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The Sacramento Bee on abolishing the death penalty:
Californians face a life-or-death choice on Nov. 8: Pass an initiative that promises to make capital punishment more efficient, or join the march of human history by abolishing the death penalty.
We urge abolition. Although Proposition 62 would end the death penalty in California, a "yes" vote would not imply a scintilla of sympathy for the 747 condemned murderers in California.
California Editorial RoundupLOS ANGELES (AP) - A fire at a high-rise home for the elderly in Los Angeles left five people with burns and smoke-inhalation injuries.
City fire spokesman Erik Scott says three of the injured are in critical condition and two are in serious condition after the Monday night blaze at the 15-story building.
5 injured, 3 critical in fire at senior home in Los AngelesBRENHAM, Texas (AP) - Blue Bell Creameries is recalling all of its ice cream products that contain cookie dough from an Iowa-based supplier.
The move announced Monday night comes after Aspen Hills recalled cookie dough supplied to ice cream makers after finding potential listeria bacteria contamination.
Blue Bell recalls all ice creams with suspect cookie doughGARNER, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa company is recalling the cookie dough it sold to Blue Bell Creameries and other food companies because it may be contaminated with listeria bacteria.
Dough-maker Aspen Hills notified customers about the recall on Sunday, but it wasn't immediately clear whether any of this cookie dough had reached consumers because the Garner, Iowa, based company doesn't sell directly to consumers.
Iowa company recalls cookie dough sold to other firmsENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Joe DeCamillis stepped up to the podium Monday after GM John Elway named him interim head coach and was instantly met with a welcome-to-the-show question:
"Who's your quarterback?"
The Denver Broncos' 51-year-old special teams coordinator dodged the inquiry, declining to say whether Trevor Siemian or Paxton Lynch would be under center when the Broncos (4-1) visit the Chargers (1-4) Thursday night.
Broncos' Kubiak to take a week off after migraine diagnosisIf you're angry or upset, you might want to simmer down before heading out for an intense run or gym workout. A large, international study ties heavy exertion while stressed or mad to a tripled risk of having a heart attack within an hour.
Regular exercise is a healthy antidote to stress and can help prevent heart disease - the biggest problem is that too many people get too little of it.
Beware extremes: Exercise, anger may trigger heart attackHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut officials are looking for ways to keep new doctors from leaving to practice in other states.
A 2015 report shows just 1 in 5 medical school graduates in Connecticut decided to remain in the state, ranking it 41 out of 50 states in new-graduate retention.
House Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz (ehr-eh-SIM'-oh-wits), next year's expected Speaker of the House, says he and other legislators expect to convene a working group of experts in January to review issues surrounding doctor retention and ways to help the medical industry.
Connecticut wants to hold on to doctors trained in the statePOST FALLS, Idaho (AP) - A 35-year-old breast cancer patient says she felt humiliated when she was handcuffed and questioned after being mistaken for a Missouri teen wanted in her infant daughter's death.
The Coeur d'Alene Press newspaper reports (http://bit.ly/2dFGlGr ) that Erin Peters says she was stopped Friday at an Idaho Walmart and questioned for 45 minutes after being mistaken for 18-year-old Whitley Evenson, of Independence, Mo.
Breast cancer patient says she was mistaken for fugitiveCONESTOGA, Pa. (AP) - Turkey Hill is recalling some mislabeled packages of ice cream.
The Conestoga, Pennsylvania-based dairy says some of its 48-ounce containers of Dutch Chocolate Premium Ice Cream actually contain Rocky Road Premium Ice Cream instead.
Rocky Road contains almond and egg ingredients that could pose problems for people with allergies.
Turkey Hill recalls some mislabeled packages of ice creamNEW YORK (AP) - Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson, whose career included internationally high-profile cases in private practice as well as a stint as federal prosecutor, died Sunday after a battle with cancer, just days after announcing he would be undergoing treatment. He was 50.
Thompson's family said he died at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson dies at 50 from cancerNEW ORLEANS (AP) - A climbing obstacle with more than 20 people on it collapsed during a 5K obstacle race near Baton Rouge, and four people - including a 10-year-old child - remained hospitalized Sunday, the State Fire Marshal's Office said.
"We don't know exactly how many were injured," but do know 12 were taken to hospitals by ambulance or helicopter, Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal Brant Thompson said Sunday.
'Warrior Dash' climbing obstacle collapses; 4 hospitalizedNEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Dozens of people were injured Saturday when a commuter train hit a work train east of New York City and derailed, officials said.
The eastbound Long Island Rail Road train derailed east of New Hyde Park just after 9 p.m., a spokesman for the railroad said.
A spokesman for New York Gov.
Train derails east of NYC; dozens suffer injuriesSALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A collection of photos, stories and maps showing the effects in Utah from nuclear testing done in Nevada in the 1950s and '60s opened this week at a University of Utah library.
The Downwinders of Utah Archive at the university's J. Marriott Library in Salt Lake City includes recorded stories from people impacted, maps and statistics and gripping historical photographs showing crowds of people watching huge mushroom clouds of smoke in the distance from the nuclear tests done in Nevada.
Utah exhibit shows nuclear testing's downwind effectsSAN DIEGO (AP) - After 10 years of unsuccessful efforts to raise cigarette taxes, anti-smoking activists are trying a new approach - a ballot initiative that would not only steeply increase taxes on tobacco products but also add them to previously untaxed electronic cigarettes.
If voters pass Proposition 56 in November, California would become only the fifth state to tax e-cigarettes, following Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota and North Carolina.
Californians consider taxing e-cigarettesLOS ANGELES (AP) - The national furor over rising drug prices is moving to the ballot box in California, where voters will decide how the state negotiates for prescription medications.
The stakes are high: How trendsetting California votes could spill over to other states.
That possibility is not lost on the pharmaceutical industry, which has faced withering criticism for its huge profits and examples of massive price hikes, such as Turing Pharmaceuticals raising by 5,000 percent the cost of a drug for a life-threatening parasitic infection and Mylan's popular EpiPens costing $608 for a two-pack, an increase of more than 500 percent since 2007.
Big pharma spending big dollars to defeat California measureSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - For the second time in six years, California voters will consider legalizing recreational use of marijuana.
This time, supporters of the move have much more financial backing and professional campaign help than they did in 2010.
And polls show Proposition 64 with more than the 50 percent of voter support needed to pass.
California voters once again eye legalizing recreational potPeople were lined up for information about cancer screenings, taking turns getting their blood-pressure checked and kneading fake breasts to see what a lump feels like, at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center's special cancer awareness event Friday.
They were also picking up information about domestic violence, prostate cancer and second-hand smoke, along with a slew of other life-saving information, at the event that was open even to non-Kaiser members and which organizers said looked like it brought even more than the 200 to 500 people they were expecting.
Kaiser Vallejo's free cancer awareness clinic a successSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The internal watchdog of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says the often-substandard quality of care at hospitals serving Native Americans is the result of outdated equipment and technology, lack of resources and difficulty attracting and keeping skilled staff.
Watchdog: Staff issues affect care at reservation hospitalsDrugmaker Mylan will pay $465 million to settle allegations that it overbilled Medicaid for its life-saving EpiPen, ending one of the controversies over the soaring price of the emergency allergy injection.
The settlement with the Department of Justice follows news that EpiPen has been incorrectly classified since late 1997 as a generic product under the Medicaid health program for the poor and disabled.
Mylan to pay $465M settlement over Medicaid EpiPen rebatesPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Algae blooms are forcing the closure of shellfish beds around New England, including most of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island and much of the coast of Maine.
It's the first time harmful algae has prompted a shellfishing closure in Rhode Island, the state Department of Environmental Management said Friday.
Harmful algae forces shellfish ban in parts of New EnglandFRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Officials say a high school student in Central California has been diagnosed with an infectious disease that affects the lungs and spreads through the air.
The Fresno County Department of Public Health said Friday that the student has been diagnosed with an active case of tuberculosis.
Central California student diagnosed with tuberculosisIn honor of this special month, the Solano County Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Bureau would like to dispel some myths about SIDS in order to educate parents and caregivers about how to ensure their infants sleep safely every night.
• Myth No. 1: Babies "catch" SIDS.
Fact: Unlike the common cold, SIDS cannot be caught!
• Myth No.
Solano Coalition for Better Health: The many myths of SIDSNEW YORK (AP) - An egg industry group's discussions about thwarting the sale of an eggless vegan spread were inappropriate, a yearlong investigation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture has found.
The investigation also determined that the American Egg Board, which is responsible for the "Incredible, Edible Egg" slogan, should not have paid for pro-egg ads to appear online when people searched for Hampton Creek's Just Mayo.
USDA: Egg group inappropriately targeted vegan spreadBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say four men are accused of scheming to sell stolen HIV medication.
U.S. Attorney Walt Green said in a statement Thursday the medication was taken from the Washington, D.C. Department of Health Pharmacy Warehouse.
Green said one of those charged, Alvin Watts III, of Addis, Louisiana, is a pharmacist who operated a pharmacy in Louisiana.
4 men indicted in stolen HIV medication schemeNeedy children in Solano County are getting short shrift compared to children elsewhere in the Bay Area, and a group of women are trying to change that, one organizer said.
Kim Thomas, the now retired head of the Children's Network of Solano County for two decades, is one of the women behind two ballot measures aimed at righting what they consider a systemic wrong.
Ballot measures seek to bring spending on Solano County kids up to normFRESNO, Calif. (AP) - California will tighten rules on how much farmers can use a common pesticide listed by the nation's most productive agricultural state as a chemical known to cause cancer, regulators said Thursday.
The change doesn't ban the pesticide Telone but creates a uniform rule for its application each year.
California tightens rule on popular pesticide, citing healthThe first human cases of West Nile Virus in Solano County this year were confirmed this week officials announced Thursday.
