SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In a story published December 29, 2021, about California’s Medicaid overhaul, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Medicaid services will now for the first time formally include substance abuse treatment, including short-term residential treatment when needed. In fact, those services were already included.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In a story published December 29, 2021, about California’s Medicaid overhaul, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Medicaid services will now for the first time formally include substance abuse treatment, including short-term residential treatment when needed. In fact, those services were already included.
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Una mánager que había trabajado con varias celebridades de alto perfil, incluida la familia Kardashian-Jenner, fue hallada muerta esta semana, según la división de Homicidios de la Oficina del Valle del Departamento de Policía de Los Ángeles. Angela Kukawski, de 55 años, había sido reportada como desaparecida en Sherman Oaks el
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — México se unió a un pequeño puñado de países que han autorizado el uso de la vacuna cubana Abdala contra el coronavirus. La vacuna, que aún no ha recibido autorización de uso de emergencia de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) u otros entes reguladores multilaterales, tiene una
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN Federal prosecutors in New York have moved to dismiss charges against two Bureau of Prisons guards who admitted to falsifying records on the night Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in August 2019. The guards who were on duty at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan when Epstein died entered into
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has shortened the prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a deadly explosive crash to 10 years, drastically reducing his original 110-year term that drew widespread outrage. The decision Thursday on Rogel Aguilera-Mederos’ sentence was among several end-of-the-year commutations and pardons issued
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has shortened the prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a deadly explosive crash to 10 years, drastically reducing his original 110-year term that drew widespread outrage. The decision Thursday on Rogel Aguilera-Mederos’ sentence was among several end-of-the-year commutations and pardons issued
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FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — A man awaiting execution on Arizona’s death row was found dead in his cell and prison officials say two other inmates are suspects in his killing. State prison officials announced Thursday that 38-year-old Kenneth W. Thompson was discovered Wednesday at the Eyman prison complex in Florence. The Arizona Department of Corrections,
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As people prepare to ring in the New Year, emergency services in Missouri are preparing for the first big winter weather event of the season.
Continue Reading By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Thousands of residents in two communities near Denver have been ordered to evacuated because of a wind-fueled wildfire that engulfed parts of the area in smoky, orangish skies. Louisville’s 21,000 residents were told to evacuate Thursday after the 13,000 people in Superior were ordered to
Continue Reading By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Weather Underground radical David Gilbert described his path from nonviolent 1960s activist to would-be revolutionary during a 4 1/2-hour hearing before the New York state parole board panel that approved his parole in October. Gilbert was granted parole 40 years after he served as a
Continue Reading By CATHERINE CATOURA Click here for updates on this story MONROE COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — A metro Atlanta high school band director was arrested Thursday, accused of inappropriate sexual behavior with a student. Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Investigators charged Bryant Miles Benson, band director and a coach at Mary Persons High School, with Sexual Exploitation
Continue Reading By STEPHEN BOROWY Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — The claims process for those who registered in the $626.25 million Flint water crisis settlement will begin next month. Eligible residents can start submitting their claims on Jan. 12. The Claims Administrator will notify all registrants and law firms by email
Continue Reading By KMOV Staff Click here for updates on this story FLORISSANT, Missouri (KMOV) — A man was charged with murder after stabbing his wife to death during divorce proceedings in Florissant. According to the Florissant Police Department, 50-year-old Michael Oshia stabbed and killed his wife in the middle of divorce proceedings on December 29. Police
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The district will require those who test positive for coronavirus to stay home for five days or until symptoms resolve, following new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Continue Reading By WRAL Staff Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — Tear gas was used to stop a large fight that broke out during a basketball tournament at Wake Technical Community College’s Northern Wake campus on Wednesday night. The fight interrupted a final game in the 49th John Wall Holiday Invitational
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is urging Germans to pull together to defeat the coronavirus in 2022 and promising to react “quickly and decisively” to the advance of the omicron variant. In his first televised New Year message since taking over from longtime leader Angela Merkel three weeks ago,
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is urging Germans to pull together to defeat the coronavirus in 2022 and promising to react “quickly and decisively” to the advance of the omicron variant. In his first televised New Year message since taking over from longtime leader Angela Merkel three weeks ago,
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin spoke frankly by phone for nearly an hour late Thursday about the Russian troop buildup near Ukraine. It was a new round of leader-to-leader talks as the Kremlin has stepped up its calls for security guarantees and
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican-led commissions responsible for redrawing Missouri’s congressional districts have proposed new boundaries. GOP lawmakers on Thursday released redrawn maps for the state’s eight U.S. House districts. The proposals still need to be passed by the full Legislature. Lawmakers will consider the proposals when they reconvene in January for their roughly
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