Los Angeles — Hollywood scribes met with studio executives Friday for the first time since the Writer’s Guild of America went on strike just over three months ago. The more than 11,000 film and television writers that make up the WGA have been on strike since early May. In mid-July, …
Read More »“Preppy Killer” Robert Chambers released from prison after second lengthy prison term
Robert Chambers, better known to some as the “Preppy Killer,” was released after spending 15 years in prison for drug and assault charges, according to state records. Chambers spent a similar amount of time in prison after pleading guilty to strangling Jennifer Levin in New York City’s Central Park during …
Read More »Cigna accused of using an algorithm to automatically reject patient claims
Cigna is using an algorithm to review — and often reject — hundreds of thousands of patient health insurance claims, a new lawsuit claims, with doctors rubber-stamping those denials without individually reviewing each case. The class-action suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Sacramento, alleges that Cigna’s actions violate …
Read More »Doctors created a primary care clinic as their former hospital struggled
GALLUP, N.M. — About a year ago, Valory Wangler, a family medicine doctor, invited a handful of former co-workers to her backyard. During the early months of the COVID-19 outbreak, Wangler and her colleagues had worked at a hospital in this former railroad hub of about 21,000 residents just a …
Read More »Video shows driver stopping pickup truck and jumping out to tackle man fleeing police in Oklahoma
A member of the public tackled a man who fled from police during an arrest last week, video from the Tulsa Police Department shows. Police say an officer was speaking to a suspect identified as Miguel Fernandez, who originally gave a false name. When the officer began questioning him, Fernandez …
Read More »Education was once the No. 1 major for college students. Now it’s an afterthought.
Five decades ago, the U.S. was training an army of college students to become teachers, with 1 in every 5 bachelor’s degrees earned in the field of education. That guaranteed a steady pipeline of educators entering the profession, a vital resource for schools around the country, and for the economy …
Read More »Stars of “Oppenheimer” walk out of premiere due to actors’ strike
The star-studded cast of “Oppenheimer” left the film’s London premiere early on Thursday as the Hollywood actors’ union staged its first major strike in more than 40 years. Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Cillian Murphy and Florence Pugh walked the red carpet outside the ODEON Luxe Leicester Square cinema Thursday, but …
Read More »House Oversight chief seeks information from Secret Service about cocaine found in White House
Washington — The Republican-led House Oversight and Accountability Committee will assess the security practices at the White House and is seeking information from the head of the U.S. Secret Service after a small bag of cocaine was discovered near a lobby in the West Wing over the weekend. Rep. James Comer …
Read More »Massachusetts lawmakers target “affirmative action for the wealthy”
So-called legacy college admissions — or giving preference to the children of alumni — is coming under new scrutiny following the Supreme Court’s ruling last week that scraps the use of affirmative action to pick incoming students. Lawmakers in Massachusetts are proposing a new fee that would be levied on …
Read More »Hate crimes on the rise in Texas, data shows
NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) — The sentencing hearing for the Allen man who pleaded guilty to 90 federal charges in the 2019 mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart began Wednesday morning. Of those charges, half are hate crimes. The shooting was one of the deadliest attacks on Latinos in modern U.S. history, killing …
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