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Attorney General Bonta, District Attorney Stephan Announce Arraignment of Travel Agent for Embezzling Funds...
OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta and San Diego District Attorney Summer Stephan today announced the arraignment of Marie Martin, a San Diego-based travel agent...
Attorney General Bonta Leads Multistate Coalition in Protecting the Right to Interstate Travel to...
Amicus brief argues Texas laws violate individuals’ constitutional right to interstate travel
OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a multistate coalition of 21 attorneys general in submitting an...
Attorney General Bonta: California to Add Georgia to State-Funded Travel Restrictions List Following Recent...
OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced that — effective immediately — California will restrict state-funded travel to Georgia as a result...
Attorney General Bonta: California Will Restrict State-Funded Travel to Arizona, Indiana, Louisiana, and Utah...
New additions to travel restrictions list come amid ongoing wave of discriminatory anti-trans legislation sweeping across the country
OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta...
LA County Bans Official Travel to Texas, Florida over LGBTQ+ Policies
Click HERE To See The Story at the Los Cerritos News Site
April 5, 2022~The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday...
The Latest: Navajo Nation extends “safer at home” order
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation has extended and loosened a health order intended to help curb the spread of the coronavirus.
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For many motel dwellers, eviction ban provides no relief
ATLANTA (AP) — For more than five years, home for Armetrius Neason has been a hotel outside Atlanta. He's adorned the walls with dozens...
Many history interpreters of color carry weight of racism
Stephen Seals stood onstage waiting to be auctioned off. Moments later, a white slave auctioneer pointed a gun at one of the other Black...
Mexico complains of mask-less tourists, closes ruin site
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula complained Friday about tourists not wearing face masks, as Mexico braces for a surge of...
Report: Military cleanup in Puerto Rico islands slow-going
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The reopening of hiking trails and various white-sand beaches on two tiny Puerto Rican islands long used as...
UK extends emergency coronavirus powers by 6 months
LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers agreed Thursday to prolong coronavirus emergency measures for six months, allowing the Conservative government to keep its unprecedented powers...
As freeze in air travel begins to thaw, United adds flights
With confidence rising that the end of the pandemic is growing closer, airlines are starting to revive flights that vanished last year as people...
Zimbabwe’s president gets shot of Sinovac in Victoria Falls
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s president has received his first shot of the Chinese Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, a move the government hopes will encourage...
Pope, citing pandemic effect, cuts pay for cardinals, others
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Trying to save jobs as the pandemic pummels Vatican revenues, Pope Francis has ordered pay cuts for cardinals and other...
Asia stocks follow Wall Street down on renewed virus worries
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Wednesday after European governments extended anti-coronavirus lockdowns, clouding the outlook for economic recovery.
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Hawaii gets tourism surge as coronavirus rules loosen up
HONOLULU (AP) — Tourists are traveling to Hawaii in larger numbers than officials anticipated, and many are wandering around Waikiki without masks, despite a...
NTSB calls for more safety oversight of air tour operators
Federal safety officials are making another push for stricter oversight of air tour operators and hot-air balloon rides after several deadly crashes in recent...
Miami’s South Beach confronts disastrous spring break
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s famed South Beach is desperately seeking a new image.
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Germany extends virus lockdown till mid-April as cases rise
BERLIN (AP) — Germany has extended its lockdown measures by another month and imposed several new restrictions, including largely shutting down public life over...
Tourism groups push US to eliminate travel restrictions
Airlines and other tourism-related businesses are pushing the White House to draw up a plan in the next five weeks to boost international travel...
High court won’t hear fishermen case against ocean monument
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a fishing group that challenged the creation of a large federally...
Irving to miss Nets’ road trip to tend to family matter
NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Irving will miss the Brooklyn Nets' three-game road trip this week while dealing with a family matter.
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Eruption of Iceland volcano easing, not affecting flights
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — The eruption of a long-dormant volcano that sent streams of lava flowing across a small valley in southwestern Iceland is...
US businesses near border struggle with boundaries’ closure
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — Evan Kory started calling brides in Mexico’s northern Sonora state last March, asking if they wanted to get their...
NCAA teams locked away in hotel rooms amid Texas reopening
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Looking down from her hotel room, Kentucky All-American Rhyne Howard can see the River Walk bustling with life.