Solano Public Health received confirmation of cases of West Nile Virus infections from the California Department of Public Health, they said.
"We received confirmation of West Nile Virus infection in three people this week," county deputy health officer Michael Stacey said in the announcement.
First human West Nile Virus case in Solano County this yearNORFOLK, Va. (AP) - White Virginia police officer acquitted of manslaughter in shooting death of a mentally ill black man with a knife.
White Virginia police officer acquitted of manslaughter in shooting death of a mentally ill black man with a knifeNEW YORK (AP) - The latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local):
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Stocks are ending mostly lower after clawing back much of an early loss.
Health care and phone companies took losses Thursday, while makers of basic materials and some technology companies posted gains.
Markets Right Now: Stocks erase most of an early lossSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Many police departments have specially trained officers and mental health professionals whose job is to help defuse the sometimes-volatile "5150" calls that involve people in the throes of mental illness.
But those officers are in short supply, and often they are unavailable in a crisis, as happened in Sacramento and the San Diego suburb of El Cajon, where police encountered men with mental problems and ended up shooting them to death.
Officers trained to deal with mental illness in short supplySAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Bruce Springsteen credits his music with helping him navigate depression and says playing marathon shows until he was exhausted helped chase away the blues.
Springsteen spoke to a sold-out crowd in San Francisco on Wednesday night in a one-hour, 20-minute on-stage interview as part of a nationwide tour for his new autobiography "Born To Run.
Bruce Springsteen talks depression, family and new memoirLANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan's attorney general is investigating allegations of sex abuse involving former USA Gymnastics team physician Dr. Larry Nassar, who is accused of sexually abusing at least two gymnasts.
Bill Schuette's office said Thursday that it was asked by Michigan State University's campus police to review the allegations against Nassar, who had taught at the school and worked in its sports medicine clinic.
Michigan AG reviews sex abuse claims vs. gymnastics doctorTwo women's college basketball tournaments in Puerto Rico have been moved because of concerns about the Zika outbreak.
The San Juan Shootout held during Thanksgiving weekend will be played in Daytona, Florida. The Puerto Rico Classic will move to Las Vegas on Dec. 19-21.
"This is not an easy decision for us in light of our decades of relationships with our Puerto Rican partners," Sport Tours president Lee Frederick, whose company runs the events, said in a statement.
Women's hoops tourneys in Puerto Rico moved because of ZikaEven the federal government is apparently paying too much for EpiPens, along with angry patients and insurers.
The skyrocketing price of the life-saving allergy shot, which has triggered a storm of criticism, is only part of the problem. Now the federal government, responding to Congressional inquiries, says Medicaid has for years been paying too much for EpiPens because the emergency shot is classified incorrectly as a generic medicine.
Federal government: Mylan has been overcharging for EpiPensSAN DIEGO (AP) - A bald eagle that was found nearly dead by a California hiker has tested positive for West Nile Disease.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2dxulTK ) that the eagle, which was found Sept. 19, was confirmed to have the disease but is recovering and has regained the ability to fly.
Eagle found by California hiker confirmed to have West NilePALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - Embattled blood testing company Theranos says it will shut down its clinical labs and wellness centers and lay off more than 40 percent of its full-time employees.
In an open letter released late Wednesday, Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes says the shutdowns "will impact approximately 340 employees in Arizona, California, and Pennsylvania.
Theranos closing labs, laying off 340 following sanctionsSEQUIM, Wash. (AP) - Americans consume more than half of the global production of quinoa, but the trendy South American grain barely has a foothold in U.S. agriculture.
Some farmers and researchers are working to change that.
A California-based company, Lundberg Family Farms, and its network of contracted farmers along the West Coast hope to harvest 2 million pounds of quinoa this year.
AP PHOTOS: Trendy quinoa sprouts up along West CoastSEQUIM, Wash. (AP) - To the south of Nash Huber's farm fields are the Olympic Mountains, peaking at nearly 8,000 feet. Due north is the end of a channel of Pacific Ocean waters that separate the United States from Canada.
Yet in this corner of the country is where the 75-year-old Huber hopes the South American grain quinoa takes root.
US farmers make foray into quinoa as demand for grain growsVallejo's Touro University California wants to be the "go-to" place for diabetes clinicians to get the most up-to-date information on disease management, so it's hosting a diabetes conference next month, Touro officials announced.
National diabetes speakers will headline Touro's inaugural diabetes conference in November, offering practical tools and strategies to effectively manage patients with diabetes, they said.
Vallejo's Touro offers latest in diabetes management tools class for doctorsAmerican Canyon >> This city's Fire Protection District and Police Department invites the public to their annual open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 16, at the Public Safety Building, 911 Donaldson Way East.
This is likely the 10th year of this community event, which is timed to coincide with Fire Prevention Week, Fire Executive Assistant/Office Administrator Martha Banuelos said.
American Canyon public safety open house set for Oct. 16Going to the right hospital for heart attack care could add a year to your life, a new study suggests.
Using Medicare records, researchers found that roughly 17 years after a heart attack, average life expectancy was 9 to 14 months longer for patients who had been treated at hospitals that do best on widely used quality measures than for those treated at low-rated ones.
Study: Good heart attack care could add a year to your lifeSEATTLE (AP) - An expert panel says a dart tag deployed on an endangered Puget Sound orca by federal biologists was the source of a fungal infection that contributed to its death.
NOAA Fisheries on Wednesday released the findings into the death of a 20-year-old whale named L95 found dead off Vancouver Island in March.
Tagging source of infection that contributed to orca's deathSALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Ryan Grassley discovered a perplexing charge on a hospital bill for the recent birth of his son: Nearly $40 for "skin to skin" contact after his wife gave birth via cesarean section.
Amused by the bill, he posted a picture of it on Reddit this week and commented: "I had to pay $39.
Utah man charged $40 for 'skin-to-skin' contact with newbornLOS ANGELES (AP) - How long can we live? New research suggests there may be a limit to our life span.
The record for the world's oldest person is 122 years. Researchers say the odds of breaking that record set in 1997 are slim. They think the human life span more likely maxes out at 115 years.
How long can people live? New study suggests there's a limitBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Latest on the condition of Louisiana State University's live tiger mascot (all times local):
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Louisiana State University's live tiger mascot has terminal cancer that has spread across its body.
LSU Veterinarian David Baker said at a news conference Wednesday that Mike VI has at best another one to two months to live.
The Latest: LSU: Live tiger mascot's cancer has spreadBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Cancer found in the skull of Louisiana State University's live tiger mascot has spread.
The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine announced that a CT scan and physical exam of the tiger, Mike VI, shows the tumor in his skull has grown and his cancer has spread. The school scheduled a press briefing Wednesday to discuss the tiger's prognosis.
LSU: Live tiger mascot's cancer has spreadTexas doctors have done the first womb transplants using live donors in the United States.
Four women who had been born without a uterus received one in operations last month at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
Three of the wombs have had to be removed because of poor blood flow, but a hospital statement says the fourth recipient still has hers and is showing no signs of rejection.
Texas hospital does 4 uterus transplants from live donorsBOSTON (AP) - A Boston hospital has successfully performed a double arm transplant on a former Marine who lost his limbs in an explosion in Afghanistan.
Sgt. John Peck is scheduled to speak at a news conference Wednesday at Brigham and Women's Hospital along with key members of the medical team that performed the surgery.
Boston hospital performs double arm transplant on MarineNEW YORK (AP) - The campaign to give workers paid time off when they're sick is picking up momentum.
A bill that would give workers for the Illinois county that includes Chicago one hour of paid sick time for each 40 hours they work was up for a vote Wednesday. Sick leave referendums are on the November ballot in Arizona and Washington state.
Campaign to give workers paid sick leave gains momentumATLANTA (AP) - The cost of expanding Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is rising faster than expected in many states, causing budget anxieties and political misgivings.
Far more people than projected are signing up under the new, more relaxed eligibility requirements, and their health care costs are running higher than anticipated, in part because the new enrollees are apparently sicker than expected.
Rising cost of Medicaid expansion is unnerving some statesMERCED, Calif. (AP) - A Merced City Council candidate has been accused of 17 criminal charges including possession of more than one pound of marijuana for sale and tax code violations in connection to a medical marijuana dispensary.
The Fresno Bee reports (http://bit.ly/2dvdLUv ) that Lakisha Jenkins was arrested Tuesday on a felony warrant in Stanislaus County just hours after taking part in a candidates forum.
Merced City Council candidate accused of possessionWARMINSTER, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania man is recovering after he was stung by a scorpion that somehow got into his backpack while he was on vacation in the Caribbean.
The 22-year-old Warminster resident had returned home from St. Thomas and reached into the pack to get his computer when he was stung.
Stowaway scorpion stings Pennsylvania man after vacationSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The family of a 13-year-old girl with a peanut allergy who died after eating a snack at a camp operated by the city of Sacramento has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement.
The Sacramento Bee reports (http://bit.ly/2d1YJ9B) Roger Dreyer, the lawyer for Natalie Giorgi's family, announced the settlement Tuesday in a prepared statement but didn't provide details.
Parents of teen who died at Camp Sacramento reach settlementFRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. (AP) - A Michigan woman who decided to take a cross-country RV trip instead of undergoing cancer treatment has died at the age of 91.
More than 400,000 people have followed Norma Jean Bauerschmidt's journey with her son and daughter-in-law on her "Driving Miss Norma" Facebook page.
Woman who opted for RV trip over cancer treatment dies at 91BOSTON (AP) - The same court that paved the way for same-sex marriage in the United States ruled Tuesday that an unmarried gay woman whose former girlfriend gave birth to two children through artificial insemination has the same parental rights as their biological mother.
The Supreme Judicial Court issued its decision Tuesday in a complicated case about the parental rights of a once-partnered, but unmarried, gay couple.
