Elected officials call for independent investigation into hanging death of black man in Palmdale
LOS ANGELES -- Two state officials have joined a Los Angeles County supervisor in calling on California Atty. Gen. Xavier ... Read More
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In coronavirus era, why are we at war over face masks?
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- California's Orange County health officer resigned this week after protests at her house over her mask mandate. Fresno, Riverside and San Bernardino counties softened theirs after push-back. President ...Read more
Chile appoints new health minister amid coronavirus chaos
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Chilean President Sebastian Pinera fired health minister Jaime Manalich on Saturday, because of public anger about perceived poor management of the coronavirus pandemic.
Pinera swore in Enrique ...Read more
GOP Sen. Joni Ernst trails Democrat in key Iowa contest
WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, up for reelection in Iowa, narrowly trails Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield, according to a Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll released on Saturday.
Greenfield, a Des ...Read more
Florida reports 3,400 kids with coronavirus; 10 stricken with severe illness
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- With summer camps opening around the state, health officials just shared a report detailing new coronavirus infections among children.
These statistics show 37,211 children have been swabbed, and ...Read more
A unity mural by Chicago artists was painted over the night after it was finished
CHICAGO -- Seven black and Latino artists joined forces Saturday to paint a mural to represent unity between the two communities and to nourish the Black Lives Matter movement.
The artists spent hours painting a portrait ...Read more
Study finds mask-wearing prevented tens of thousands of infections
NEW YORK -- Recommending that people wear protective face masks has prevented tens of thousands of coronavirus infections, according to researchers who assessed the effects of the measure in New York, Italy and Wuhan.
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Erika Shields had been Atlanta's police chief for 3½ years
ATLANTA -- A veteran of the Atlanta police department, Erika Shields was former Mayor Kasim Reed's choice to take over as chief in December 2016. She became the second woman to serve as the city's top cop after the ...Read more
Flying now: Not so crowded, not so germy, not so friendly
LOS ANGELES -- Once, on a flight over Cuba, aboard a rattletrap former Soviet military aircraft, I sat in escalating alarm as the cabin filled with a weird mist.
Another time, sitting on Shepherd II, the press plane ...Read more
LAPD packed arrested protesters in confined space for hours, heightening coronavirus risk
LOS ANGELES -- After spending months closely observing health officials' warnings about the dangers of the coronavirus, Stephanie Van Sickel had a decision to make as protesters marched through downtown L.A. late last ...Read more
Florida tops 3,000 coronavirus deaths; surge adds 2,581 cases in a day
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Florida reported a new coronavirus death toll of 3,016 people on Saturday, including an increase of 49 fatalities in the past 24 hours.
At the same time, the Department of Health said 2,581 people...Read more
A Boise church 'repents' and will remove a Confederate icon. Are others in Idaho next?
BOISE, Idaho -- One of Boise's largest churches is removing a controversial reminder of Idaho's connections to the Confederacy -- a stained-glass window featuring Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
The Cathedral of the ...Read more
Hollywood is reopening with detailed new rules for productions amid COVID-19
LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood's unions have published a detailed breakdown of guidelines that television and film productions will be expected to follow in coming months as the industry works to get back on its feet after a ...Read more
From apartment windows, livestreamers on Seattle's Capitol Hill document for history and accountability
SEATTLE -- Ethan Jack Harrington poured himself a glass of whiskey, walked up to the rooftop of the Capitol Hill apartment building he manages, and finally relaxed.
The sea of protesters and the lines of police and ...Read more
Gov. Newsom's election order blocked after Republicans sue over his emergency powers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A California judge on Friday suspended an executive order from Gov. Gavin Newsom that tells counties how to conduct a vote-by-mail election this November, temporarily blocking one of the emergency ...Read more
Police identify woman who went on anti-Asian tirades at Torrance, Calif., park
LOS ANGELES -- Police in Torrance identified the woman at the center of a social media storm over racist, anti-Asian tirades caught on video as Long Beach resident Lena Hernandez, 56.
On Wednesday, Hernandez berated two ...Read more
In wake of 737 Max crashes, Senate proposal would strengthen FAA oversight of Boeing plane designs
A proposed bill to tighten controls on how federal aviation safety regulators oversee and approve Boeing's design of new jets has been hammered out by a Senate committee after backroom negotiations and a pressure campaign ...Read more
Judge bars Seattle police from using tear gas, force against nonviolent protesters
SEATTLE -- A federal judge in Seattle has found evidence that the Seattle Police Department used excessive force and violated the free-speech rights of thousands of demonstrators, and has issued a temporary restraining ...Read more
After forbidding employees from wearing Black Lives Matter symbolism, Starbucks offers its own tamer version
Just two years after Starbucks faced a high-profile reckoning over how Black people are treated in its stores, the coffee giant is facing more backlash for its ban on employees wearing Black Lives Matter symbols at work, ...Read more
Old polio vaccine could offer some protection from coronavirus, University of Maryland experts expect
BALTIMORE -- Scientists including a prominent University of Maryland virologist plan to test an old polio vaccine that they believe could provide temporary protection from COVID-19 as labs around the world work on specific...Read more
Americans are having less sex now than they did 20 years ago, study concludes
As if we didn't have enough to worry about, a new study reports that Americans are having less sex now than they did at the turn of the century.
Not only are more adults experiencing dry spells that last a year or more, ...Read more
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