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RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced a plan Wednesday to start paying hospitals and doctors who care for uninsured patients with COVID-19, but Democratic lawmakers and health industry groups are likely to press for more. Under the approach detailed by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, hospitals and doctors would submit their bills directly to the government and they would get paid at Medicare rates. Uninsured people would not be liable for costs, and health... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve gasoline in San Diego County dropped today to its lowest amount since Jan. 5, 2017, decreasing six-tenths of a cents to $2.821, the 47th decrease in 48 days. The average price is 6.4 cents less than a week ago, 42.6 cents lower than a month ago and $1.239 below what it was one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It has fallen 78.1 cents since the start of the year. The average price fell 44 consecutive days, rose three-ten...
JULIE PACE AP Washington Bureau Chief WASHINGTON (AP) - America's entrenched political divide is now playing out over matters of life and death. Republican governors, urged on by President Donald Trump, are taking the first steps toward reopening parts of their states' economies in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, and without adhering to the president's own guidelines. Democratic governors are largely keeping strict stay-at-home orders and nonessential business closures...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer BERKELEY (AP) - Netflix picked up nearly 16 million global subscribers during the first three months of the year, helping cement its status as one of the world's most essential services in times of isolation or crisis. The quarter spanned the beginning of stay-at-home orders in the U.S. and around the world, a response to the coronavirus pandemic that apparently led millions to latch onto Netflix for entertainment and comfort when most had...
FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Four-time All Pro tight end Rob Gronkowski has agreed to a reunion with Tom Brady. The agent for the retired New England star confirmed Tuesday that pending completion of a physical Gronkowski has agreed to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who are acquiring his rights from the Patriots. A proposed trade that needs to be finalized before this week's NFL draft would bring Gronkowski and a seventh-round pick to Tampa Bay in...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - In the wake of a weekend with relatively few new COVID-19 cases and deaths reported, San Diego County health officials today announced an increase of 109 confirmed cases and 15 deaths, raising the totals to 2,434 cases and 87 fatalities. This makes for the deadliest day since the pandemic began and the newest cases in nearly two weeks. ``We're not out of danger yet,'' said Board of Supervisors Chairman Greg Cox. The ages of the deceased range from late 60s... Full story
VALLEY CENTER (CNS) - A 73-year-old former Valley Center resident who was convicted of murdering her husband and was serving a 25-years-to-life sentence will be released temporarily from prison Wednesday amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Jane Dorotik was sentenced in 2001 for the murder of 55-year-old Robert Dorotik, whose body was found on Feb. 13, 2000, one day after his wife said he disappeared after going jogging, prompting her to report him missing. Prosecutors alleged Dorotik beat her husband to death in their bedroom of the...
SANTEE (CNS) - To help fight the spread of COVID-19 in San Diego-area jails, inmates taking part in a sewing program at Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility have made more than 10,000 face masks for fellow detainee in recent weeks, authorities reported today. The garment workers at the Santee-area women's lockup facility have been making the protective face coverings since last month, according to sheriff's officials. One team cuts and designs the fabric, a second group assembles the components, and the completed masks...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The American Civil Liberties Union's San Diego chapter filed a class action lawsuit today calling for a drastic reduction in the number of detainees at the Otay Mesa Detention Center, where a COVID-19 outbreak has infected both detainees and staff members. The ACLU is also seeking an emergency temporary restraining order demanding the immediate release of all Otay Mesa detainees over the age of 45 and people with underlying medical conditions, due to a heightened risk of coronavirus-related illness or...
By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices crumpled even further Tuesday, and U.S. stocks sank to their worst loss in weeks as worries swept markets worldwide about the economic carnage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The market's spotlight was again on oil, where prices have plummeted because very few people are flying or driving, and factories have shut amid widespread stay-at-home orders. Global demand is set to drop to levels last seen in the mid 1990s. At the same t...
KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Brian Kemp's call to reopen shuttered businesses in Georgia left many business owners wary and confused Tuesday as they considered how to protect themselves and their customers in a state where coronavirus deaths neared 800 and confirmed infections climbed toward 20,000. Kemp's plan to kick-start the economy is one of the most aggressive announced since President Donald Trump laid out benchmarks for states to start lifting restrictions. But Georgia's testing s...
JILL COLVIN and BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced what he described as a "temporary suspension of immigration into the United States" on Tuesday. But he said the executive order he plans to sign as soon as Wednesday would apply only to those seeking permanent residency and not temporary workers. Trump said he would be placing a 60-day pause on the issuance of green cards in an effort to limit competition for jobs in a U.S. economy wrecked by the coronavirus. But he said there would b...