Court grants full parental rights to unmarried gay womanMillions of Americans who bought individual health insurance outside the Affordable Care Act's public exchanges may be leaving government help on the table if they skip those marketplaces again in picking 2017 coverage, a new report says.
The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 2.
Report: Millions may be skipping help with insurance billsMINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The union that represents thousands of nurses in the Twin Cities metro who are on strike is ready to go back to the bargaining table after rejecting Allina Health's latest contract offer.
Minnesota Nurses Association spokesman Rick Fuentes says no date has been set to resume negotiations.
Nurses, Allina Health ready to negotiate againAs the investigation into Prince's death homes in on the source of the fatal fentanyl, some observers are suggesting that the United States explore a lifesaving strategy used in Europe: services that check addicts' drug supplies to see if they are safe.
In Spain, the Netherlands and a handful of other countries, users voluntarily turn in drug samples for chemical analysis and are alerted if dangerous additives are found.
Could drug checking have prevented Prince's overdose death?ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) - The Raiders are expected be without tight end Lee Smith and former starting middle linebacker Ben Heeney for the rest of the season after both players were injured during Sunday's win in Baltimore.
Neither player has been placed on injured reserve yet and both were continuing to be evaluated by the team's medical staff but Oakland coach Jack Del Rio was not optimistic about either Smith or Heeney returning this season.
Raiders likely to place Smith, Heeney on injured reserveBOSTON (AP) - A police chief who was honored by the White House for his pioneering approach to heroin addiction but later was accused of misleading investigators looking into allegations of improper behavior with two women was fired on Monday.
Gloucester Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken said she lost confidence in police Chief Leonard Campanello after he destroyed cellphone evidence and took other steps to deceive investigators looking into the complaints.
Police chief prominent in heroin addiction debate firedA man ran off with an unknown number of rings after robbing the Kaiser Pernamente Vallejo Medical Center gift shop Saturday, a Vallejo Police Department spokesman said.
"At about noon, a guy came into the gift shop and told the clerk he wanted to look at some rings, and as the clerk was showing them to him, he pushed the clerk away, took the rings and fled on foot," Lt.
Man robs Kaiser Vallejo gift store, runs with a handful of ringsTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to hear Arizona's appeal of a lower court ruling that overturned a convicted murderer's death sentence has opened the door for about 25 death row inmates to challenge their sentences.
The justices on Monday let stand the ruling that said Arizona unconstitutionally excluded evidence about James McKinney's troubled childhood and post-traumatic stress disorder that might have led to a lesser punishment.
US Supreme Court won't hear Arizona death sentence caseFRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A native California frog once on the brink of extinction is making an encouraging comeback in Yosemite National Park, raising hopes for amphibians like it worldwide that are dying off at an alarming rate, researchers said Monday.
The Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog - little more than 3 inches long and known for the coloring under its hind legs - was once the most abundant amphibian in the mountain range.
Scientists: Endangered frog rebounding in Yosemite parkNEW YORK (AP) - Like a busy city, a cell works better if it can dispose of and recycle its garbage. Now a Japanese scientist has won the Nobel Prize in medicine for showing how that happens.
The research may pay off in treatments for diseases such as cancer, Parkinson's and Type 2 diabetes.
Yoshinori Ohsumi, 71, of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, was cited Monday for "brilliant experiments" that illuminated autophagy, in which cells gobble up damaged or worn-out pieces of themselves.
Japanese scientist wins Nobel for study of cell recyclingCONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte's campaign is highlighting a birth control bill she sponsored by handing out free condoms on New Hampshire college campuses.
The campaign recently distributed signs to students promoting her campaign that say "FREE CONDOMS" in bold letters.
Sen. Ayotte's campaign hands out condoms at college campusesMINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Thousands of nurses on strike at five Allina Health hospitals in Minnesota are voting on the company's latest proposal to get them back to work.
In two previous votes this summer, union negotiators recommended that members reject Allina's offer. Union leaders haven't directed its 4,800 members on how to vote Monday.
Striking Minnesota nurses vote on Allina's latest proposalMIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Until recently, Miami Beach Botanical Garden was home to over 2,000 colorful bromeliads.
But officials ordered the city-owned garden to uproot the plants, which were identified as breeding grounds for mosquitoes with Zika. Miami Beach residents have been encouraged to follow suit in their own yards.
Growers: Bromeliads aren't to blame for Zika in Miami BeachCHICAGO (AP) - Forget the pink ribbons. Spitting in a tube for science is what unites a growing group of breast cancer patients taking part in a unique project to advance treatment for the deadliest form of the disease.
For many of the 150,000-plus patients nationwide whose tumors have spread to bones, brains, lungs or other distant organs, the hue heralding breast cancer awareness and survival each October is a little too rosy.
Crowdsourcing effort takes aim at deadliest breast cancersORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Police say a teenage girl riding a Universal Orlando amusement park ride suffered burns when an electronic cigarette belonging to another rider exploded and shot a fireball at her.
Police told the Orlando Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2cVI0o5 ) the 14-year-old from Tennessee was riding the Hogwarts Express train Saturday with her family when an e-cigarette belonging to a rider in another group blew up in his pocket and the fireball hit her in the face and elsewhere.
E-cigarette explosion injures girl at Orlando theme parkDr. Steve Miller, the chief medical officer of Express Scripts, sits at the center of the storm over rising drug prices.
His company runs prescription plans for employers and insurers that cover around 85 million people. It buys enough drugs to fill more than 1 billion prescriptions a year.
Miller has watched super-sized drug prices infuriate patients and strain the health care system with growing frequency, starting when a new hepatitis C drug hit the market at $84,000 for a course of treatment and continuing through the recent revelation that the price of Mylan's EpiPen rose more than 500 percent since 2007.
Insider Q&A: A front-row seat for the drug pricing battleALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Like many transgender teens, Jenn Brewer faced bullying when she came out. Some classmates called her "tranny," and a few teachers refused to address the 13-year-old by anything other than her male birth name, she said.
But she and her family found that the biggest difficulty came from her father's employer: the U.
Hope, relief for transgender military families in new policyA Solano Countywide Prescription Drug Take-Back event is planned from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22 at various locations, organizers announced.
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), in partnership with the Solano County Department of Resource Management, Environmental Services, will host the event at eight locations throughout Solano County, and all Solano County residents are "encouraged to bring their unwanted, unneeded or expired prescription drugs for free, safe and convenient disposal," they said.
Solano County holds prescription drug take-back eventNEW YORK (AP) - An explosion that destroyed a New York City home and killed a firefighter has drawn attention to marijuana-making methods that are legal in many states - but can also be lethal.
A New York fire battalion chief died responding to the blast Tuesday in a Bronx home that authorities say had been converted into an indoor marijuana farm.
Marijuana labs spawn lethal explosions across the countryATLANTA (AP) - Authorities say a rare tree frog - the last known living member of the species in captivity - has died at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (http://on-ajc.com/2d8qTPQ) that the dead Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frog was found dead in its enclosure during a routine daily inspection on Monday.
Species likely extinct after rare frog dies in AtlantaLEWISTON, Maine (AP) - Patrick Dempsey is in Maine for a cancer fundraiser after releasing a new movie.
The "Dempsey Challenge" is a fundraiser for The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing. The Maine-born actor and his sisters created the center in 2008 in partnership with the Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.
Patrick Dempsey returns to Maine for cancer fundraiserA bill co-authored by Assemblyman Bill Dodd (D-Napa) and introduced in response to the notorious Stanford rape case verdict, was signed into law Friday, Dodd's office announced.
Assembly Bill 2888 by Dodd and Assembly member Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley) and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday, requires anyone convicted of sexually assaulting unconscious or severely intoxicated victims be sentenced to prison.
New law based on Stanford rape sentencing, signed by Gov. BrownSolano County's first responders save lives every day.
Kaiser Permanente in the Napa Solano area celebrated them last week, in a special event at the Vacaville Medical Center.
It was the second annual tribute, at which elected officials, business leaders, hospital staff and patients turned out to show their appreciation to the men and women on the front lines.
Solano County's first responders honoredSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's governor is rejecting legislation to allow employees of some small businesses to take up to six weeks of unpaid leave to bond with a new child without losing their job or health insurance.
Gov. Jerry Brown announced Friday that he vetoed the bill aimed at businesses with 20 to 49 employees.
California governor vetoes bill to expand parental leaveChere Rush of Brentwood said she waited too long to check on a lump she found in her breast nine years ago, and considers herself lucky to be alive today.
Convinced that early detection save lives, Rush and four other California survivors dreamed up Pink Plates as a way to raise awareness, and two of them will be at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center on Friday, Oct.
Cancer survivors bringing new Pink Plates to Kaiser Vallejo eventPASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A man armed with a knife and reportedly suffering from a history of mental illness died after a struggle with Pasadena police officers who were called to an apartment early Friday following reports of a disturbance.
Pasadena police Chief Phillip Sanchez said a fight ensued after the officers used a Taser on the man when he ignored their orders to drop the knife.
Armed man dies after struggle with California policeNEW YORK (AP) - A first look at U.S. teens and young children who were infected with Zika suggests the virus typically causes at worst only a mild illness.
Zika infection during pregnancy can cause severe brain-related birth defects. But the report seems to confirm health officials' belief that infections that occur after birth in children are similar to infections in adults - most people don't feel sick, and some develop only mild symptoms.
Officials: Zika caused only mild illness in US kidsSALINAS, Calif. (AP) - A Monterey woman has pleaded guilty to planning to poison her mother with a rare Southeast Asian plant.
The Salinas Californian reports (http://bit.ly/2cGhmB3 ) that 30-year-old Di Cerulean Stylo on Wednesday pleaded guilty to making a criminal threat to kill her mother and to threatening to place a harmful substance in food or drink.
