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RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Flicking a dismissive jab at President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a plan Wednesday to expand "Obamacare," even as Trump's administration is about to file arguments in a Supreme Court case to strike it down. Pelosi announced an upcoming floor vote on her measure, setting up a debate that will juxtapose the Democrats' top policy issue, Trump's unrelenting efforts to dismantle Obama's legacy, and the untamed coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, t...
BILL BARROW Associated Press Democrats will hold an almost entirely virtual presidential nominating convention Aug. 17-20 in Milwaukee using live broadcasts and online streaming, party officials said Wednesday. Joe Biden plans to accept the presidential nomination in person, but it remains to be seen whether there will be a significant in-person audience there to see it. The Democratic National Committee said in a statement that official business, including the votes to nominate Biden and his yet-to-be-named running mate,...
BRIAN MAHONEY and DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - They are a symbol of celebration, loudly lighting up the night sky and best known in the U.S. as the explosive exclamation point to Fourth of July festivities. This year, fireworks aren't being saved for Independence Day. They've become a nightly nuisance ringing out from Connecticut to California, angering sleep-deprived residents and alarming elected officials. All of them want to know: Why the fascination...
ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press The leadership of a home for aging veterans in Massachusetts where nearly 80 residents sickened with the coronavirus have died packed dementia patients into a crowded unit as the virus spread, one of several "utterly baffling" decisions that helped the disease run rampant, investigators said in a report released Wednesday. The superintendent of the Holyoke Soldiers' Home was not qualified to run a long-term care facility and "substantial errors and failures" he and his team made likely co...
OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California's top schools official said Wednesday his office is working to re-imagine the role of police officers at the state's 10,000 public schools but said some schools would still need officers on campus to protect students' safety. Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said the officers would be needed to protect students from dangers, including school shootings or bomb threats but officers would no longer be called upon to discipline misbehaving s...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County public health authorities reported 332 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday -- a new daily high -- and six deaths, raising the county totals to 11,626 cases and 347 deaths. The number of coronavirus cases in Fallbrook jumped from 46 last week to 63 on Tuesday and again on Wednesday to 73 cases. That represents a 14 percent jump in new cases over the day in the town. There have been 8 cases reported in Bonsall and 2 in Pala. After 310 and 302 new...
SAN ONOFRE (CNS) - A task force of experts and local stakeholders working on solutions for the decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station has recommended the creation of a federal Nuclear Waste Administration focused solely on storage and disposal of spent nuclear fuel. Wednesday's report from the SONGS Task Force, formed by Rep. Mike Levin, D-San Juan Capistrano, featured a wide range of policy recommendations to ensure the safe removal of nuclear fuel from the...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 today to deny a controversial 1,700-home development near Valley Center that voters rejected nearly four years ago. Village Communities LLC, the developers of Lilac Hills Ranch, wanted board approval for the master-planned community, located east of Interstate 15 and Old Highway 395. However, the board ratified the county Planning & Services recommendation that the project not go forward. Mark Wardlaw, Planning and Services director, said his department...
On Wednesday, June 24, Wilson Creek Winery in Temecula Wine Country announced they were temporarily closing its doors due to two employees testing positive for COVID-19. The winery said in a statement that it will still be open for curbside wine club and bottle pickups only and the Courtyard Bar and Grill will also remain open for to-go orders for a select few items. "We have been closely monitoring COVID updates and unfortunately, we have recently learned that two of our own... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 today to deny a controversial 1,700-home development near Valley Center that voters rejected nearly four years ago. Village Communities LLC, the developers of Lilac Hills, wanted board approval for the master-planned community, located east of Interstate 15 and Old Highway 395. However, the board ratified the county Planning & Services recommendation that the project not go forward. Mark Wardlaw, Planning and Services director, said his department didn't...
BEN NADLER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Republicans controlling a Georgia House committee approved legislation Wednesday that would prevent election officials from proactively sending mail ballot request forms to voters ahead of an election. If it makes it through both chambers and gets Gov. Brian Kemp's signature, it could take effect ahead of November's general elections. To protect voting rights during the coronavirus pandemic, Georgia Secretary of State Brad...
ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A divided federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered the dismissal of the criminal case against President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn, turning back efforts by a judge to scrutinize the Justice Department's extraordinary decision to drop the prosecution. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said in a 2-1 ruling that the Justice Department's decision to abandon the case...
