By TOM KRISHER DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators have stepped up a series of investigations into engine fires that have plagued Hyundai and Kia vehicles for more than six years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says a new engineering analysis investigation covers more than 3 million vehicles from the 2011 through 2016…
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MORRO BAY — A shark that killed a man off the coast of central California on Christmas Eve was likely a great white, an official said. The man was pulled from the waves near Morro Bay on Friday after a surfer saw him face down in the water with a boogie board floating nearby. He…
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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and ANDREW MELDRUM JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The legacy of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s activism for equality continues to reverberate among young South Africans, many of whom were not born when the clergyman battled apartheid. South Africa is holding a week of mourning for Tutu, who died Sunday at the age of 90. Tutu…
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By Samantha Young, Kaiser Health News About 1 in 8 Californians who have died from coronavirus-related causes lived in nursing homes. In total, 9,400 people who have died during the pandemic have lived in nursing homes; there have also been 56,275 confirmed COVID-19 cases among nursing home residents that weren’t fatal. “The number of COVID…
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The first thing you might notice about Dr. Mark Colon is the tennis shoes. They don’t match; one is white, one is black. Children see it right away, which is exactly why Colon, a pediatrician, wears them. When Colon’s patients see the mismatched shoes, they lose their fear. They’re not seeing the doctor anymore, just the…
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By STAN CHOE NEW YORK (AP) — Few had heard of Engine No. 1 until it shocked corporate America this year by pushing Exxon Mobil to revamp its board of directors, in part to focus more on clean energy. Now it’s bringing its active-ownership approach to the world of stock index funds, which sit at…
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PHILADELPHIA – Giants captain Saquon Barkley did not speak to the media postgame on Sunday after being held to 32 rushing yards on 15 carries by the Philadelphia Eagles. Devontae Booker, who has been the Giants’ best running back this season, stepped forward as the only non-quarterback to speak for a horrendous offensive performance. “I…
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By JAKE BLEIBERG DALLAS (AP) — Sarah Weddington, a Texas lawyer who as a 26-year-old successfully argued the landmark abortion rights case Roe v. Wade before the U.S. Supreme Court, died Sunday. She was 76. Susan Hays, Weddington’s former student and colleague, said she died in her sleep early Sunday morning at her Austin home.…
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Deputies responded to a potential false report of a bomb threat at Saddleback Medical Center in Laguna Hills on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 26, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said. A man called 911 from a cell phone at an unknown location at around 3 p.m. and claimed he was at the hospital with a bomb,…
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If there’s one good thing the Ravens can take away from their 41-21 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday afternoon, it’s how third-string quarterback Josh Johnson manned the offense with little preparation. With starter Lamar Jackson out with an ankle sprain and backup Tyler Huntley testing positive for COVID-19 a day before the crucial…
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