By JONEL ALECCIA The California program that provides the world’s only medical treatment for potentially deadly infant botulism also offers traumatized families hope of a different sort – silly cards on their babies’ first birthdays. Every year, staff at the state’s Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program decorate and mail roughly 200 cards to celebrate…
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By PATRICK AFTOORA-ORSAGOS and LEAH WILLINGHAM COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two men have been arrested in connection with a weekend shooting inside a Cincinnati nightclub that wounded nine people, police said Tuesday. Franeek Cobb, 24, and Derrick Long, 29, were arrested Monday on charges of felonious assault, the Cincinnati Police Department said in a news…
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Q: Kenny Kiecolt of Hesperia is a longtime commuter through the Cajon Pass. He describes it as a “miserable place to drive through during rush hour and even at other random times and days,” with no alternative routes for drivers. Kiecolt is referring to the 15 Freeway route that connects the metro areas and the…
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WINDER, Ga. (AP) — Jurors began deliberating Tuesday in the trial of a Georgia man whose teenage son is accused of killing two students and two teachers in a September 2024 shooting at a high school. Colin Gray is charged with second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and other charges in the shooting at Apalachee High School…
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By AUDREY McAVOY Minnesota on Monday sued President Donald Trump’s administration in an attempt to stop it from withholding $243 million in Medicaid spending, warning it may have to cut health care for low-income families if the funding is held back. The lawsuit asked a U.S. court in Minneapolis to issue a temporary restraining order…
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The average price for a gallon of gasoline jumped 11 cents overnight to about $3.11 in the U.S., according to motor club AAA. Gas prices were already rising before the U.S. launched strikes on Iran as refiners switch over to summer blends of fuel, but crude futures…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently endorsed age requirements for social media. “As a parent, we need help,” Gov. Newsom said recently. “We have a generation that’s never been more anxious, less free, more stressed, and we have to address this issue.” Concerns like Gov. Newsom’s about how social media and phones are affecting young people…
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NEWBERGH, N.Y. (AP) — A small plane attempting an emergency landing crashed into the frigid Hudson River, but the pilot and a passenger escaped the wreckage and safely swam to shore, authorities said. The crash occurred Monday night, shortly after the single-engine Cessna 172 took off from Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, according to…
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By STEFANIE DAZIO BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands of people, from Romanian religious pilgrims to tourists and diplomats’ family members, are stranded across the Middle East as the Iran war spreads throughout the region. Major airlines have canceled flights to and from the region, and airspace across the Gulf is closed. Some of those…
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Every now and then, a theme park attraction comes along that illustrates the warning that one can have too much of a good thing. Consider Disney’s announcement last week about its plans for a new animation class experience at Walt Disney World. Disney stages Animation Academy attractions at many of its theme parks around the…
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