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By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes that evacuated patients to a warehouse where conditions quickly deteriorated said the problems arose when Hurricane Ida took an unexpected turn. Coroners have linked five of the evacuated patients’ deaths to the storm. The state health department cited neglect

OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Cruise ships are returning to San Francisco after a 19-month hiatus brought on by the pandemic in what the city’s mayor says is sure to be a boost to its economy. Mayor London Breed announced Friday the Majestic Princess will sail into the port of San Francisco on

By MATTHEW BROWN, MICHAEL R. BLOOD and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — An Associated Press review of more than 10,000 reports submitted to federal regulators shows at least 17 accidents on pipelines carrying crude oil or other hazardous liquids have been linked to anchor strikes or suspected anchor strikes since 1986.

By ANDREW DEMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The city of Little Rock and the family of a Black driver shot by a white police officer during a traffic stop have tentatively reached a settlement. U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall on Thursday canceled the trial in the lawsuit the family of Bradley

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A rural Alaska man with a history of alcohol-related offenses, including one while he had a weapon, now faces a charge of threatening the life of a U.S. senator. Jay Allen Johnson was scheduled to be arraigned later Friday on charges related to threats authorities say

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer A report that Jon Gruden used a racist comment about NFL Players Association leader DeMaurice Smith in an email 10 years ago drew a strong and quick rebuke Friday from the NFL. A Wall Street Journal story noted Gruden, then working for ESPN and now coach of the

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California public schools and colleges must stock their restrooms with free menstrual products under a new law. The measure signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom builds on a 2017 law requiring low-income schools in disadvantaged areas to provide students with free menstrual products. It expands the

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil has topped 600,000 virus deaths as it bids to return to pre-pandemic normalcy. Relief in both COVID-19 cases and deaths have been particularly welcome given experts’ warnings that the delta variant would produce another wave of destruction in the country with the second-most victims. So

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced plans to nominate George Tsunis to be his envoy to Greece. Tsunis is an influential Democratic fundraiser and hotelier who had a previous ambassadorial nomination fall apart. Former President Barack Obama picked Tsunis in 2013 to serve as his nominee to Norway.

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Complex global talks have forged a deal on sweeping changes in how multinational companies are taxed. The goal is to deter global companies from stashing profits in countries where they pay little or no taxes  _ better known as tax havens. The sweeping deal was

By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California high school students will have to take a course in ethnic studies to get a diploma starting in the 2029-30 school year. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday that makes California among the first in the nation to list ethnic studies as a graduation