Monterey woman pleads guilty to poisoning plotCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio doctors are supposed check patients' prescription histories against a state website before recommending prescription painkillers, but an audit has found that some 12,000 physicians appear to be violating the policy aimed at stemming the opioid epidemic.
An August audit by the state Pharmacy Board identified the doctors who either weren't registered on the site or weren't using it properly.
Many doctors not using site for keeping painkillers in checkDENVER (AP) - Wondering if that brownie contains pot? Colorado has you covered.
A requirement that edible marijuana products come with a diamond-shaped stamp and the letters T-H-C takes effect Saturday.
The rule applies to the edibles themselves, not just the packaging, and was approved after complaints that the treats look too much their non-intoxicating counterparts.
Colorado gives marijuana candy a new look to avoid confusionPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - For one sparkling minute each night, blinking lights from skyscrapers, tugboats, hotels, a yacht club and police cruisers send a goodnight message to sick kids inside a children's hospital.
A gesture that began with a single bike light cheering up a patient six years ago has become a nightly ritual in Providence, Rhode Island.
City skyline blinks in nightly ritual to cheer up sick kidsSEATTLE (AP) - A new study finds that unusually warm Pacific Ocean temperatures helped cause a massive bloom of toxic algae last year that closed lucrative fisheries from California to British Columbia and disrupted marine life from seabirds to sea lions.
Scientists linked the large patch of warm ocean water, nicknamed the "blob," to the vast ribbon of toxic algae that flourished in 2015 and produced record-breaking levels of a neurotoxin that is harmful to people, fish and marine life.
Warm Pacific Ocean 'blob' facilitated vast toxic algae bloomNEW YORK (AP) - U.S. health officials are advising pregnant women to postpone travel to 11 countries in Southeast Asia because of Zika outbreaks in the region.
The advisory issued Thursday targets travel to Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Maldives, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Zika travel advisory issued for 11 Southeast Asia countriesHOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) - The Latest on the commuter train that crashed into a station in New Jersey (all times local):
The National Transportation Safety Board says the engineer in the fatal New Jersey train crash has been released from the hospital and is cooperating with investigators.
NTSB Vice Chairwoman T.
The Latest: Engineer in train crash released from hospitalSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Supporters and opponents of California's 17 November ballot measures have raised nearly $390 million six weeks before the election, putting the state about $85 million shy of record initiative fundraising with some of the heaviest spending yet to come.
Reports filed by political donors with the secretary of state's office before a Thursday campaign reporting deadline showed a whopping $389 million in contributions on hot-button issues including prescription drug pricing and hospital fees.
Donors pump nearly $390 million into California propositionsCHICAGO (AP) - Teachers in the country's third-largest city have cranked up the heat in contract talks, threatening to go on strike in less than two weeks.
The Chicago Teachers Union and school district officials are clashing over cost-of-living raises, pension contributions and health care costs in negotiations that have stretched into a second year.
A closer look as deadline for Chicago teachers strike nearsHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A former student at Wesleyan University in Connecticut who sold drugs involved in a series of on-campus overdoses has been ordered to serve a year and a day in prison.
Rio de Janeiro native Eric Lonergan was sentenced Thursday in Hartford. He pleaded guilty in November to a drug conspiracy charge.
Ex-student gets year in prison for on-campus drug overdosesFRESNO, Calif. (AP) - California regulators say they're taking steps to protect schoolchildren in rural communities from pesticides that blow in from nearby farms.
Brian Leahy, head of the state Department of Pesticide Regulation, tells The Associated Press that he plans to ban farmers from spraying airborne pesticides within a quarter-mile of schools and day care facilities.
APNewsBreak: California to ban some pesticides near schoolsALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's attorney general says the state has reached an agreement with an herbal supplement maker to implement new quality control measures to confirm the authenticity of its products.
The settlement with Long Island-based NBTY follows agreements by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (SHNEYE'-dur-muhn) with GNC and Nature's Way.
Herbal supplement maker agrees to quality control measuresNEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks are lower Thursday as EpiPen maker Mylan and other drug companies face scrutiny over increases in product prices. Oil prices are little changed after a big surge a day ago, but companies that drill for oil are climbing. A slide in high-dividend stocks like utilities and real estate companies is also pulling the market lower.
Stocks slip as drug companies fall; oil drillers climbHOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) - A commuter train has crashed into a rail station in New Jersey.
Emergency crews are arriving on the scene in Hoboken on Thursday morning.
Photos from the scene show a damaged New Jersey Transit rail car inside the station, surrounded by debris.
There is no word on the damage or any possible injuries.
Commuter train hits New Jersey station; no word on injuriesBUENA PARK, Calif. (AP) - A Halloween attraction at two California amusement parks has been closed amid accusations that it was offensive to the mentally ill.
KABC-TV reports the virtual reality attraction at Knott's Berry Farm and California Great America was originally called FearVR: 5150.
Parks close Halloween ride amid charges of stereotypingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah man who mysteriously contracted Zika from his infected father may have got it by touching his dad's tears or sweat with his bare hands, according to new research that found the unusual transmission method was likely caused by his dying father having 100,000 times the normal level of the virus.
Utah man may have contracted Zika from dying father's tearsKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Consider two women in their 70s, both residents of the Kansas City area. One is white and affluent; the other is black and working class.
Guess which one is more optimistic about the country's future and that of their grandchildren?
More than likely, you guessed wrong.
DIVIDED AMERICA: Minorities hopeful, whites sour on futureCommunity members interested in learning about the health effects of marijuana use can gather at Benicia High School for an educational forum held by the Benicia Police Department.
The forum, "Marijuana: Weeding out the facts, protecting our youth," is free to attend and will be held from 6:30 until 8:30 on Oct.
Benicia High School to host educational marijuana forumEL CAJON, Calif. (AP) - The Latest on the fatal shooting of a black man by police in a San Diego suburb (all times local):
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The mayor of a California city says two officers who answered the call about a mentally unstable person that led to the shooting of an unarmed black man had received only basic training to deal with people with mental health problems.
The Latest: Mayor concerned man shot by police in 1 minuteSALT LAKE CITY (AP) - New research suggests a Utah man who contracted Zika from his infected father may have got it by touching his dad's tears or sweat with his bare hands.
The research by University of Utah doctors and published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine says the unusual transmission was likely caused by the dying father having 100,000 times the normal level of the virus.
Utah man may have contracted Zika from dying father's tearsCHICAGO (AP) - Illinois regulators on Wednesday suspended the license of a suburban Chicago doctor who allegedly gave patients modified vaccinations containing cat saliva and vodka.
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation ordered the emergency action in the interest of public safety, according to paperwork signed by Acting Director Jessica Baer.
Regulators: Doctor concocts vaccines with cat saliva, vodkaEL CAJON, Calif. (AP) - Police in a San Diego suburb say an officer shot a mentally ill black man a minute after arriving at scene.
Police in a San Diego suburb say an officer shot a mentally ill black man a minute after arriving at scenePHILADELPHIA (AP) - A second petition has been filed asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the $1 billion settlement of NFL concussion lawsuits because of how it treats current brain injuries versus future ones.
The former players who filed the petition complain that chronic traumatic encephalopathy diagnosed before the April 2015 cutoff can bring $4 million while future CTE diagnoses aren't compensated.
Supreme Court asked to block $1B NFL concussion settlementFRESNO, Calif. (AP) - School officials in the central California city of Fresno say they're investigating how two special-education children were given a bleach solution through their feeding tubes.
The Fresno Bee newspaper reported Tuesday that the two children were hospitalized in stable condition after last week's incident (http://bit.
California school examines how 2 disabled kids given bleachSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A soda tax is on the Nov. 8 ballots of three San Francisco Bay Area cities as part of a national movement by advocates to curb consumption of liquid sugar. Here's a closer look at the proposals:
WHAT WILL BE TAXED?
All three measures levy a penny-per-ounce tax on distributors of beverages with more than 25 calories per 12 ounces.
Things to know about California soda tax measuresSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The national fight over sugary soda is bubbling up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where voters in November will consider a tax on the drinks that many health experts say contribute to diabetes, obesity and tooth decay.
Backers of the campaign say a penny-per-ounce tax is needed in San Francisco, Oakland and tiny Albany to curb consumption of sweetened cola, sports drinks and canned teas that people gulp without thinking, adding empty calories.
Soda tax battle bubbles up in San Francisco Bay AreaMIAMI (AP) - The Latest on the locations of Zika-infected mosquitoes in Miami Beach (all times local):
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Miami-Dade County has released the locations of five sites in South Beach where mosquitoes were found to be infected with the Zika virus.
The statement Wednesday from Mayor Carlos Gimenez's office says that mosquitoes caught in traps at those locations tested positive for Zika on separate dates between Aug.
The Latest: 5 sites with Zika-infected mosquitoes identifiedSept. 28
The Press Democrat on the rising costs of prescription medication:
Disgusted with Big Pharma?
If you aren't, you must be boycotting the news. The latest outrage involves Mylan, which ratcheted up the price of life-saving EpiPen injectors more than 500 percent since acquiring the patent in 2007 and presented some creative accounting during a congressional hearing last week.
California Editorial RoundupVoters on Nov. 8 will decide ballot measures in nine states that would expand legal access to marijuana. Here's a rundown:
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RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA
In five states, the ballot measures propose to legalize recreational marijuana use for anyone 21 and over.
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Marijuana measures on the ballot in 9 states on Nov. 8MIAMI (AP) - Miami-Dade County officials say they're planning to release the locations of mosquito traps that captured Zika-positive insects in Miami Beach.
Michael Hernandez, a spokesman for Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez, told the Miami Herald (https://goo.gl/rBttmw ) they'll be naming the locations Wednesday morning.
