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US lawmakers drop call for review of South Africa relations
U.S. lawmakers dropped a potential review of South Africa’s ties with Washington on the basis that they pose national-security risks.
President Joe Biden on Monday signed a version of a key annual defense-policy bill that didn’t contain an earlier amendment passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in June that sought the review.
Two ...Read more
O.C. judge tied to health-care fraud scheme with convicted doctor, records show
By day, Israel Claustro was an Orange County prosecutor who took down violent gang members, sex abusers and corrupt bureaucrats.
In 2022, Claustro glided to electoral victory, winning an open judicial post.
For years, he also operated a medical billing and health-care management firm on the side. Now, he is facing accusations that his ...Read more
Eye drops sold at Publix, Amazon recalled for fungal contamination. What you should know
Many of us need eye drops for our weary orbs. Hours spent reading and writing holiday cards, peering at ingredient lists while baking, and catching up on new and old Christmas movies on TV all take their toll.
Now one of the products that offers relief for dry eyes is on a recall list.
Alcon Laboratories has voluntarily recalled one lot of ...Read more
What to know about infectious diseases during this holiday season
It’s that time of year, when families and friends come together to share their holiday cheer and a few circulating pathogens.
Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at UC San Francisco, said people should be on the lookout for the “Big Four”: three respiratory viruses currently moving through the U.S. — influenza, COVID-19 ...Read more
Daughter pauses dream job to raise siblings after Sacramento parents were killed in Mexico
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Three orphans of a Sacramento couple brutally gunned down in Mexico earlier this month are raising money to help stay afloat and bring their parents’ remains home.
Authorities said Rafael Cardona Aguilera, 53, and Gloria Ambriz de Cardona, 50, were shot and killed Dec. 11 while spending time with their grandparents in ...Read more
Are Americans hopeful -- or discouraged -- heading into new year? What a new poll found
Americans are more optimistic about 2025 than they were about 2024 — in large part because of President-elect Donald Trump, according to new polling.
In a December CBS News/YouGov poll, 57% of respondents said that, when looking ahead to 2025, they feel more hopeful than discouraged. Meanwhile, 23% said they feel more discouraged, and 20% ...Read more
Colorado stops water testing at state lab amid investigation into manipulated data
DENVER — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has suspended a second chemist and stopped water testing at the state laboratory amid a state investigation into manipulated data.
State public health officials on Dec. 20 identified that a second chemist had manipulated quality control data, contributing to the lapses in ...Read more
Russian army cargo ship sinks in Mediterranean after explosion
The biggest cargo ship belonging to the Russian military’s logistics fleet sank in the Mediterranean Sea after an explosion in its engine room.
The Ursa Major was lost in international waters following the blast, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday in a website statement. Two crew members were missing and 14 others were rescued and ...Read more
Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez wins temporary restraining order against school board after ouster
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board was blocked from modifying Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez’s duties by a Cook County Judge on Tuesday, giving the embattled schools chief a victory as he battles with City Hall over the district’s future.
Judge Joel Chupack granted Martinez a temporary restraining order against CPS...Read more
Baltimore mayor, boards disagree whether 'immediate action' needed on police oversight powers
BALTIMORE — As Baltimore sunsets a decades-old committee probing police misconduct, the city’s three civilian-led law enforcement accountability boards are at odds with Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration over the future of independent oversight investigations.
Scott’s office argued that the looming dissolution of the city’s Civilian...Read more
Biden commuted the death sentences of 2 California killers. Here's what we know about them
LOS ANGELES — Two San Fernando Valley men, who were sentenced to death over a decade ago for killing five people, had their sentences commuted to life in prison on Monday by President Joe Biden.
In 2007, Iouri Mikhel and Jurijus Kadamovas were sentenced to death after they were convicted of murdering five people in a kidnapping-for-ransom ...Read more
Massachusetts police officer saves Christmas after finding 80 Amazon packages in woods
BOSTON — A local Massachusetts police officer “likely saved a Christmas headache” after he discovered roughly 80 Amazon packages left behind in the woods, days before the holiday.
Early Sunday morning, Lakeville Police Sgt. Shawn Robert stumbled upon “three large totes full of Amazon packages” that a driver for the e-commerce company ...Read more
Maryland Air National Guard to add DC fighter squadron as federal budget negotiations settle
BALTIMORE — A squadron of fighter jets that belong to the District of Columbia Air National Guard will transfer to the Maryland National Guard, Gov. Wes Moore and other Maryland leaders said Monday night.
Transferring the 121st Fighter Squadron, which operates out of Joint Base Andrews in Prince George’s County, will allow the state to ...Read more
Illinois group puts up Nativity scenes around nation
CHICAGO — On quiet nights during the Christmas season, Ed O’Malley enjoys visiting the Nativity scene he helps set up every year in an Arlington Heights park.
He’ll check whether the wind has blown over a statue, or whether any lights have gone out.
On relatively warm evenings, many families will be out and about, O’Malley said. ...Read more
Judge approves consent decree with Johns Hopkins over alleged ADA violations
A federal judge signed off last week on a consent decree between the Department of Justice and the Johns Hopkins Health System to resolve allegations that the medical system’s coronavirus-pandemic-era visitor restrictions violated disabled patients’ rights.
The consent decree signed Thursday by U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett ...Read more
4 journalists, police officer killed by gangs at reopening of Haiti's largest hospital
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Four journalists and a police officer were killed Tuesday after armed gangs opened fire on them inside an old military hospital in Haiti’s capital. The attack also left at least six other people, several of them journalists and one police officer, with gunshot wounds.
The injured were being treated at La Paix ...Read more
Highest paid NYPD cop demands suspension be revoked in light of Maddrey alleged abuse
NEW YORK — An NYPD lieutenant suspended from the force following a Daily News report detailing the more than $200,000 in overtime pay she accrued last year is demanding she be reinstated, claiming she deserves special consideration in light of the sexual abuse she says she endured at the hands of NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey.
An ...Read more
Florida deputy, sheriff's office accused of aggravated battery in lawsuit by unarmed man shot in 2020
ORLANDO, Fla. — The man shot by Deputy Bruce Stolk in December 2020 is suing him and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, accusing them of aggravated battery. This comes after charges against the deputy in the shooting were dropped earlier this year.
In addition to aggravated battery, for which the deputy was indicted in 2022, the lawsuit ...Read more
Migrant drunkenly fanned flames after torching homeless woman on Brooklyn subway, district attorney says
NEW YORK — The migrant accused of torching a homeless woman on a Brooklyn subway made his first court appearance Tuesday to face murder charges — and prosecutors revealed he used his shirt to fan the flames after he ignited her clothes with a lighter.
Sebastian Zapeta, a 33-year-old Guatemalan migrant living in a Brooklyn men’s shelter, ...Read more
Huge waves batter California coast: Man dead, another missing, pier partially collapses
LOS ANGELES — Northern California is bracing for another day of deadly waves topping 40 feet Tuesday as officials in Santa Cruz search for survivors and assess the damage from a partial collapse of the city's landmark pier.
Officials are urging people across Northern California to stay out of the water and avoid piers, marinas and the beach....Read more
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