LISA MASCARO and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A $483 billion coronavirus aid package flew through the Senate on Tuesday after Congress and the White House reached a deal to replenish a small-business payroll fund and provided new money for hospitals and testing. Passage was swift and unanimous, despite opposition from conservative Republicans. President Donald Trump tweeted his support, pledging to sign it into law. It now goes to the House, with votes set for Thursday. "I urge the House to pass the b...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - County supervisors today unanimously approved a $5 million loan program to help small businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Proposed by Supervisors Jim Desmond and Dianne Jacob, the initiative will allow businesses in the unincorporated areas of the county with 50 employees or less to apply for loans of up to $50,000 each. The money is coming from the county's general fund, and qualifying businesses will have up to five years, or 60 months, to repay the loan. A loan may give employers "some time... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a San Diego County woman against the makers of video chat app Houseparty, which she alleges provided her personal data to third parties without her consent, in violation of the newly enacted California Consumer Privacy Act. The suit was filed Friday in San Diego federal court on behalf of Heather Sweeney against Houseparty's creator, Life on Air Inc., as well as Epic Games, which acquired Life on Air Inc. in June 2019. According to the complaint, Facebook...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The Cuyamaca Outdoor School began offering its programs and learning content virtually today, as schools remain closed amid stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The school is offered to 6th graders through the San Diego County Office of Education. The home edition of the camp has videos, activities and lessons to engage students in science and connect them to nature right from their own homes. "Our staff thought it would be fun to share with people videos of them out in nature in hopes that it w...
Mario: What's going on everybody? My name is Mario here at Reeder Media and the Village News and this is things to do in Fallbrook where we go out into Fallbrook and Bonsall area talking to business owners about how they're handling the coronavirus situation, how their businesses are doing and what things have changed for them. So come with me because we're gonna go stop by Harry's. This is Scott Little the owner of Harry's sports bar and grill here in downtown Fallbrook... Full story
KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press During World War I, posters proclaiming "Food will win the war" encouraged Americans to grow victory gardens. A century later, home gardeners are returning to that idea in the fight against a global pandemic. Backyard gardeners are coming together, mostly virtually, to learn and share stories on how to grow vegetables, fruits and flowers as the novel coronavirus raises fears about disruptions in food supplies and the cost of food in a down...
GILLIAN FLACCUS and JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press Frustration is mounting as more families across the U.S. enter their second or even third week of distance learning - and some overwhelmed parents say it will be their last. Amid the barrage of learning apps, video meet-ups and e-mailed assignments that pass as pandemic home school, some frustrated and exhausted parents are choosing to disconnect entirely for the rest of the academic year. Others are cramming all their...
MICHAEL CASEY and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - Gina McCarthy remembers the way things used to be: Tar balls clinging to her legs after swimming in Boston Harbor. The Merrimack River colored bright blue and green by textile mill chemicals. Black smoke everywhere. Kim Wasserman worries about what it's like today: Hundreds of diesel trucks rolling down residential streets in her mostly low-income, Hispanic neighborhood in Chicago. Houses blanketed in ash from a...
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The big upcoming "Friends" reunion special is inviting a few extra friends - maybe even you. Castmembers of the popular show have announced that five fans will get a chance to watch the reunion taping live and rub shoulders with stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer. "Be our personal guests in the audience for the taping where you'll get to see us all together again for the...
KELVIN CHAN, BEATRICE DUPUY and ARIJETA LAJKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) - The CCTV footage from a Dutch business park shows a man in a black cap pouring the contents of a white container at the base of a cellular radio tower. Flames burst out as the man jogs back to his Toyota to flee into the evening. It's a scene that's been repeated dozens of times in recent weeks in Europe, where conspiracy theories linking new 5G mobile networks and the coronavirus pandemic are...
JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) - Secrecy surrounding executions could hinder efforts by a group of medical professionals who are asking the nation's death penalty states for medications used in lethal injections so that they can go to coronavirus patients who are on ventilators, according to a death penalty expert and a doctor who's behind the request. In a letter sent this month to corrections departments, a group of seven pharmacists, public health experts,... Full story
ANDREW TAYLOR and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday agreement has been reached on major elements of a nearly $500 billion coronavirus aid package for small businesses, including additional help for hospitals and virus testing. A Tuesday afternoon Senate session could provide an opportunity to quickly vote if the final deal comes together. "We have a deal and I think we'll pass it today," Schumer said on CNN. He... Full story
KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials reported no unusual activity in North Korea on Tuesday following unconfirmed media reports that leader Kim Jong Un was in fragile health after surgery. But the possibly of high-level instability raised troubling questions about the future of a nuclear-armed state that has been steadily building an arsenal meant to threaten the U.S. mainland amid stalled talks between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump. South Korea's presidential office said K...