Miami-Dade to release Zika-positive trap locationsSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - From California, with its counterculture heritage, to the fishing ports and mill towns of Maine, millions of Americans in nine states have a chance to vote Nov. 8 on expanding legal access to marijuana. Collectively, the ballot measures amount to the closest the U.S. has come to a national referendum on the drug.
9 states to vote soon on expanding legal access to marijuanaNEW YORK (AP) - New York City reached a $5.7 million settlement with the family of Bradley Ballard, a mentally ill Rikers Island inmate who died in 2013 after being locked in his cell for six days without care or medication.
The agreement was announced on Tuesday by the Legal Aid Society Prisoners' Rights Project and the family's lawyers, who said it was largest settlement ever paid by the city to settle a lawsuit over an inmate death in city custody.
NYC reaches $5.75M settlement in Rikers inmate deathNearly 100 businesses are expected to be represented at the Workforce Development Board (WDB) of Solano County's annual Fall Career Fair on Thursday, Oct. 6.
The event, planned from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fairfield's University of Phoenix, 5253 Business Center Drive, is among the county's largest career fairs and attracts "a substantial number of skilled job seekers from throughout the region," organizers said.
Solano County Fall Career Fair plannedNo one was arrested, though an investigation is under way, after a house fire in Vallejo on Monday led to the discovery of a marijuana grow operation, Vallejo police and fire officials said.
A fire in a home in the County Club Crest area of the city was called in at about 3:45 p.m. on Monday, a Vallejo Fire Department spokesman said.
Pot plants found in burning Vallejo houseMissouri-based Tyson Foods Inc. is recalling some 132,520 pounds of fully cooked chicken nugget products that may be contaminated with hard plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Tuesday.
The fully cooked Panko Chicken Nuggets items were produced on July 18, 2016, according to the announcement.
Tyson chicken nuggets recalled for plastic contaminationA free cancer awareness event called "Saving Lives" is planned for next month at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center, and you don't need to be a Kaiser member to go, organizers announced.
Saving Lives will take place from 11 a.m .to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at Kaiser Vallejo, 975 Sereno Drive.
Free cancer awareness, screening event at Kaiser VallejoSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California doctors will be required to check a database of prescription narcotics before writing scripts for addictive drugs under legislation Gov. Jerry Brown signed Tuesday that aims to address the scourge of opioid abuse.
The measure attempts to crack down on a practice known as "doctor-shopping," in which addicts visit multiple providers to obtain prescriptions for addictive drugs.
Governor signs bill targeting 'doctor-shopping' for opioidsMOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - The Latest on the Washington state mall shooting (all times local):
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Assaults on his parents and inappropriate sexual behavior at school led judges to order mental health treatment for the young man charged with killing five people at a Washington state department store.
The Latest: Suspect ordered into mental health treatmentSEATTLE (AP) - Assaults on his parents and inappropriate sexual behavior at school led judges to order mental health treatment for the young man charged with killing five people at a Washington state department store, but weekly counseling sessions failed to help him.
Court records obtained by The Associated Press detail a series of criminal charges and attempts to rehabilitate 20-year-old Arcan Cetin, who was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety disorder and depression.
Before mall shooting, courts ordered mental health treatmentThe Associated Press-GfK poll on health and the presidential race was conducted by GfK Public Affairs and Corporate Communications Sept. 15-19. It is based on online interviews of 1,694 adults, including 1,476 registered voters and 1,251 likely voters, who are members of GfK's nationally representative KnowledgePanel.
How the AP-GfK poll on the candidates' health was conductedNEW YORK (AP) - Scientists say the first baby has been born from a new technique that combines DNA from three people.
The goal is to prevent the child from inheriting a serous genetic disease from the mother.
The birth of the baby boy is revealed in a research summary published by the journal Fertility & Sterility.
Baby born with DNA from 3 people, first from new techniqueATLANTA (AP) - An Alabama man is accused of importing a Chinese drug sold as a Viagra substitute, then selling it to gas stations.
Nabil Chagri, 38, of Hoover, Alabama, has been charged with intentionally defrauding and misleading consumers, federal prosecutors said.
Lab tests on Zhen Gong Fu revealed the drug sildenafil, a potentially dangerous ingredient not listed on the label, authorities said.
Feds charge seller of mislabeled Chinese 'Viagra substitute'Longtime customers of Target's pharmacies are finding a change in pill bottle design hard to swallow.
After CVS began operating Target's drugstores earlier this year, distraught customers have been asking - in some cases begging - the drugstore chain to bring back the retailer's red prescription bottles, which came with color-coded rings, labeling on the top and prescription information that was easier to read.
Unhappy Target customers send strong message on pill bottlesSMITHFIELD, Pa. (AP) - A second man convicted in a rock-throwing episode on a Pennsylvania interstate that caused severe brain trauma to an Ohio teacher is set to be released from prison.
The (Sunbury) Daily Item (http://bit.ly/2domVWa) reports 21-year-old Brett Lahr could leave a state prison in Smithfield Monday when he completes the minimum of his 18-month to 20-year sentence.
Man convicted in rock-toss that hurt teacher nears releaseNEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump says it was a "real problem" when the 1996 Miss Universe gained significant weight after winning the pageant he then owned.
The Republican presidential nominee was responding to Democrat Hillary Clinton's reference in their first debate to Alicia Machado's claim that Trump called her "Miss Piggy" when she gained weight.
Miss Universe dubbed 'Miss Piggy' by Trump a topic at debateA man and a woman both wound up in the emergency room after a domestic violence situation "turned ugly" Sunday night, a Vallejo Police Department spokesman said.
It started at about 8:45 p.m. Sunday, when a 38-year-old man broke up with his 35-year-old girlfriend and tried moving out of their shared place in the 100 block of Sunrise Way, Lt.
Domestic violence case sends Vallejo couple to ERALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The Latest on a whistleblower lawsuit filed against a New York hospital (all times local):
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Westchester Medical Center says claims in a whistleblower lawsuit are "without merit" alleging adolescent Medicaid psychiatric patients were routinely provoked into acting out, then restrained and drugged, extending their hospitalization and Medicaid payments.
The Latest: Hospital: Doctor's claims are 'without merit'AMERICAN CANYON >> City Council candidate Mariam Aboudamous hosts a birthday/campaign fund-raising event from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Doubletree Hotel and Spa in this city, she announced.
The event, which features guest speakers Assemblymember and State Senate candidate Bill Dodd on Napa County Supervisor Keith Caldwell, will also include wine and hors d'oeuvres, she said.
American Canyon candidate holds event WednesdayA new law designed to help better manage state water supplies was signed by Governor Jerry Brown this week, the bill's author, Assemblymember Bill Dodd (D-Napa) announced.
Known as the Open and Transparent Water Data Act, the law "creates a transparent and universal platform for sharing water data across the state," Dodd's office said.
Dodd water data act signed into lawAMERICAN CANYON>> A 13-year-old boy was taken to a local hospital Monday morning after being hit by a city truck, while in a crosswalk on his way to school, a Police Department spokeswoman said.
Just before 8 a.m. Monday, officers responded to a reported vehicle vs. pedestrian crash on American Canyon Road and Hummingbird Way, Police Chief Tracey Stuart said.
American Canyon child in crosswalk headed for school hit by city truckSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed legislation that would have expanded California's ban on public smoking to all California State University and community college campuses.
The governor announced Monday that he took action on the legislation that would have banned tobacco use on all 136 CSU and community college campuses.
California governor vetoes ban on public smoking at collegesA man was arrested on the grounds of an elementary school and another on was the loose, after robbing a Vallejo convenience store at knife-point early Monday, a Vallejo Police Department spokesman said.
At about 2:11 a.m. Monday, two men entered the 7-Eleven in the 2800 block of Georgia Street, one of which threatened the 24-year-old female clerk with a knife and demanded money, Lt.
Armed robber arrested on Vallejo elementary school groundsANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Latest on four-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey dropping out of the 2017 race (all times local):
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An Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race official says four-time champion and cancer survivor Lance Mackey is hoping his withdrawal from next year's race will give him a chance to take better care of his health so he can be ready to compete again in 2018.
The Latest: 4-time Iditarod champ Mackey out of 2017 raceNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A Philadelphia-area man accused of severely beating a 4-year-old autistic boy and pulling out three of his teeth has been sentenced to two to 10 years in prison.
The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/2d4xwU6 ) reports 28-year-old Nicholas Kernechel apologized Monday in Montgomery County Court.
Man who pulled autistic boy's teeth out sentenced to prisonANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Organizers of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race say four-time champion and cancer survivor Lance Mackey has dropped out of next year's nearly 1,000-mile race because of health reasons.
Race marshal Mark Nordman confirmed the withdrawal to The Associated Press on Monday after the Iditarod Trail Committee announced it on its Facebook page.
4-time Iditarod champ Lance Mackey out of 2017 raceERIE, Pa. (AP) - Federal authorities are suing a Pennsylvania hospital, alleging religious discrimination in the firing of six employees who refused to get flu shots.
The lawsuit was filed Thursday in federal court in Erie by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Saint Vincent Hospital, which was founded by the Sisters of St.
Hospital sued for religious bias over flu-shot firingsALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A doctor who trained for four years at the psychiatric unit of a New York hospital said in a lawsuit Monday that adolescent patients were routinely provoked into acting out, then restrained and drugged, extending their hospitalization and Medicaid payments.
Dr. Alfred Robenzadeh said that supervisors at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla retaliated against him when he tried to address what he says was chronic patient abuse that increased the severity of diagnoses, with usual two-week inpatient stays often extended days or weeks.
Psychiatrist: Hospital provokes patients to enrich itselfWriter Neal Gabler broke the don't-talk-about-money taboo this spring with an Atlantic article, "The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans." Now he wants everyone to start talking.
