By KIM PASSOTH Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A local mother has been denied a double lung transplant after a life-changing battle with COVID-19, according to her family. Gabriela Acuna, better known by her family as Gaby, was pregnant when she tested positive for the virus and has never
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By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military chief says that the leader of an Islamic State-linked group has been killed. The alleged death of Abu Musab al-Barnawi was not immediately confirmed by the group and there was no immediate way to corroborate the claim. Gen. Lucky Irabor, Nigeria’s chief of defense
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press A panel of U.S. health advisers has endorsed booster shots for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. The advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted Thursday to recommend a lower-dose booster shot for seniors and other high-risk groups. Already millions who got their initial Pfizer shots at least six
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press A panel of U.S. health advisers has endorsed booster shots for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. The advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted Thursday to recommend a lower-dose booster shot for seniors and other high-risk groups. Already millions who got their initial Pfizer shots at least six
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By Kara Scannell, CNN A New York judge has ordered former President Donald Trump to sit for a video deposition next week in a case involving an alleged assault during a 2015 demonstration outside of Trump Tower. State Supreme Court Judge Doris Gonzalez has ordered Trump to appear for the deposition on Monday morning at
Continue Reading By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — The leader of the Marxist party that carried Pedro Castillo to Peru’s presidency says it won’t support his newly named Cabinet. The Free Peru party chief Vladimir Cerrón said on his Twitter account that the party´s deputies won’t give a vote of confidence to the new
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By Reid Alexander, as told to CNN’s Faith Karimi Reid Alexander is a 24-year-old Colorado man who battled kidney disease before meeting Rafael Diaz, 28, who would become his husband. Here, Alexander recounts their journey as a couple and expresses his thanks to Diaz for changing his life. It’s been a whirlwind year since I
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer The Cardinals fired former National League manager of the year Mike Shildt over organizational differences Thursday, just one week after St. Louis lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers on a walk-off homer in the wild-card game. Cardinals president John Mozeliak said the firing was “something that popped up recently,”
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities are accusing a fugitive of selling forged paintings by contemporary artist Raymond Pettibon. They say Christian Rosa fled the United States last year and remains at large. An indictment filed in New York City alleges the fraud centered on a well-known series of paintings by Pettibon depicting huge ocean
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Department of Health and Human Services is repurposing one of its temporary shelters in Michigan for unaccompanied migrant children to accommodate Afghan minors who arrived to the US alone. The department is charged with the care of children who arrived to the US unaccompanied until they can be placed in
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By Elizabeth Joseph and Taylor Romine, CNN Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive Thursday designed to help residents of Benton Harbor get access to safe drinking water amid concerns about unsafe levels of lead in its water system. “Every Michigander deserves access to safe drinking water and every community deserves lead-free pipes,” Whitmer,
Continue ReadingBy Adam Roberts Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas (KHBS, KHOG) — A judge ruled against all four motions made by Josh Duggar’s attorneys to suppress evidence and dismiss the child pornography case against him. Last month, Duggar’s attorneys told a judge that photographs of Duggar’s hands and feet shouldn’t be allowed
Continue ReadingBy James Stratton Click here for updates on this story SEYMOUR, Iowa (KCCI) — A Southern Iowa dog breeder is under investigation, after the federal Department of Agriculture found more than a hundred violations at his Seymour, Iowa facility. Since March, USDA records show investigators found 120 violations of the Animal Welfare Act at Daniel
Continue ReadingBy Brittany Hope Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) — Pacific Gas and Electric Co. says it’s working on its equipment to lower the number of power outages in Northern California, cut down on the number of people impacted and restore power faster after those outages are required. The utility says
Continue ReadingBy KETV Staff Click here for updates on this story COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (KETV) — A 33-year-old man faces several charges after Council Bluffs police said he rear-ended a car and stole it. In a news release, police said Zachary White hit the car around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday near North 16th Street and Avenue G.
Continue Reading GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Investigators for Louisiana State Police are looking for a suspect in a shooting on the Grambling State University campus this week that killed one person. A university news release says the shooting happened shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday. The release said the gunfire involved two people who were not students. One
Continue ReadingBy Tony Cabrera Click here for updates on this story SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A Los Angeles Police Department officer suffered a graze wound Thursday morning in a shooting near the agency’s Newton Division station in South Los Angeles, and a 14-year-old suspect was later taken into custody, authorities said. Investigators believe the 14-year-old
Continue Reading By ZEINA KARAM and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — At least six people have been killed and dozens wounded in armed clashes in Beirut. The clashes unfolded Thursday during protests organized by the militant Hezbollah group and its allies against the lead investigator into last year’s massive blast at the city’s port.
Continue ReadingBy KABC Staff Click here for updates on this story CALEXICO, California (KABC) — New video shows a smuggler carry a 7-year-old girl over a 30-foot-high border wall and abandon her on the California side. The video shows the young girl clinging to the smuggler’s back as he climbs down the U.S.-Mexico border wall with
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Carinals fire manager Mike Shildt.
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