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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A North Carolina woman has pleaded guilty to charges that she sold unapproved drugs on her website that claimed to be remedies and treatments for COVID-19, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young said in a news release that Diana Daffin, 69, of Charlotte, North Carolina, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to selling unapproved drugs with the intent to defraud or mislead the Food and Drug Administration.
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Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård has been hired as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra and given a five-year contract that starts with the 2023-24 season. Søndergård, 52, will have the title of music director designate during the 2022-23 season. He will succeed Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä, the orchestra’s music director from 2003-04 through last season. Søndergård also is music director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, a role he has held since 2018-19 after serving as principal conductor from 2012. Past Minnesota music directors include Eugene Ormandy, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Antal Dorati, Neville Marriner and Edo de Waart.
LOS ANGELES — The Oak fire near Yosemite National Park grew to more than 19,156 acres overnight, but firefighters appear to be getting the upper hand on the blaze with containment now at 39%, officials said.
As the drought punishing California drags on, water is a top — and growing — worry for residents of the parched state, outpacing wildfires and climate change, according to a new poll about environmental issues.
President Joe Biden insisted the country is “on the right path” on Thursday even after the economy shrank for the second straight quarter and inflation rages at a nearly 40-year high.
The District of Columbia has requested National Guard assistance to help stem a “growing humanitarian crisis” prompted by thousands of migrants that have been sent to Washington by a pair of southern states. The crisis began in spring when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced plans to send busloads of migrants to Washington, D.C., in response to President Joe Biden’s decision to lift a pandemic-era emergency health order that restricted migrant entry numbers. Since then the city estimates that nearly 200 buses have arrived, delivering more than 4,000 migrants to Union Station, often with no resources and no clue what to do next.
MIAMI — With the milestone of a $1 billion settlement behind them, relatives of the 98 people who died in the Surfside condominium building collapse have begun private hearings this week with a Miami-Dade judge who will calculate each victim’s monetary value — a process partly guided by actu…
Top U.S. health officials say the country's monkeypox outbreak can still be beaten despite rising case numbers and limited vaccine supplies. The Biden administration’s top health official pushed back Thursday against criticism about the pace of the response. The government announced plans to begin shipping another 780,000 shots this week. Health authorities in San Francisco, New York and other large cities say they still don't have enough shots to meet demand. But Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra says the federal government has provided vaccines, tests and drugs “well beyond” what is needed.
LOS ANGELES — In his time at the California State Water Resources Control Board, Max Gomberg has witnessed the state grapple with two devastating droughts and the accelerating effects of climate change.
It takes a lot to rattle Chris Rock.
Madonna has lived to tell her own story.
The commissioner of the American Athletic Conference says athlete compensation, the transfer portal and conference realignment have created a perfect storm for an unsettled situation. Mike Aresco believes all the FBS conferences need to have a coordinated approach to stabilize things while finding a middle ground between the amateur model of college athletics and increasing professionalism. He used prepared remarks in a nearly half-hour address at the start of his league’s football media day about key issues facing college sports. He described a pivotal moment with so many critical issues at the same time, including FBS conferences potentially splitting from NCAA governance.
Less than two weeks after a video of a character appearing to rebuff two Black children at Sesame Place went viral, at least one family has sued the Philadelphia theme park for racial discrimination.
The House has passed a $280 billion package to boost the semiconductor industry and scientific research in a bid to create more high-tech jobs in the United States and help it better compete with international rivals, namely China. The House approved the bill by a solid margin of 243-187. The measure now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law, and it provides the White House with a major domestic policy victory. The GOP leadership in the House recommended a vote against the bill, arguing the semiconductor industry didn't need “government handouts." But some GOP lawmakers viewed passing the legislation as important for national security
DALLAS — During a speech in Romania over the weekend, Hungary’s far-right leader Viktor Orbán said he doesn’t want Europeans mixing with people from outside the continent — comments one of his aides compared to Third Reich rhetoric before resigning.
BALTIMORE — A former Baltimore police detective — who previously was convicted of federal corruption charges, including conspiring with others to plant a BB gun on a man who had been run over by another officer’s car in 2014 — was sentenced 30 months in prison on Thursday.
For a show ostensibly about the London investment banking scene, "Industry" sure features a lot of sex. Like, a lot of sex.
