MARILYNN MARCHIONE
AP Chief Medical Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A drug that curbs delusions in Parkinson's patients did the same for people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia in a study that was stopped early because the benefit seemed clear.
If regulators agree, the drug could become the first treatment specifically for dementia-related psychosis and the first new...
MURRIETA (CNS) - A 21-year-old Anza man accused of gunning down his father pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a murder charge.Anthony David Holguin allegedly killed 40-year-old David Jose Holguin at the victim's home in the 39000 block of Cary Road, near Dusty Road, on Nov. 13.The defendant, who is also charged with illegal possession of a firearm and faces...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE
AP Business Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric on Wednesday urged a federal bankruptcy judge to approve a key insurance settlement as it struggles to regain its financial footing and cover at least $20 billion in losses stemming from catastrophic wildfires in California tied to its equipment.
The nation's largest utility faced fierce resistance at the...
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's governor on Wednesday blamed the Trump administration for withholding data needed to release $650 million in state aid to combat homelessness.
California's cities and counties have been waiting since June for the money approved by the Legislature. But state law says the money can only be distributed based on federally approved...
CALEB JONES, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and AUDREY McAVOY
Associated Press
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — An active duty U.S. sailor whose submarine was docked at Pearl Harbor opened fire on three civilian employees Wednesday, killing two and then taking his own life just days before dignitaries and veterans descend on the base for the 78th anniversary of the Japanese attack.
The...
NICOLE WINFIELD
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo resigned Wednesday, forced to step aside amid mounting calls for his ouster from his staff, priests and public over his handling of allegations of clergy sexual misconduct.
The Vatican said Pope Francis accepted the resignation and appointed Edward Scharfenberger, the bishop of Albany, New York, to run the Buffalo...
MARINA VILLENEUVE
Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York could bar doctors from performing so-called virginity tests under legislation prompted by the rapper T.I.'s controversial claim that he has a gynecologist check his daughter's hymen annually.
Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages said Tuesday the bill she submitted last month would prohibit medical professionals from performing or supervising such examinations, though it's unclear...
RICK CALLAHAN
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A nephew of 1930s gangster John Dillinger needs a cemetery's permission to exhume the notorious criminal's Indianapolis gravesite to prove whether he's actually buried there, a judge ruled Wednesday in dismissing the nephew's lawsuit against the cemetery.
Marion County Superior Court Judge Timothy Oakes granted Crown Hill Cemetery's motion to dismiss Michael Thompson's lawsuit,...
DESMOND BUTLER and MICHAEL BIESECKER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have interviewed the head of Ukraine's state-owned gas company as part of an investigation into the business dealings of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and two of Giuliani's business associates.
Andriy Kobolyev met voluntarily with representatives of the Justice Department, according lawyer Lanny Breuer, who represents the...
TAMARA LUSH and BRENDAN FARRINGTON
Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Local and national GOP leaders distanced themselves Wednesday from a Florida congressional candidate who sent a fundraising letter stating that "anti-American radical Democrats" should be hung for treason.
George Buck, one of six Republican primary candidates for Florida's 13th Congressional District, referred to several Democrats but in particular to...