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Legal claim blames overtime, years of jail work led to Los Angeles County deputy's suicide
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy who killed himself has filed a $20 million wrongful-death claim against the county, blaming years of working in jails and mandatory overtime for his depression. The claim was filed Thursday by attorney Brad Gage...
Bloodshed, fear, hunger, desperation: Palestinians try to survive war's new chapter in southern Gaza
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The roads are so ravaged that the dead and wounded arrive by donkey cart. Desperate relatives rush bloodied and dust-covered people, many of them children, to the hospital. Naseem Hassan, a 48-year-old Palestinian medic in the Gaza Strip's southern town of...
The Air Force is expanding a review of cancers for service members who worked with nuclear missiles
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force is expanding its study of whether service members who worked with nuclear missiles have had unusually high rates of cancer after a preliminary review determined that a deeper examination is needed. The initial study was launched in response to...
US targets oil and natural gas industry's role in global warming with new rule on methane emissions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for its role in global warming as President Joe Biden seeks to advance his climate legacy. The Environmental Protection...
Prosecutors say paramedics ignored Elijah McClain's distress after stop and killed him with overdose
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two paramedics "did nothing" to help an ailing Elijah McClain as he lay on the ground, a Colorado prosecutor said Wednesday, and instead they overdosed him with a powerful sedative that killed the 23-year-old Black man after officers forcibly restrained him as he walked...
Ransomware attack prompts multistate hospital chain to divert some emergency room patients elsewhere
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A ransomware attack has prompted a health care chain that operates 30 hospitals in six states to divert patients from some of its emergency rooms to other hospitals while postponing certain elective procedures. Ardent Health Services said it took its network...
Mayo Clinic announces $5 billion expansion of Minnesota campus
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Mayo Clinic announced a $5 billion expansion plan for its flagship campus Tuesday that includes new buildings designed so they can evolve and expand as patient needs change over the coming decades. The project is part of a Mayo strategy to transform both...
Israel reveals signs of Hamas activity at Shifa, but a promised command center remains elusive
JERUSALEM (AP) — Nearly a month ago, the Israeli military unveiled a detailed 3D model of Gaza’s Shifa Hospital showing a series of underground installations that it said was part of an elaborate Hamas command-and-control center under the territory’s largest health care facility. ...
Lowe's, Best Buy fall; Medtronic, Dick's Sporting Goods rise, Tuesday, 11/21/2023
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Tuesday: Lowe's Companies Inc., down $6.38 to $198.06. The home-improvement retailer trimmed its earnings and revenue forecasts for the year. Medtronic Plc., up $3.46 to...
No more Thanksgiving 'food orgy'? New obesity medications change how users think of holiday meals
For most of her life, Claudia Stearns dreaded Thanksgiving. As a person who struggled with obesity since childhood, Stearns hated the annual turmoil of obsessing about what she ate — and the guilt of overindulging on a holiday built around food. Now, after losing nearly 100 pounds...