Federal officials announced plans Thursday to spend $401 million in grants and loans to expand the reach and improve the speed of internet for rural residents, tribes and businesses in 11 West and Central U.S. states. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters that farmers, store owners, schoolchildren and people seeking telehealth medical checkups will benefit from the ReConnect and Telecommunications Infrastructure Loan and Loan Guarantee programs. He called connectivity critical to remote parts of America and tallied the number of people who could be helped at about 31,000 in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Arkansas, North Dakota and Texas.
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek has extended her clay-court winning streak to 18 matches by defeating Gabriela Lee 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals at the Poland Open. The 21-year-old Pole has not lost on clay since the 2021 French Open quarterfinals. She improved to 48-4 this season. The two-time French Open champion produced a dominant display, hitting 25 winners while saving the single break point she faced. She will next play fifth-seeded Caroline Garcia who advanced with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Elisabetta Cocciaretto. Eighth-seeded Petra Martic and tenth-seeded Jasmine Paolini also reached the quarterfinals.
There’s no shortage of snaps for Marcus Mariota and rookie Desmond Ridder at the Atlanta Falcons’ training camp. Ridder and Mariota are taking almost every snap. The only other quarterback in camp, Feleipe Franks, is spending most of his time at tight end. Second-year coach Arthur Smith wants to give Mariota, who opened camp as the starter, and Ridder, a possible long-term option, as much time as possible. Ridder says he's grateful for all the work. Ridder made a strong early impression as a quick learner at the rookie camp and minicamp. Even so, Mariota opened camp as the starter.
Meta Platforms says it will no longer pay U.S. news organizations to have their material appear in Facebook's News Tab as it reallocates resources in the economic downturn. The company said Thursday that most of its users do not come to Facebook for news. It said it does not make business sense for it to invest in areas that don’t align with its users' preferences. Meta, then called Facebook, launched the partnerships in 2019. The “News Tab" section in the Facebook mobile app only displays headlines — and nothing else — from The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, NBC, and the Los Angeles Times, among others.
Canadian police have released the names of the two people who died in a shooting in a Vancouver suburb. In a release Thursday, police identified the two people killed on Monday as 60-year-old Paul David Wynn and 43-year-old Steven Furness. A 26-year-old woman remains in hospital in critical condition, along with a 26-year-old man with non-life threatening injuries. The attacks began early Monday in the community of Langley, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Vancouver, and continued until dawn. The lone gunman, 28-year-old Jordan Daniel Goggin of Surrey, British Columbia, was shot and killed by police.
New position will lead the charge in promoting a culture of personal and professional well-being.
MIAMI — An incident involving a suspected migrant smuggling vessel left at least five people dead near an uninhabited island in Puerto Rico on Thursday, according to U.S. authorities.
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, July 23, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2022 NPD Group.
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, July 23, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2022 NPD Group.
A tropical vacation on a Mexican beachfront resort can’t solve everything.
Barack Obama’s presidential portrait will be unveiled at the White House in a September ceremony hosted by his former No. 2, President Joe Biden. An Obama spokesperson, who spoke on background because the ceremony hadn’t been formally announced, said portraits of the former president and Michelle Obama would be presented in the East Room on September 7. President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will host the Obamas for the occasion. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre planned to announce the portrait unveiling during her press briefing later Wednesday. As with previous such ceremonies, the artists and details about the artwork won’t be released until the day of the ceremony.
It made Route 66 and Interstate 40 drivers in New Mexico do double takes. An upgraded state Department of Transportation sign erected last week pointing drivers toward Albuquerque misspelled the city's name, losing its“R.” A transportation department spokesperson says people called and sent emails about the mistake and the misspelling was fixed this week on the sign visible from both highways. The city's name actually had two “Rs” in it after colonists in 1706 were granted permission by King Philip of Spain to establish the new community on the banks of the Rio Grande. What used to be Alburquerque lost the other “R” over the centuries.
LOS ANGELES — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed Rep. Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayoral race Thursday, characterizing Bass as "a proven leader who will bring Angelenos together to solve problems while championing women's rights and opportunities for young people."
