Month: January 2022

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A gig driver badly mauled by a police dog in 2020 after missing car rental payments is suing the San Francisco Bay Area city of San Ramon for excessive force. The San Francisco Chronicle obtained dashboard and body-camera videos showing a San Ramon police dog with its teeth in Ali Badr’s

By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Since he was a child, Li Jingwei did not know his real name, where he was born or his exact age — until he found his biological family last month with the help of a long-remembered map. Li was a victim of child trafficking. In 1989

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A 65-year-old man says he was permanently disabled during a videotaped traffic stop in which Northern California officers said they deliberately used “pain compliance” techniques. Gregory Gross was repeatedly restrained after he was accused of driving drunk and causing a slow-speed collision in April 2020. He

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press The U.S. is strengthening its COVID-19 booster campaign, endorsing an extra shot for everyone age 12 and older. Boosters already were permitted at age 16 and urged for most adults as the nation battles the omicron surge. Earlier this week, regulators authorized an extra Pfizer shot for

By BRIAN MELLEY and JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California extended its indoor mask mandate into mid-February to help prevent the astonishing spike in coronavirus cases from overwhelming hospitals. But the state’s health director said Wednesday that additional restrictions are not being considered. California’s confirmed cases have shot up nearly 500% in

SAN DIEGO (AP) — In a story published January 4, 2022, about a Southern California rabbi who was sentenced to prison for a multimillion-dollar donation fraud scheme, The Associated Press misspelled the rabbi’s first name as Yisrael. The correct spelling is Yisroel.

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago school leaders canceled classes in the nation’s third-largest school district for the second straight day after failing to reach an agreement with the teachers union over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety protocols. The Chicago Teachers Union sought to revert to remote instruction during the latest

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has successfully launched a hypersonic missile as part of efforts to modernize its strategic weapons systems, days after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster his military forces despite pandemic-related difficulties. The official Korean Central News Agency said Thursday the Central