"The idea of not being successful financially in America is such a stigma," says Gabler, who revealed in the article that he was among the millions of adults who didn't have savings to cover a $400 emergency.
Liz Weston: Your Money Secrets Are Killing YouTRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Two lawsuits ended in jury verdicts worth $127 million. Two others were tossed out by a judge who said there wasn't reliable evidence that the talc in Johnson & Johnson's iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer. So who's right? And is baby powder safe?
Most research finds no link or a weak one between ovarian cancer and using baby powder for feminine hygiene, a practice generations of American mothers have passed on to their daughters.
Research finds talc doesn't cause cancer; juries disagreePfizer will not split into two publicly traded companies, a decision that, at least for now, ends Wall Street speculation over the drugmaker's future.
The company believes it is best positioned to maximize shareholder value in its current form, but said Monday that it's reserving the right to split in the future if the situation changes.
Drugmaker Pfizer decides not to break up businessINDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A former USA Gymnastics team physician accused of sexually abusing two gymnasts faces 16 more abuse complaints at the university where he was a faculty member.
The Indianapolis Star obtained (http://indy.st/2cNACc5 ) Michigan State University police reports filed this month for abuse allegations since 1996.
More abuse allegations against former USA Gymnastics doctorCINCINNATI (AP) - First responders in U.S. communities reeling from waves of heroin overdoses say some people tell them they should just say no to using so many resources on drug abusers.
Authorities say people have expressed frustration about rescuing addicts who often immediately resume using the potentially deadly drug.
Just say no to Narcan? Heroin rescue efforts draw backlashOAK FOREST, Ill. (AP) - The idea is simple: Load fresh fruits and vegetables into a refrigerator truck and drive it to a health clinic, then have a doctor write a "prescription" for food to improve the diets of low-income people with diabetes and high blood pressure.
U.S. food banks - the organizations on the front lines of fighting hunger - increasingly are promoting "food as medicine" strategies designed to address, not exacerbate, the high rate of chronic health problems among the poor.
Doctors 'prescribe' fresh produce with help from food banksBELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) - Some leaders in a blue-collar Nebraska suburb that's home to Offutt Air Force Base are borrowing an idea from a vastly more liberal state: Ban apartment renters from smoking cigarettes and e-cigarettes inside.
The proposal, which would be one of the few such restrictions outside of California and is similar to federal rules for public housing across the U.
Nebraska town considers banning smoking in apartmentsCLEVELAND (AP) - Authorities in the Cleveland-area are issuing warnings after seven people died from overdoses on Saturday.
The outbreak across Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) County comes after 52 people died from heroin or fentanyl in August.
The county medical examiner says there's no evidence yet linking the seven deaths Saturday.
7 overdose deaths in 1 day reported in Cleveland-areaATLANTA (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control says a multistate outbreak of E.coli has sickened seven people, sending five to the hospital.
The CDC said Saturday that the outbreak of E. coli, which can cause intestinal illnesses, likely is linked to beef products from Adams Farms Slaughterhouse in Athol, Massachusetts.
Health officials: Multistate E.coli outbreak sickens 7MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Union nurses and Allina Health will return to bargaining for the first time since nearly 5,000 nurses at five Minneapolis-area hospitals went on strike nearly three weeks ago.
The Minnesota Nurses Association and Allina say federal mediators asked both sides to resume negotiations.
Striking nurses, Allina Health agree to bargaining sessionLANSING, Mich. (AP) - A year after the tap water in Flint was exposed as a source of dangerous levels of lead, residents of the impoverished city are still grappling with the man-made public health crisis, which has led to criminal charges and drawn attention in the presidential election.
Doctors discovered high amounts of the toxin in children last September and warned against using the Flint River water.
AP news guide: The Flint water crisis, a year onWICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The Obama administration has proposed barring states and other recipients of federal family planning grants from placing their own eligibility restrictions on where the money can go, which would undermine the efforts of 13 Republican-led states to prevent such money from going to Planned Parenthood.
Feds push back on states targeting Planned Parenthood fundsLOS ANGELES (AP) - Allegations Brad Pitt was abusive on a private plane last week relate to the actor's treatment toward his 15-year-old son, sources said Friday, as the FBI continued to gather information before determining whether to open an investigation.
FBI Spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said the agency hasn't made a decision on a formal investigation into what occurred on a plane ferrying Pitt, his wife Angelina Jolie Pitt and their six children.
AP Source: Brad Pitt allegations relate to treatment of sonWASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators have approved the first alternative version of the second-biggest selling drug in the world, AbbVie's Humira, a blockbuster injection used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases.
The Food and Drug Administration cleared the near-copy of the drug, dubbed Amjevita, developed by Amgen Inc.
FDA approves lower-cost alternative to biotech drug HumiraMIAMI (AP) - An investigative summary released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says the Zika outbreak in Miami's Wynwood arts district was centered on three businesses with outdoor areas shared by employees, customers and breeding mosquitoes. It also says the number of people infected was likely greater than reported.
CDC: 3 Miami businesses epicenter of 1st US Zika outbreakBESSEMER, Ala. (AP) - A judge says a pregnant heroin addict in Alabama must remain in jail until her baby is born.
Al.com (http://bit.ly/2d6po48 ) reports Jefferson County Judge David Hobdy issued the order Friday, saying he was concerned for the baby's safety. Twenty-one year-old Alexandra Laird had asked to be released on bond in order to go to a treatment facility.
Pregnant heroin addict ordered jailed until baby is bornSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - One of the companies alleged to have conspired to keep generic versions of a popular opioid treatment off the market says the antitrust lawsuit has no merit.
Attorneys general for 35 states filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Thursday, alleging that British drugmaker Indivior and New Jersey's MonoSol Rx conspired to corner the market on Suboxone.
Oral drug delivery company says opioid lawsuit has no meritSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The Latest on Gov. Jerry Brown's action on legislation (all times local):
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California women will be able to make fewer trips to the pharmacy to pick up birth control under a new law.
Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown announced Friday he has signed SB999 to allow pharmacists to dispense 12 months of hormonal contraceptives at a time, up from the current three-month limit.
The Latest: Governor approves year-supply of birth controlPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Five major hospitals in Portland, Oregon, and a low-income, nonprofit health plan are donating a combined $21.5 million to build nearly 400 housing units for the city's homeless population.
National experts said Friday the investment by private health care providers is the largest of its kind in the nation.
5 Portland hospitals donate $21.5M to build homeless housingBURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - The University of Vermont College of Medicine is changing the way physicians are trained by switching exclusively to a hands-on approach to learning designed to encourage students to solve medical puzzles rather than just memorizing body parts and diseases.
While most medical schools recognize the importance of active learning and use it in some of their classes, UVM is believed to be among the first in the country to commit itself to switching all its medical training to the new system.
To train doctors, Vermont school shifts to hands-on learningSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown is approving legislation that seeks to stop surprise medical bills from doctors not covered by a patient's health plan.
Brown said Friday he's signed AB72 by Assemblyman Rob Bonta of Alameda.
Unions and patient advocacy groups say patients shouldn't face massive bills if they visit a hospital that accepts their insurance but are treated by a doctor who doesn't.
California governor signs ban on surprise medical billsPHILADELPHIA (AP) - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia says the founding family of Comcast has given $25 million toward a new $50 million initiative designed to put the hospital at the forefront of pediatric genetics research and development.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports (http://bit.ly/2cXgF3G ) the hospital made the announcement Friday.
Comcast founders give $50M to Children's Hospital researchROCKAWAY, N.J. (AP) - The father of a New Jersey boy with autism says he's "humbled and grateful" for messages of support after his Facebook post lamenting his son's lack of friends went viral.
Bob Cornelius shared a picture of a school worksheet Monday on which his 11-year-old son put down "no one" when asked to list some of his friends.
Dad's post leads to outpouring of support for autistic boyNEW YORK (AP) - Pfizer expects to complete its $14 billion buyout of cancer drug developer Medivation in the third quarter following the expiration of a regulatory waiting period.
The New York drugmaker has agreed to pay $81.50 per Medivation share, which marked a 21 percent premium to San Francisco-based Medivation's closing price when it was announced in August.
Pfizer expects to close Medivation buyout in 3QSAN DIEGO (AP) - A bald eagle is recovering after a hiker found it lying near death on a California trail.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2d5MurN ) that the adult male bird was barely moving when found in Ramona Monday night. The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center Director Ali Crumpacker says the bird was dehydrated and had no food in his stomach.
Bald eagle recovering after rescue by California hikerLOS ANGELES (AP) - A case of leprosy, extremely rare in the United States, has been diagnosed in a Southern California elementary school student, sending health officials scrambling to reassure parents and the public that the disease is hard to transmit and easy to treat.
Two children from Indian Hills Elementary School in Jurupa Valley had initially been diagnosed by a local doctor with the condition known medically as Hansen's disease, Riverside County health officials said Thursday.
Leprosy found in California elementary school studentHOUSTON (AP) - A supplier of cookie dough that Blue Bell Creameries blamed for a possible listeria contamination of some of its ice cream said Thursday that its product tested negative for the pathogen before it was sent to the Texas-based company.
Blue Bell announced Wednesday it was recalling select flavors of ice cream distributed across the South and made at its Sylacauga, Alabama, plant after finding chocolate chip cookie dough from a third-party supplier - Iowa-based Aspen Hills Inc.
Supplier: No listeria in product before going to Blue BellJURUPA VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - A child from a Southern California elementary school has been found to have leprosy.
Riverside County health officials on Thursday announced the confirmation of the condition medically known as Hansen's disease.
Two children from Indian Hills Elementary School in Jurupa Valley had been diagnosed by a local doctor with the disease.
Southern California child tests positive for leprosySAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California is among 35 states and the District of Columbia that filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that opioid drugmaker Indivior tried to keep generic versions of Suboxone off the market.
