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The longest, strangest trip: Some psychedelic drug users are stuck with unwelcome highs
LOS ANGELES — A.J. took two small hits off a cannabis vape pen, a common ritual with his morning coffee. Moments after exhaling, a transfigured, kaleidoscopic version of the world emerged before his eyes.
“Some colors are seeping into the other colors,” the 30-year-old said, gesturing across his art-filled living room in Yorba Linda. “...Read more
Former Fulton inmate lawsuit blames Fulton County, sheriff's office, for stabbing
A former Fulton County Jail inmate who says he was stabbed 13 times in the jail is suing the county and the Fulton Sheriff’s Office alleging they are responsible for the dangerous conditions in the jail.
The legal complaint, filed on Wednesday on behalf of Michael Horton, said the jail cell doors were left unlocked and just one guard was ...Read more
Jury awards $1.8 million to family of man who died in San Diego County jail 10 years ago
SAN DIEGO — The family of a man who died in a San Diego County jail more than 10 years ago has been awarded almost $2 million from a federal jury that blamed the Sheriff's Department's jail nursing staff for failing to prevent the fatal drug overdose.
Ronnie Sandoval was sweating profusely throughout his hourslong booking process, but the ...Read more
Analysis: Trump lurches into vacuum created by Biden's days of silence on campus protests
WASHINGTON — Protests on college campuses related to the Israel-Hamas war and humanitarian crisis inside Gaza that turned violent this week handed President Joe Biden a political headache and former President Donald Trump a new attack line. The unrest showed the risks of being the incumbent and allowed Trump to — once again — push his ...Read more
What's next for Cal Poly Humboldt students, faculty and administration after campus protest?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Naomi Schumichen was on the phone with her sister on April 22, taking a walk around the Cal Poly Humboldt campus for fresh, coastal air. She heard shouting from Siemens Hall, and noticed an unusual number of police officers starting to swarm the building.
She watched as a growing number of protesters began chanting for an...Read more
UK Tories drop bid to oust Sunak after he avoids election wipeout
Rishi Sunak looks likely to lead the Conservative Party into the U.K. general election due this year after internal critics called off a planned effort to depose him after the local elections.
Support among Tory lawmakers for a move to replace Sunak has not materialized after early results showed the party performing in line with low ...Read more
Israel-Hamas war lifts profile of Erdogan opponent in Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is coming under pressure over his tricky balancing act regarding Israel, with an increasingly popular and vocal opponent calling for the closing of a NATO defense system allegedly used to support the Jewish State.
Islamist politician Fatih Erbakan this week added his voice to those demanding the shutdown ...Read more
People can't be detained just for trying to avoid police, California Supreme Court says
LOS ANGELES — Police officers cannot detain someone on the street just because that person tries to avoid contact with them, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
The decision has immediate implications for police officers working all across the state, restricting the grounds under which they can stop and hold people for questioning. ...Read more
NYC mayor: Columbia should have taken action when first tent went up
NEW YORK — New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams said there should be zero tolerance of encampments on college campuses in protest of the Israel-Hamas war.
“When protests cross the line and go into an area of violence, destruction of property, that is no longer protest,” Adams said Thursday on CNBC’s Squawk Box. “That’s not what ...Read more
'Someone stole her dreams': An alleged serial killer in Mexico killed her niece, Orange County woman says
LOS ANGELES — Cassandra Calles heard a strange noise coming from her daughter's bedroom.
The 38-year-old mother had just returned to her apartment that she shared with her two teenage daughters in the La Cruz neighborhood in the Iztacalco borough of Mexico City. When she opened the door to her daughter's room, she saw a man standing over her ...Read more
Millions were booted from Medicaid. The insurers that run it gained Medicaid revenue anyway
Private Medicaid health plans lost millions of members in the past year as pandemic protections that prohibited states from dropping anyone from the government program expired.
But despite Medicaid’s unwinding, as it’s known, at least two of the five largest publicly traded companies selling plans have continued to increase revenue from the...Read more
Ancient shells -- found in American West -- may have been used as trumpets, study says
If you were standing on the edge of a canyon in the San Juan Basin of the Colorado Plateau about 1,200 years ago, you may have heard a loud, distant sound reverberating off the rock faces and ricocheting across the desert.
Like the gong of a bell or the deep tone of a ship’s horn, the sound would be a rich single note cutting through the dry ...Read more
As court overturns a California's lot-splitting law, SB 9, one early adopter asks why
LOS ANGELES — Sam Andreano is currently putting the finishes touches on his split-lot property in Whittier. He's a guinea pig for state Senate Bill 9, a housing law that allows homeowners to divvy up their properties and build two or even four units on a once-single-family lot.
Andreano, 59, was one of SB 9's earliest adopters. He bought a ...Read more
Pro-Palestine protesters at Rutgers reach deal with school, close encampment
Pro-Palestine protesters took down and cleared their encampment at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., on Thursday after agreeing to a deal with the school’s administration.
University president Jonathan Holloway had issued an ultimatum giving the protesters until 4 p.m. to dismantle the encampment and disperse, or face trespassing ...Read more
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Boston marathon bombing case moves ahead, feds won't appeal
BOSTON — In a simple sentence, federal prosecutors announced they would abide by an appeals court ruling and take another look to see if the Boston Marathon bomber deserves another death penalty trial.
“This letter is to inform the Court that the government will not be seeking panel rehearing or rehearing en banc of the decision in this ...Read more
NYPD officer fired gun in Columbia's Hamilton Hall; DA investigating
NEW YORK — An officer fired off his gun inside Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall during the NYPD raid Tuesday, police sources said.
A spokesperson with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office Thursday confirmed the office’s Police Accountability Unit had opened a probe into the shooting.
The officers with the NYPD’s Emergency ...Read more
Vitti calls on leaders to target edible marijuana use by students in school
The head of Michigan's largest school district is calling on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and a host of federal, state and local elected leaders to enact immediate policy changes to address the rise of edible marijuana use among underage high school students.
Nikolai Vitti, superintendent of Detroit Public Schools Community ...Read more
At a California federal prison tainted by sex-abuse scandal, all of the prisoners have been cleared out
DUBLIN, Calif. — All of the women who used to live behind the bars at the notorious Federal Correctional Institute of Dublin — where guards and other officials engaged in repeated sexual abuse of inmates — are now in other correctional facilities, federal officials said Thursday.
"All women have been successfully transferred to other ... ...Read more
Huawei secretly backs US research, awarding millions in prizes
WASHINGTON — Huawei Technologies Co., the Chinese telecommunications giant blacklisted by the U.S., is secretly funding cutting-edge research at American universities including Harvard through an independent Washington-based foundation.
Huawei is the sole funder of a research competition that has awarded millions of dollars since its ...Read more
Long Beach health officials declare tuberculosis outbreak a public health emergency
LOS ANGELES — Long Beach officials declared a public health emergency Thursday afternoon after one person died and nine others were hospitalized because of a tuberculosis outbreak in the city.
The city's chief health officer, Dr. Anissa Davis, said the outbreak was localized to a single-room occupancy hotel, which health officials declined to...Read more
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- As court overturns a California's lot-splitting law, SB 9, one early adopter asks why
- Ancient shells -- found in American West -- may have been used as trumpets, study says
- Pro-Palestine protesters at Rutgers reach deal with school, close encampment
- Huawei secretly backs US research, awarding millions in prizes
- Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Boston marathon bombing case moves ahead, feds won't appeal
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