SEATTLE — King County prosecutors on Wednesday filed a felony stalking charge against a 49-year-old Seattle man, accusing him of repeatedly harassing and intimidating U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who feared the armed man wanted to injure or kill her.
DENVER — Colorado’s COVID-19 hospitalizations remain stuck in the same rough zone they’ve hovered in for the past six weeks, and it’s not clear why they aren’t dropping as other measures of the virus’s spread improve.
Tampa Bay Pro Bowl center Ryan Jensen injured his left knee and was carted off the field near the end of practice on Thursday. Neither coach Todd Bowles nor general manager Jason Licht would speculate on the severity of the injury, which occurred with players wearing shorts, jerseys and helmets during a non-contact, two-minute drill on the second day of training camp workouts. Licht said it could be a couple of days before the Buccaneers learn how long Jensen might be sidelined. Second-year pro Robert Hainsey replaced Jensen for the remainder of the drill. Another backup offensive lineman, Nick Leverett, will also take some snaps in practice while the starter is out.
At over $1 billion, the Mega Millions jackpot is among the largest lottery prizes ever up for grabs. It's the latest focus of a long history of lotteries that have been conducted in the U.S. and around the world. Only two prizes have grown larger than the $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot that could be won Friday night. Most other lotteries around the glob offer smaller payouts, though in other ways they're more integrated into life in their countries. Lotteries remain popular in Europe, with none bigger than Spain's El Gordo, the biggest game for total prizes.
For most of the six decades that monkeypox has been known to affect people, it was not known as a disease that spreads through sex. Now that has changed. The current outbreak is by far the biggest involving the virus. It's been designated a global emergency. So far, officials say, all evidence indicates that the disease has spread mainly through networks of men who have sex with men. To protect the people at highest risk while trying to contain the spread, public health agencies are focusing their attention on those men — and attacking the virus based on how it’s currently behaving.
Former U.S. national team forward Jozy Altidore will be loaned to Mexico’s Pueblo for the rest of the year by Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution. Revolution coach Bruce Arena says Altidore initiated the loan. The 32-year-old Altidore was acquired from Toronto in February and has one goal in four starts and 13 substitute appearances. He is a two-time U.S. Soccer Federation player of the year and is married to 2017 U.S. Open tennis women’s singles champion Sloane Stephens.
Formula One champion Max Verstappen supports banning abusive fans from races but believes drivers have limited influence in curbing the boorish behavior seen at recent events. Verstappen called for stronger deterrents from F1 and race promoters. Abusiveness in the grandstands overshadowed the Austrian Grand Prix two weeks ago and spectators used social media to make F1 aware of rampant harassment, sexism, racism, and homophobia. Verstappen tells The Associated Press that measures such as those taken in soccer to tamp down unruly behavior could help F1.
North Carolina’s Republican General Assembly leaders have asked a federal judge to reinstate a 20-week abortion ban previously thrown out by courts, despite the Democratic attorney general’s refusal to seek enforcement of the ban after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nationwide abortion protections. Outside attorneys for Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore asked U.S. District Judge William Osteen on Wednesday to vacate his 2019 ruling that blocked the execution of the ban based on precedents set in Roe v. Wade and an associated 1992 Supreme Court ruling, both struck down on June 24.
The House Jan. 6 committee has interviewed former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and is in negotiations to talk to several other former members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet. The committee is scrutinizing the days after the Capitol insurrection and discussions about whether to try and remove the then-president from office. The interviews and negotiations were confirmed by three people familiar with the committee’s work who weren't authorized to discuss the developments publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. According to one of those people, the committee asked Mnuchin about discussions among Cabinet secretaries to possibly invoke the constitutional process in the 25th Amendment to remove Trump after the attack on the Capitol.
The parents of a 12-year-old boy who was left in a comatose state after suffering brain damage have failed to persuade the U.K. Supreme Court to intervene in a life-support treatment battle. Archie Battersbee’s parents filed an urgent appeal to the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking to halt rulings by lower courts to allow doctors to legally withdraw life support from their son. Archie’s mother, Hollie Dance, found him unconscious at home on Apr. 7. Doctors treating the teen at the Royal London Hospital believe he is brain dead, and say continued life-support treatment is not in his best interests. The Supreme Court said Thursday that a panel of three judges refused to give the couple permission to appeal.
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