The British company known today as Indivior was granted FDA approval in 2002 for Suboxone tablets, which are used to treat patients addicted to heroin and other painkillers.
35 US states sue British drugmaker over marketing of opioidALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) - Raiders cornerback David Amerson is expected to play in Sunday's game against Tennessee, one week after suffering a mild concussion.
Amerson has been limited all week in practice after getting temporarily knocked out in the fourth quarter against the Falcons but told reporters Thursday he feels fine and is ready to play.
Raiders DB recovering from concussion, expects to playDENVER (AP) - The Latest on members of Congress asking prosecutors for a perjury investigation involving cost overruns at a Denver-area veterans hospital (all times local):
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers has formally asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Veterans Affairs Department executives lied to Congress to conceal massive cost overruns at a Denver-area hospital.
The Latest: Lawmakers want perjury inquiry over VA hospitalThe Department of Health and Social Services, In-Home Support Services (IHSS) Public Authority is looking for a few good men and women to become paid caregivers for seniors and the disabled in Solano County, officials announced.
The Public Authority uses a customized database to match the needs of Solano County IHSS clients with pre-qualified Registry Home Care Providers, but, demand for services is growing and there's a need for more caregivers, officials said.
Final Solano County care giver recruitment session of 2016APPLETON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin teenager who drew attention for deciding to end her life instead of continuing a battle with an incurable disease has died.
Jerika Bolen's mother, Jen, told Gannett Wisconsin Media (http://post.cr/2dnhKVa ) that the 14-year-old died Thursday at Sharon S. Richardson Hospice in Sheboygan Falls.
Wisconsin teen dies after ending care for incurable diseaseWhatever caused the stinky problem that sent hundreds in Vallejo to the Emergency Room on Wednesday, Benicia officials want no part of it, and are taking preemptive steps against what is believed to have caused it.
Officials have been monitoring the events of the last 24 hours related to the odor and sheen reported on the waterways surrounding Rodeo, Vallejo, and elsewhere, and based on recent Coast Guard reports, current modeling of the travel of the sheen projects it will reach Benicia shorelines at about 8 p.
Benicia braces for sheen arrival on its coast, predicted tonightROXBURY, Conn. (AP) - The 27-year-old, paraplegic son of actress Mia Farrow fatally shot himself in the torso before being found in his vehicle along a Connecticut road, the state medical examiner's office ruled Thursday.
Thaddeus Wilk Farrow was found seriously wounded in his vehicle in Roxbury on Wednesday, about 8 miles from his mother's home in neighboring Bridgewater.
Medical examiner: Mia Farrow's son Thaddeus killed himselfBENICIA >> City officials launched a new emergency alert system Thursday, noting that the apparent crude oil leak that released fumes sending hundreds of Vallejo residents to local emergency rooms Wednesday is just the kind of event this new system is geared for.
Benicia's new system is with Everbridge, which city officials describe as "the worldwide leader in unified critical communications," and is designed keep residents, businesses, staff and emergency personnel safe and informed with quick and reliable emergency notifications and public service announcements, according to a press release.
Benicia launches new emergency alert system, urges people to sign upTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Rick Scott is using his emergency powers to direct $25 million in state money toward helping to develop a Zika virus vaccine.
Scott, who has been lashing out at the federal government for failing to pass a bill that includes Zika funding, announced his unusual action Thursday.
Florida governor to put $25M toward developing Zika vaccineLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an attempt to block votes from being counted on an effort to legalize medical marijuana in the state, but two other challenges to the November ballot measures remain pending before the justices.
Justices denied the challenge from a coalition of groups opposed to the measures, which would allow patients with qualifying conditions to buy the drug from dispensaries.
Arkansas court rejects challenge to medical marijuana planVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - A dog who rooted through the trash from a family dinner and ate seven corncobs is recovering after a charity raised money for surgery.
The dog is Roxy, a purebred boxer who lives in Virginia Beach.
The Virginian-Pilot newspaper (http://bit.ly/2cokEnF ) reports that Roxy threw-up six of the corncobs.
She ate 7 corncobs and was sick as a dog - but pup recoveredLOS ANGELES (AP) - The University of Southern California has received a $6 million grant to continue studying the effects of smog on children.
The Press-Enterprise reports (http://bit.ly/2cqVz0d ) that the National Institutes of Health awarded the grant Wednesday to USC's Keck School of Medicine.
NIH gives USC $6 million for smog studiesCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The University of South Carolina's School on Medicine will stop using live pigs in its emergency training after an animal-rights group complained about the practice.
The State of Columbia reports (http://bit.ly/2cSQexS) that the school's dean sent an email with its decision Tuesday to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
South Carolina medical school to stop using live pigsDENVER (AP) - Gross mismanagement, delays and lax oversight by the Veterans Affairs Department added hundreds of millions of dollars to the cost of a new Denver-area VA hospital, federal investigators said.
A report from the department's internal watchdog also said a former senior VA official, Glenn Haggstrom, knew the project was veering toward huge cost overruns but didn't tell lawmakers that when he testified before Congress in 2013 and 2014.
Inquiry finds 'gross mismanagement' in costly VA hospitalANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The only clinic in one of the nation's busiest commercial fishing ports is so remote that even conventional telemedicine for emergencies has been impossible for its limited staff - until this week.
Starting Thursday, a new partnership with an Anchorage hospital will virtually beam critical care doctors 800 miles away to the emergency room on Unalaska Island, home to Dutch Harbor.
Remote Alaska port clinic goes modern with telemedicineBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana auditors say Gulf oil spill recovery money intended for testing to ensure Louisiana fish were safe for consumers instead paid for unnecessary iPads, cameras, boats and now-missing fishing equipment.
The Louisiana Legislative Auditor's Office describes the safety program as so mismanaged by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries that it couldn't even declare if the catch was fit to eat.
APNewsBreak: Report questions Louisiana fish safety testingCLE ELUM, Wash. (AP) - A Dora the Explorer-themed banner, paper plates full of fruit and a bevy of troll dolls make up the decorations at a special birthday party in Washington state.
Staffers drum up excitement by letting out a series of groans, and a group of chimpanzees behind a separating wall replies in kind.
Sanctuaries across US prepare for influx of lab chimpanzeesCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Officials: One person taken to hospital in Charlotte with life-threatening injuries from apparent gunshot wound.
Officials: One person taken to hospital in Charlotte with life-threatening injuries from apparent gunshot woundKaiser Permanente's Medicare and commercial health plans in Northern California received the highest possible ratings from a national health plan rating group, Kaiser officials announced Wednesday.
Kaiser Northern California, which serves 3.9 million members, received the highest ratings from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, which rates health plans for consumer experience, prevention and treatment, they said.
Kaiser Permanente health plans get highest rankings nationallyDALLAS (AP) - An autopsy has found a 22-year-old woman who went into convulsions at a Texas jail in May died after blood clots traveled into her lung.
The autopsy released Tuesday by the Harris County Institute of Forensics ruled that 22-year-old Symone Marshall died of pulmonary thromboemboli due to deep vein thrombosis.
Autopsy: Jailed Texas woman died from blood clotsAMERICAN CANYON >> Police officials now have the authority to enforce traffic laws on private streets here after City Council members unanimously approved a measure aimed at addressing issues on two specific roads.
"Enforcement on Private Streets" will be added to the "Vehicles and Traffic" section of the American Canyon Municipal Code, especially for Corvina Way and Corvina Court, where illegal parking, speeding and going the wrong way on the one-way street prompted nearly everyone who lives there to ask the city for help.
Bad drivers on notice in American CanyonBRENHAM, Texas (AP) - Blue Bell Creameries is recalling select flavors of ice cream distributed across the South after finding chocolate chip cookie dough from a third-party supplier for use as an ingredient was potentially contaminated with listeria.
In a statement issued Wednesday, the Brenham, Texas-based ice cream maker said it's recalling half gallons and pints of Blue Bell Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and half gallons of Blue Bell Cookie Two Step from its Sylacauga, Alabama, creamery.
Blue Bell recalls some ice cream distributed in the SouthBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gulf oil spill recovery money intended for testing to ensure fish caught off Louisiana were safe for consumers instead paid for unnecessary iPads, cameras, boats and now-missing fishing equipment, state auditors said, calling the safety program so mismanaged it couldn't even declare if the catch was fit to eat.
APNewsBreak: Report questions Louisiana fish safety testingDENVER (AP) - Marijuana pioneer Colorado is poised to add post-traumatic stress disorder to its medical marijuana program, joining 18 other states that consider PTSD a condition treatable by pot.
A panel of state lawmakers voted 5-0 Wednesday to endorse the addition of PTSD to Colorado's 2000 medical pot law.
Colorado medical pot law poised to add PTSD as qualifierJACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Planned Parenthood is asking a federal judge to quickly rule in its favor and overturn a Mississippi law that bans Medicaid spending with any health care provider that offers abortion.
The women's health group points to a recent ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld an injunction against a similar law in Louisiana.
Planned Parenthood pushes challenge of Mississippi lawDOS PALOS, Calif. (AP) - Officials say an orchid farm in Central California broke federal law by refusing to give women returning from maternity leave their jobs back.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday said it filed a lawsuit against Dash Dream Plant. The company is located in Dos Palos, California, 65 miles northwest of Fresno.
California business accused of pregnancy discriminationSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have a lofty new goal: to cure, manage or eradicate all disease by the end of this century. To this end, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, their philanthropic organization, is committing $3 billion over the next decade to help accelerate basic science research.
The Zuckerbergs have a new charitable goal: End all diseaseSept. 17
The Press-Enterprise on funds to support mental health:
The story of California's so-called Millionaires' Tax is the kind of thing that can give a big, bumbling bureaucracy a bad name.
