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Nursing home beds are becoming more scarce
The San Vicente de Paúl Nursing Home in the South Bronx hasn’t admitted a patient since December 2024. ArchCare, which operates the facility, has reduced its capacity from 120 available beds to 53 and plans to shrink it further.
Another ArchCare nursing home, on Staten Island, has shut down a full floor. North of the city, in Dutchess County...Read more
Nearly 100 new laws take effect in Conn. this week: Guns, artificial intelligence, facial recognition, ICE and more
From artificial intelligence to guns to facial recognition, nearly 100 new state laws will take effect this week that will directly impact Connecticut residents.
The new laws are designed to prevent arrests by federal agents at places of worship, schools and hospitals without a warrant, along with providing protections on data privacy and the ...Read more
Insurance coverage lags as cancer science, treatment move forward
Eighteen months after his initial diagnosis, chemotherapy hadn’t slowed 21-year-old Mason Henderson’s rare brain tumor, which had spread to his spinal fluid. So he left his home in southeastern Texas to spend three weeks in a clinical trial in New York City.
But that failed, too, leaving a murky path for Henderson, whose cancer was so rare ...Read more
Newsom signs bills aimed at protecting LGBTQ people, citing Trump administration attacks
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills Saturday that increases protections for LGBTQ people in California, saying the legislation was needed because of recent moves by the Trump administration that threaten that support.
One of the six bills would provide housing, employment and other help to service members discharged from the U.S. ...Read more
Woman recounts attack by sea lion off California coast. 'Like a horror movie'
A paddleboarding excursion in the Pacific Ocean off California turned terrifying for one woman when a sea lion yanked her into the water, according to news reports.
“I was like, ‘what, what’s happening,’ it was like a horror movie,” Heather Gray told KNTV.
Gray, of Capitola, was paddleboarding between Capitola Wharf and Privates ...Read more
New California safety laws tighten commercial rules after Lineage fire in Boyle Heights
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed bills that create new rules for the state's industrial companies following a massive fire at a cold storage facility in Los Angeles' Boyle Heights neighborhood in June.
Business groups and some Republican lawmakers opposed the bills, arguing that it could drive up prices for companies and, ultimately, ...Read more
A Democrat for governor in red Texas? Some North Texans optimistic about the odds
Some Dallas-Fort Worth voters are optimistic about Democrat Gina Hinojosa’s odds of winning her bid for governor against incumbent Greg Abbott, despite the Republicans’ decades-long grip on the state.
The state representative from Austin was in Arlington on Sunday as part of a North Texas swing in the lead up to Election Day on Nov. 3. ...Read more
AI is changing higher education. Here's how California schools are responding
Some are enthusiasts. Some are skeptics. And some are both. But everyone in the higher education world — students, staff, faculty and administrators — seems to agree that artificial intelligence is having and will continue to have a transformative impact on teaching, learning, research and work.
As this new technology enters classrooms, ...Read more
Russia hits Ukraine data centers in barrage that killed six
Russian airstrikes overnight and early Sunday killed at least six people across Ukraine and targeted a number of major data centers in Kyiv, officials said.
Three people were killed in the Zaporizhzhia region and a man died in Kyiv as a result of strikes, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X. Civilian infrastructure, including ...Read more
Nor'easter to linger around Massachusetts coast through Monday
After a soggy weekend, the Boston region can expect more wind and rain but less intense conditions as the nor’easter lingers through Monday before conditions begin to dry out Tuesday, according to National Weather Service forecasts.
“The nor’easter is actually sitting off the coast of New Jersey right now,” said NWS meteorologist Torry ...Read more
Thousands flock to interfaith march in San Diego to proclaim dignity for immigrants
Thousands of San Diegans of several faiths marched by Balboa Park on Sunday to call for the dignity of migrants and refugees as the Trump administration’s roundups of immigrants have recently reached new highs.
The afternoon event, under a bright gray sky that shed occasional bouts of rain, evoked vibes of a 1960s peace march.
Musicians ...Read more
Miami's plans for Cuba's 'day after' revisit thorny questions about money, reconciliation
As President Donald Trump mused about “taking Cuba” earlier this year, the question that has hovered over the exile community for decades — what happens the day after Cuba’s communist regime falls — suddenly gained urgency, sparking an intense planning effort in Miami for a future transition whose contours are still unclear.
Prominent...Read more
The birding boom has a smartphone dilemma
When I first met my husband, I was astounded that he could glimpse a bird flitting among trees 50 yards away and identify it with the confidence of someone looking at a field guide. “Cardinal,” he’d say, as we flew down the highway, after a flash of red appeared for a split second.
It seemed impossible. Was he making these identifications...Read more
Apparent double murder-suicide that left family of 3 dead in San Diego revives questions over VA wait times
SAN DIEGO — No one can know what happened inside the house on Boulder Lake Avenue in the hours before the Voight family was found dead earlier this month.
San Diego police are still investigating the shootings, and suspect a decorated war veteran shot and killed his wife and daughter, then turned the gun on himself.
Relatives say Amy Voight ...Read more
Trump says he expects renewed Iran talks this week, Axios says
President Donald Trump said he expects talks with Iran to resume this week, even after rejecting the latest Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Axios reported, citing a phone interview with the president.
Trump said the deal Iran wants is something that the U.S. might have agreed to about a year ago, adding that Iran has overplayed...Read more
A new flash point in the Iran war: The narrow strait called the 'Gate of Tears'
To visit Bab el-Mandeb is to understand that old adage about looks being deceiving. For this humble fishing village in Yemen, a tumbledown grouping of barely-there huts nestled between the water and an imposing mountain range, stands sentinel over one of the world's most vital waterways.
The village shares its name with the Bab el-Mandeb Strait...Read more
Heavy winds, rains pound NYC as nor'easter rages on
The powerful nor’easter that has flooded streets across New York City and multiple states and sent trees crashing to the ground is expected to continue Sunday, with strong winds and heavy rains continuing through the day.
The storm is expected to bring heavy winds until noon Sunday and a coastal flooding warning remains in effect in New York ...Read more
Burnham hints at new UK taxes to fund major reform to elder care
U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham displayed a willingness to take on one of the toughest policy traps in British policies by pledging to overhaul care for the elderly. He also indicated he may introduce new taxes to pay for it.
For years successive British prime ministers have tried and failed to improve the means-tested adult social-care ...Read more
A Philly woman won a NASA contest to design a food system for astronauts on Mars
A 25-year-old Philadelphia woman won the $300,000 first prize in a NASA competition to design food systems to improve how astronauts eat in space, and eventually how they will eat on Mars, the space agency announced Thursday.
Chinyere “Chichi” Ukeje, a native of Bowie, Md., now living with her husband in Northeast Philadelphia, submitted a ...Read more
LA voting rights groups mobilize to counter possible November election disruption
The once simple message "Get out the vote" now has a corollary: "Protect the vote."
That message was hammered home Saturday for dozens of voting rights groups, community organizations and unions attending a rally to recruit and train poll watchers for the November election.
Organizers for several groups brought together under the banner of ...Read more
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- Newsom signs bills aimed at protecting LGBTQ people, citing Trump administration attacks
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- Woman recounts attack by sea lion off California coast. 'Like a horror movie'
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- A Democrat for governor in red Texas? Some North Texans optimistic about the odds





