ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Doctors and other healthcare practitioners who write prescriptions bear ultimate responsibility for improper distribution of opioids to patients, not pharmacists who are obliged to fill those prescriptions, a series of pharmacy chains argued in federal court.
The filings, which were submitted Monday to the federal judge in Cleveland who has been overseeing the...
MARK KENNEDY
AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — New technology. Same furry faces.
When Apple was thinking about what kind of children's TV programming it wanted on its new streaming service, it doubled down on two multi-generational crowd-pleasers — Snoopy and "Sesame Street."
Apple TV Plus has carved out prominent roles for Charlie Brown's floppy-eared beagle and for puppets from the...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Two-time Farmers Insurance Open champion Jason Day and World No. 21 golfer Rickie Fowler, a Murrieta Valley High School graduate, have committed to the 2020 tournament at Torrey Pines, event organizers announced on Tuesday.
Day, who won the 2015 and 2018 Farmers Insurance Open tournaments and tied for fifth in last year's outing, has won the...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - UC San Diego Health professionals worked with animal care specialists to save the eye of a 3-year-old gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, it was announced Monday.
Leslie, a western lowland gorilla, was the cause of concern last month when Safari Park employees noticed cloudiness in her left eye. Closer inspection conformed the lens...
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Riverside County supervisors Tuesday are considering revising policies to allow Sheriff Chad Bianco and his staff to take over management of facilities maintenance at sheriff's buildings, as well as independently handle future public works projects -- cutting out the county Economic Development Agency to net savings.
Supervisors Kevin Jeffries and Chuck Washington jointly introduced the proposal to...
DEE-ANN DURBIN
AP Business Writer
After a big year for its plant-based burger, Impossible Foods has something new on its plate.
The California-based company unveiled Impossible Pork and Impossible Sausage on Monday evening at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas.
It's Impossible Food's first foray beyond fake beef. The Impossible Burger, which went on sale in 2016, has been a key...
DANICA COTO
Associated Press
GUAYANILLA, Puerto Rico (AP) — A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn on Tuesday, killing one man, injuring at least eight other people and collapsing buildings in the southern part of the island.
The quake was followed by a series of strong aftershocks, part of a 10-day series of temblors spawned by the grinding of tectonic...
NASSER KARIMI, AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL
Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A stampede broke out Tuesday at the funeral for a top Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike, and at least 56 people were killed and more than 200 were injured as thousands thronged the procession, Iranian news reports said.
The stampede took place in Kerman, the hometown...
KIM TONG-HYUNG
Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. strike that killed Iran's top military commander may have had an indirect casualty: a diplomatic solution to denuclearizing North Korea.
Experts say the escalation of tensions between Washington and Tehran will diminish already fading hopes for such an outcome and inspire North Korea's decision-makers to tighten their hold on the...