the Chinese military was “stronger” at the end of Donald Trump’s presidency and accused the former president of being “singularly focused” on trade with China while he was in office. “China was military stronger – militarily stronger – when President Trump
Continue ReadingBy Mick Krever, Mariya Knight, Ben Wedeman and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN (CNN) — Russian missiles struck the busy city center of the east Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk and a nearby village on Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, according to Ukrainian officials. A 17-year-old girl was among those killed, and an eight-month-old
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — It’s been called an eyesore and a safety hazard, and on Tuesday, Tinley Park leaders said they want the state to take action to sell a former health facility. For about a decade, village leaders said the building standing on 280 acres
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The St. Louis Blues have acquired center Kevin Hayes from the Philadelphia Flyers for a sixth-round pick in the 2024 draft. Hayes gives the retooling Blues depth down the middle as they try to return to the playoffs next season. The 31-year-old is a veteran of
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Spirits maker Diageo has cut ties with Sean “Diddy” Combs, ending a lucrative 15-year partnership that recently culminated in a racial discrimination lawsuit. The music mogul charged that Diageo had neglected and underpromoted his DeLeón tequila, dismissing it as an “urban” product in its marketing, in
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