NOMAAN MERCHANT and JUAN LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Hospital administrators and health care experts warned desperately Wednesday that parts of the U.S. are on the verge of becoming overwhelmed by a resurgence of the coronavirus, lamenting that politicians and a tired-of-being-cooped-up public are letting a disaster unfold. The U.S. recorded a one-day total of 34,700 new COVID-19 cases, just short of the nation's late-April peak of 36,400, according to the count kept by Johns Hopkins University. While new cases h... Full story
BERLIN (AP) — Bayer will pay up to $10.9 billion to settle litigation over the subsidiary Monsanto's weedkiller Roundup, which has faced thousands of lawsuits over claims it causes cancer, the German-based company said Wednesday. Bayer said it was also paying up $1.22 billion to settle two additional areas of intense litigation, one involving PCB in water, and one involving dicamba, another weedkiller. The company said the Roundup settlement involves about 125,000 filed and unfiled claims. Under the agreement, Bayer will m...
MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr will testify before the House Judiciary Committee for the first time next month, the Justice Department said Wednesday, as two of his employees testified that he has politicized the department and allowed special treatment for Roger Stone, a friend of President Donald Trump. Aaron Zelinsky, a career Justice Department prosecutor who was part of special counsel Robert Mueller's team and worked on the case against Stone, tol...
ALEX VEIGA and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers Stocks fell sharply on Wall Street Wednesday as new coronavirus cases in the U.S. climbed to the highest level in two months, dimming investors' hopes for a relatively quick economic turnaround. The S&P 500 was down 2.6% in late-afternoon trading, giving back all of its gains for the month. The selling, which followed a skid in European stock indexes, accelerated around mid-morning on news that New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will require visitors from states with high...
ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and nine other former separatist fighters were indicted Wednesday on a range of crimes against humanity and war crimes charges, including murder, by an international prosecutor probing their actions against ethnic Serbs and others during and after Kosovo's 1998-99 independence war with Serbia. Because of the indictment, Thaci has postponed his trip to Washington, where he was to meet Saturday for talks at the White H...
CARLSBAD (CNS) - A teenage boy was killed and seven other teens were injured in a solo-vehicle rollover crash early today in Carlsbad, police said. The crash was reported shortly before 2:25 a.m. on Carlsbad Village Drive near Valley Street. A 1999 Toyota 4Runner with eight teenage occupants was traveling at a high speed when the driver lost control for unknown reasons and the SUV rolled over several times before coming to rest on its side, Lt. Christie Calderwood said. A...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego-based Sempra Energy announced today that it has completed the sale of its Chilean businesses for $2.23 billion to State Grid International Development Limited. This sale includes Sempra's 100% stake in Chilquinta Energia S.A., Chile's third-largest electricity distributor and utility for more than two million people. "Today's announcement completes the divestiture of all of Sempra Energy's South American assets — an important step in narrowing our strategic focus to the most attractive markets i...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The three-pronged ``Racial Justice and Law Enforcement Realignment Policy Package'' was approved by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday after considerable public input and discussion. The three policies involve strengthening the Citizens' Law Enforcement Review Board's authority and independence, opening an Office of Equity and Racial Justice for San Diego County and having Mobile Crisis Response Teams that use clinicians instead of law...
MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - In a stunning decision that could test the legal framework of #MeToo cases, Pennsylvania's highest court will review the trial decision to let five other accusers testify at Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial in 2018, which ended with his conviction. Cosby, 82, has been imprisoned in suburban Philadelphia for nearly two years after a jury convicted him of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2004. He's serv...
KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Scores of mourners Tuesday paid their final respects to Rayshard Brooks at the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. used to preach, taking part in a funeral rich with historical echoes and filled with a tragic sense that Black America has been through this all too many times before. "Rayshard Brooks is the latest high-profile casualty in the struggle for justice and a battle for the soul of America. This is about...
DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic announced Tuesday he and his wife tested positive for the coronavirus after he played in a series of exhibition matches he organized in Serbia and Croatia with zero social distancing amid the pandemic. Raising questions about the full-fledged return of tennis, including the U.S. Open planned for August, Djokovic is the fourth player to come down with COVID-19 after participating...
JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon said Tuesday that its carbon footprint rose 15% last year, even as it launched initiatives to reduce its harm on the environment. The online shopping giant said activities tied to its businesses emitted 51.17 million metric tons of carbon dioxide last year, the equivalent of 13 coal burning power plants running for a year. That's up from 2018, when it reported a carbon footprint of 44.4 million metric tons. Amazon...
ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO (AP) - California will make up its estimated $54.3 billion budget deficit in part by delaying payments to public schools and imposing pay cuts on state workers, according to an agreement announced Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders. The agreement avoids billions of dollars in permanent cuts to public schools and health care programs, including proposals from Newsom that would have made fewer low-income older adults...