In an election year, it's also the kind of story that can scare people away from supporting ballot measures that require major tax support, perhaps including potentially beneficial measures.
California Editorial RoundupRANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) - A Los Angeles-area doctor has been found guilty of illegally prescribing powerful painkillers after he signed off on prescriptions after seeing an X-ray of a dog.
The Los Angeles Times reports (http://lat.ms/2d1G2lp ) that a jury on Tuesday found Dr. Richard Seongjun Kim of Rancho Palos Verdes guilty of 17 felony counts of illegally prescribing drugs without a legitimate medical need in connection to an undercover sting.
Doctor guilty of prescribing drugs after seeing dog X-rayNEW YORK (AP) - Chipotle is making another push to convince people that its food won't make them sick, with plans to run more newspaper and digital ads outlining the safety steps it has taken since last year's E. coli outbreak.
The ads beginning Wednesday will be an open letter from co-CEO Steve Ells, who also recorded a video that will be promoted online.
Chipotle makes new push to convince people its food is safeALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - American Indian tribal leaders from northern New Mexico - an area of the country devastated by heroin and opioid addiction - met with the U.S. Justice Department over ways to combat opioid abuse amid high overdose deaths among Native Americans.
And both sides say much more needs to be done.
Tribal leaders meet with feds in push against opioid abuseSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Sacramento police released more details Tuesday about the summer fatal police shooting of a homeless man, including videos of the incident.
Under pressure from members of the city council and the mayor to provide more information about the shooting, Police Chief Sam Somers revealed Tuesday that officers fired 18 shots, 14 of which struck 50-year-old Joseph Mann on July 11.
Sacramento police chief: 18 rounds fired in fatal shootingSolano County is the best place in the United States to be a nurse, a new study found.
SmartAsset's new study found the best place in America to be a nurse, at least between 2010 and last year, was the Vallejo-Fairfield metro area. During those years, the number of nursing jobs here increased nearly 26 percent and the average nurses' income rose nearly 34 percent.
Vallejo area best place in U.S. for nurses, study findsLOS ANGELES (AP) - Alexis Arquette died from a heart attack and battled HIV for 29 years, according to her death certificate.
The transgender character actress and sibling of actors David, Rosanna, Richmond and Patricia Arquette died Sept. 11 in Los Angeles. She was 47.
The death certificate released Tuesday lists cardiac arrest as her immediate cause of death and that Arquette suffered a bacterial infection three weeks before her death.
Alexis Arquette died of heart attack, battled HIVBotox-maker Allergan is bulking up its drug pipeline with two acquisitions announced Tuesday, both of which target liver disease.
Allergan PLC said it's acquiring Tobira Therapeutics Inc. and two potential liver disease treatments in a deal that could be worth almost $1.7 billion.
Tobira is testing two treatments for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, a disease that triggers inflammation that can lead to cirrhosis, cancer and eventual liver failure.
Allergan targets liver disease drugs with Tobira acquisitionALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - American Indian tribal leaders from northern New Mexico - an area of the country devastated by heroin and opioid addiction - are meeting with the U.S. Justice Department over ways to combat opioid abuse amid high overdose deaths among Native Americans.
Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohris is scheduled to talk with representatives and police chiefs from the eight northern New Mexico Native American pueblos as part of a push to combat heroin-related deaths across the state, including Indian Country,
New Mexico's drug overdose death rate was the second highest in the nation in 2014, according to the latest available numbers.
Tribal leaders to meet with feds in push against drug abuseNEW YORK (AP) - World leaders are pushing to end the overuse of antibiotics and to encourage the development of new medicines, driven by concern that drug-resistant germs could lead to millions of deaths and undermine the global economy.
For only the fourth time in its 70 year history, the United Nations is holding a special meeting Wednesday devoted to a health issue: This time, on the rise of untreatable infections that is being propelled by the way drugs are overused and misused in both people and animals.
Rising concern over drug-resistant germs prompts UN responsePITTSBURGH (AP) - A judge has upheld a jury verdict that a former Pennsylvania medical researcher purposely killed his neurologist wife by cyanide poisoning.
Sixty-seven-year-old Robert Ferrante has been serving a life sentence since an Allegheny County jury convicted him in November 2014 of the death of Dr.
Judge upholds researcher's conviction in wife's poisoningSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The Indian Health Service has chosen a South Dakota-based health care system to provide telemedicine services to its facilities across the Great Plains to bolster the specialty care available to tribal members.
Indian Health Service Principal Deputy Director Mary Smith on Tuesday announced the $6.
Avera to provide telemedicine services at Indian hospitalsCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has subpoenaed drug company Mylan N.V. in an investigation over drastic price hikes for its EpiPen.
Morrisey announced Tuesday that he filed a Kanawha County Circuit Court petition to force Mylan to produce documents from a subpoena from several weeks ago.
West Virginia AG subpoenas Mylan over EpiPen price hikeCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - What if your computer or smartphone could tell if you're happy or sad?
A new device developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology can detect a person's emotions using wireless signals reflecting off a person's body to measure human behavior.
Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory say their EQ-Radio device is 87 percent accurate in telling if someone is excited, happy, angry or sad.
Wireless signals can detect your feelings with new deviceNEW YORK (AP) - Sugar has become the nutritional villain du jour, but just how bad is our addiction? The answer is tricky.
Philadelphia recently passed a tax on sugary drinks, several other places have proposed them, and the government this year recommended we limit our intake of added sugars to 10 percent of daily calories, underscoring how significant elected officials believe the problem is.
Just how much sugar do Americans consume? It's complicatedIn this photo by Manish Swarup, people suffering from high fever sit with their relatives to see a doctor at a fever clinic at Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in New Delhi. Several cases of mosquito-borne diseases like chikungunya, malaria and dengue fever has been reported in the Indian capital over the past weeks.
Image of Asia: India's high season of mosquito-borne illnessMIAMI (AP) - With health authorities declaring a win against Zika in Miami's Wynwood arts district, their emphasis shifts to the remaining transmission zone on nearby Miami Beach, where residents have objected to the aerial pesticide spraying crediting with halting infections.
No new cases of Zika have been reported in Wynwood since early August, and on Monday health officials declared it to be no longer a zone of active local transmission.
Miami's Wynwood cleared of Zika; focus shifts to Miami BeachSutter Solano Medical Center staff on Monday formally dedicated the first chapel the facility's had in more than a dozen years, as hospital officials and others gathered in the serene first-floor area specifically designed to help meet users' spiritual needs, CEO John Boyd said.
The new chapel, a former storage space, is decorated in muted blues, grays and tans, with splashes of color in the form of a large floral bouquet and a glass-enclosed sand sculpture.
Sutter Solano's new chapel designed to recharge the spiritJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Jacksonville Jaguars left tackle Kelvin Beachum has been released from a hospital in San Diego and is on his way home.
Beachum sustained a concussion in the third quarter of Sunday's 38-14 loss to the Chargers. He was strapped to a backboard, carted off the field and taken to a local hospital, where he stayed overnight for observation.
Jaguars' Beachum released from hospital after concussionSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - For now, Chip Kelly is sticking with Blaine Gabbert through thick and thin.
And time will tell what the 49ers coach decides if and when backup Colin Kaepernick gets back to his ideal playing weight and finds a groove following surgeries on his non-throwing left shoulder, left knee and right thumb.
Chip Kelly stands behind Blaine Gabbert despite strugglesSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A major California prison medical center still is providing inadequate care to inmates despite a decade of oversight intended to improve care, the state inspector general said Monday, citing poor nursing care and a recent change in policy that means there are no doctors at the facility after normal hours.
Review: California prison medical center still inadequateFifteen of the 558 athletes in the U.S. delegation at the Rio Olympics - or slightly less than 3 percent - had therapeutic-use exemptions in force during the games.
The exemptions, known as TUEs, came under increased scrutiny last week after Russian hackers broke into the database of the World Anti-Doping Agency and posted confidential medical information online from some athletes.
Under 3 percent of US athletes in Rio had medical exemptionsST. LOUIS (AP) - A Missouri man's wish to see his wife one last time before she dies from cystic fibrosis has ended with his own death from the same disease.
Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis said Dalton Prager died Saturday. He was 25.
Dalton and his 26-year-old wife, Katie, were married in 2011 despite their struggles with the life-threatening genetic disease that clogs the lungs with mucus and forces patients to struggle to breathe.
Man with cystic fibrosis dies before seeing his dying wifeASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon officials are requiring a nursing facility to spoon-feed a woman despite her making clear that measures should not be taken to prolong her life.
When former librarian Nora Harris was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease in 2009, she and her husband hired an attorney to create an advance directive, a legal document used to guide medical care in case someone becomes incapacitated.
Oregon orders woman spoon-fed despite advanced directiveCHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Police Department launched mandatory training designed to help officers de-escalate conflicts, including situations involving the use of force and mental health issues.
The program, which Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is scheduled to discuss Monday evening, is among several department reforms following the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
Chicago police to undergo mandatory 'de-escalation' trainingMIAMI (AP) - U.S. health officials said Monday they were ending their strongest warning to pregnant women to stay out of Miami's Wynwood arts district.
No new cases of mosquito-borne Zika illness have been reported in that area since early August, and in the past several weeks mosquito control workers have seen only low numbers of the kind of bugs that are the main spreaders of the virus.
CDC: Aerial spraying, naled helped curb Zika in MiamiMIAMI (AP) - The Latest on the active Zika transmission zone being lifted in one Miami neighborhood (all times local):
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U.S. health officials say they are ending their strongest warning to pregnant women to stay out of Miami's Wynwood arts district.
No new cases of mosquito-borne Zika illness have been reported in that area since early August, and in the past several weeks, mosquito control workers have seen only low numbers of the kind of bugs that are the main spreaders of the virus.
The Latest: CDC: Aerial spraying, naled helped curb Zika