By PHIL MARCELLO NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s largest nursing strike in decades is poised to end after more than 4,000 nurses seeking better staffing and job security at NewYork-Presbyterian reached a tentative contract agreement with management early Friday. The New York State Nurses Association said union negotiators and administrators at the last of three…
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SACRAMENTO — I sometimes prattle about a proverbial $1 million tax on poodles as a way to illustrate the counterproductive nature of many tax proposals. This is an ideal analogy for Los Angeles’ Measure ULA, the “mansion tax” that voters in 2022 approved by a wide margin. It has had the same, negative effect as that…
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s directing the Pentagon and other government agencies to identify and release files related to extraterrestrials and UFOs because of “tremendous interest.” Trump made the announcement in a social media post hours after he accused former President Barack Obama of disclosing “classified…
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Q: I was pleased to read that funding is in place to keep the Balboa Island ferries running. Where will the new ferries be built? We like to take out-of-town visitors to lunch, which include a no-frills cruise. – Ron Lesovsky, Huntington Beach A: Excellent choice of fun, Ron. You reminded Honk to get his…
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By YURAS KARMANAU TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Even now, safely in her new home of Estonia, Inna Vnukova says she can’t purge the terrifying memory of living under Russian occupation in eastern Ukraine early in the war and her family’s harrowing escape. They hid in a damp basement for days in their village of Kudriashivka…
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The under-development Great Park Cultural Terrace lost a tenant this week, with Orange County Music and Dance leaders deciding to build a new facility elsewhere in Irvine. OCMD’s board of directors were in agreement at their recent meeting that the nonprofit youth performing arts school should drop plans to build at the Great Park for…
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By JON GAMBRELL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia could have some form of uranium enrichment within the kingdom under a proposed nuclear deal with the United States, congressional documents and an arms control group suggest, raising proliferation concerns as an atomic standoff between Iran and America continues. U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and…
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By ISABELLA O’MALLEY and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions in North America kicked off 2026 with bitterly cold temperatures, with many saying it’s been years since they’ve experienced such frigid winter weather. “Pipes that never froze on me for 15 years froze,” said Chris Ferro, 58, from Brooklyn, New York, about the abnormally cold…
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer For years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children’s mental health through deliberate design choices that addict kids to their platforms and fail to protect them from sexual predators and dangerous content. Now, these tech giants are getting a chance to make their case in courtrooms…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The navies of El Salvador and Mexico announced drug seizures in the Pacific Ocean this week of more than 10 tonnes of cocaine, in contrast to deadly strikes by the U.S. government that just this week left 11 people dead on three boats suspected of carrying drugs in Latin American waters.…
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