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Zoos, scientists aim to curb people giving virus to animals
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The coughing among the western lowland gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in January was the first warning...
Sheltered from virus, Kauai plans cautious return to tourism
LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — As the coronavirus ravaged other parts of the U.S., residents of this rural Pacific island watched safely from afar.
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Stone tablet marking First Amendment freedoms finds new home
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A four-story, 50-ton marble tablet engraved with the text of the First Amendment, previously displayed on the facade of the now-shuttered...
EXPLAINER: Will you need a ‘vaccine passport’ to travel?
Airlines and others in the travel industry are throwing their support behind so-called vaccine passports to boost pandemic-depressed travel, and authorities in Europe could...
Disneyland will reopen in California on April 30
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Disney will reopen its theme parks in California at the end of April after remaining closed for more than a...
EU sets out virus pass plan to allow free travel by summer
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's executive body proposed Wednesday issuing certificates that would allow EU residents to travel freely across the 27-nation bloc...
The Latest: Philippines imposes airport entry restrictions
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government has decided to temporarily ban the entry of foreigners and limit the entry of returning Filipinos at Manila’s...
Black woman becomes face of Missouri following NAACP warning
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Black woman has become the face of Missouri's tourism campaign, nearly four years after the NAACP warned travelers...
Family of boy killed at Disney World urges organ donation
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska couple whose 2-year-old son died tragically at Walt Disney World nearly five years ago wants more families to...
Spanish islands warn tourists to abide by virus restrictions
MADRID (AP) — Faced with a possible flood of visitors from Germany later this month, authorities in Spain's Balearic Islands are warning hotel owners...
Berlin to open cultural venues despite rising virus numbers
BERLIN (AP) — Stefan Geismeier gingerly dusted the head of the ancient Mesopotamian figure in Berlin's famous Pergamon Museum, then checked to make sure...
Haaland OK’d at Interior, 1st Native American Cabinet head
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday confirmed New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, making her the first Native American to lead...
US air travel rises to highest levels yet since pandemic hit
Across the United States, air travel is recovering more quickly from the depths of the pandemic, and it is showing up in longer airport...
Down from mountain, Japanese internee’s remains return home
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — When Giichi Matsumura arrived at his final resting place in late December, the people who knew him best when...
Cruise ship passengers recall deaths, confusion, quarantine
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The last vacation Margrit and Lucio Gonzalez took together began with an ominous delay: a medical emergency on the cruise...
Chimpanzees at Czech zoo get screen time amid virus lockdown
PRAGUE (AP) — A zoo in the Czech Republic is trying out a new way for its bored chimpanzees to monkey around during the...
Pandemic sets back Italian women’s long fight for jobs
ROME (AP) — One of hundreds of thousands of women in Italy who lost jobs in the pandemic, Laura Taddeo has a masters degree...
Lost to mountain, Japanese internee’s bones return home
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — When Giichi Matsumura arrived at his final resting place in late December, the people who knew him best when...
For Biden, there’s no place like a weekend home in Delaware
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — As he stood in the Rose Garden celebrating his first big legislative win, President Joe Biden gestured to the White...
Why the pandemic left long-term scars on global job market
Esther Montanez's housecleaning job at the Hilton Back Bay in Boston was a lifeline for her, a 31-year-old single mother with a 5-year-old son.
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Black scholar: It’s time France confronts its colonial past
PARIS (AP) — A Black French scholar and expert on U.S. minority rights movements who's taking charge of France’s state-run immigration museum says it's...
Emperor’s mosaic displayed in Italy after stint as NYC table
NEMI, Italy (AP) — A looted mosaic that once decorated a ship of the Roman Emperor Caligula and ended up as a coffee table...
From job cuts to online commerce, virus reshaped US economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — At first, it was expected to be brief. At least that was the hope.
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Eddie Murphy to be inducted into NAACP Hall of Fame
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eddie Murphy will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame this month.
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Tel Aviv’s Jewish museum reopens after $100 million upgrade
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — From Queen Salome to the late RBG, from Moses to Sandy Koufax, Tel Aviv's newly revamped Museum of the...
After outcry, Israeli museum calls off sale of Islamic art
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s premier museum for Islamic art has scrapped the planned auction of scores of rare and precious items after public outcry...
