How COVID pandemic changed methadone treatment for addiction
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Here’s one more lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic: It appears safe to relax restrictions on methadone, the…
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Regional Center for Border Health evaluating up to 100 migrants per day
Yuma Sector Border Patrol is reporting more than 600 migrants being processed every day. The team over at the Regional Center for Border Health is…
Continue Reading Cuomo exit isn’t stopping push for answers on nursing homes
By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer Sexual harassment allegations cost New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo his job. Now, many want to see him answer for a…
Continue ReadingThousands of Mississippi students are quarantining just as the school year gets underway
By Madeline Holcombe and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN More than 4,400 students in Mississippi are quarantining after being exposed to Covid-19 in the first…
Continue Reading‘I am frightened by what is coming’: Texas officials scramble to staff hospitals as Covid-19 surge continues
By Travis Caldwell, Keith Allen and Carma Hassan, CNN With the spread of the more transmissible Delta variant and lagging vaccination rates, states…
Continue Reading Cargo ship splits in two after running aground in Japan port
TOKYO (AP) — A cargo ship has broken into two pieces after running aground in a northern Japanese port and is spilling oil into the sea. The…
Continue ReadingRising Covid-19 case numbers in classrooms cause school districts to go virtual, change mask rules
By Mallory Simon, CNN Schools across the country are grappling with growing Covid-19 case numbers, forcing districts to rethink their strategies for…
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Free tuition this spring for some students at tribal college
TSAILE, Ariz. (AP) — A four-year tribal college located on the Navajo Nation is offering free tuition for the spring 2022 semester to all students…
Continue ReadingFormer California Sen. Barbara Boxer is a victim of assault and theft
Former US Sen. Barbara Boxer of California was a victim of assault and theft Monday in the Jack London Square neighborhood of Oakland, her office…
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White House wants OPEC to help stop rising gas prices
The White House wants the organization that oversees oil and gas policies to combat the rising prices in…
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ICE to avoid arresting migrants who are victims
Under a new policy, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with very few exceptions, will avoid arresting or deporting undocumented immigrants who are…
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Infrastructure bill could give $20k to some firefighters
The bipartisan infrastructure package making its way through congress could give wild-land firefighters a raise of $20,000 a…
Continue Reading Maddow to contribute foreword to book on Pegasus malware
NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Maddow is contributing a foreword to “Pegasus,” a book by two Paris-based investigative reporters on the phone malware…
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ASU and UA will require masks in all classrooms, some outdoor settings
(KYMA, KECY/AP News) – On Wednesday, officials at Arizona State University and the University of Arizona both announced the schools will require…
Continue Reading Algeria battles wildfires with 2 French firefighter planes
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s president says five firefighting planes sent by European countries are expected by Saturday to help the country…
Continue Reading NASA facility in Ohio named for native son Neil Armstrong
SANDSUKY, Ohio (AP) — A NASA research facility in Ohio has been renamed after astronaut Neil Armstrong. The state’s U.S. senators led the efforts…
Continue Reading Dan + Shay found time for reflection after global success
By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than a year ago, country pop duo Dan + Shay were just beginning their first…
Continue Reading HHS joins vaccine trend, orders shots for its health workers
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal Department of Health and Human Services is requiring employees who…
Continue Reading Sheriff: Boaters fled after striking children on waterway
NEW ROADS, La. (AP) — A Louisiana sheriff says he’s investigating after three children riding on tubes on a waterway were struck and injured…
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Boy, 16, arrested in deadly shooting over LA shoe raffle
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have arested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of shooting a shoe store employee who tried to break up an…
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