Why the pandemic left long-term scars on global job market
Esther Montanez's housecleaning job at the Hilton Back Bay in Boston was a lifeline for her, a 31-year-old single mother with a 5-year-old son.
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GE, AerCap join air leasing businesses in $30 billion deal
General Electric is combining its aircraft leasing business with Ireland’s AerCap Holdings in a deal valued at more than $30 billion, a big step...
Patti Smith returns to singing live with Brooklyn concert
NEW YORK (AP) — Patti Smith performed a mini-concert at the Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday to honor photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and add her voice...
Biden dog Major in doghouse after injuring security agent
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has Major trouble.
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Canadian Open canceled for 2nd straight year amid pandemic
TORONTO (AP) — The RBC Canadian Open, the fourth-oldest national championship in golf, has been canceled for the second straight year because of circumstances...
Smithsonian obtains vial from 1st US COVID-19 vaccine dose
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has acquired the vial that contained the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine administered in...
AP-NORC poll: Americans largely back Biden’s virus response
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is enjoying an early presidential honeymoon, with 60% of Americans approving of his job performance thus far and even...
German museums tentatively reopen as virus restrictions ease
COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — More than 100 Andy Warhol originals have been hanging on the walls of Cologne's Museum Ludwig since mid-December with nobody...
The Latest: New Zealand opens 1st big vaccination clinic
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand has opened its first large vaccination clinic as it scales up efforts to protect people from the coronavirus.
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Michelle Obama, Mia Hamm among 9 chosen for Women’s HOF
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Former first lady Michelle Obama and soccer star Mia Hamm have been chosen for the National Women's Hall of...
The Latest: Ireland reaches half million vaccinations
LONDON — Ireland has given out half a million coronavirus vaccinations about two months after the first inoculation.
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Airline stocks rally, American cites plan to pay off loan
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Airline stocks rose Monday, spurred by signs that vaccine rollouts could set up a rebound in travel later this...
Spring-break partying falls victim to COVID-19 crisis
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Goodbye, sunshine. Hello, study sessions.
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Facing critics, Total to minimize oil work in Uganda park
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The French oil company Total says it will limit its work to extract oil from a Ugandan national park to...
Academy Museum to honor Sophia Loren, Haile Gerima at gala
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is assembling a star-studded cast for its opening gala in September. Italian screen legend Sophia Loren and independent...
Joshua Tree National Park expects spring to bring crowding
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The National Park Service is expecting the high popularity of Joshua Tree National Park to continue this...
The Latest: Michigan makes homeless people vaccine-eligible
DETROIT — People who are homeless will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines in Michigan starting Monday.
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At Dubai airport, travelers’ eyes become their passports
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai’s airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, can already feel surreal, with its cavernous duty-free stores, artificial...
Swiss narrowly back proposal to ban face coverings in public
BERLIN (AP) — Swiss voters narrowly approved on Sunday a proposal to ban face coverings, both the niqabs and burqas worn by a few...
What’s in California’s new rules for stadiums, theme parks?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians will be able to attend Major League Baseball games, theme parks, concerts and other outdoor venues with limits starting...
California to let Major League Baseball, Disneyland reopen
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials will allow people to attend Major League Baseball games and other outdoor sporting events, go to Disneyland and...
Airline IT provider hacked, frequent flyer data breached
BOSTON (AP) — The hack of a company that manages ticket-processing and frequent-flier data for major global airlines — including Star Alliance and OneWorld...
Jobless French culture workers occupy theater to demand aid
PARIS (AP) — Out-of-work French culture and tourism workers are occupying an iconic theater on Paris’ Left Bank to demand more government support after...
The Latest: San Diego zoo vaccinates 9 great apes for virus
SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Zoo has vaccinated nine great apes for the coronavirus after a troop of gorillas in its Safari Park...
9 great apes get COVID-19 vaccinations at San Diego Zoo
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Zoo has vaccinated nine great apes for the coronavirus after a troop of gorillas in its Safari...
Malcolm X’s boyhood home in Boston gets historic designation
BOSTON (AP) — Malcolm X’s boyhood home in Boston was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Buenos Aires reopens as virus surge forces Sao Paulo to shut
SAO PAULO (AP) — Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires were a tale of two cities this week, with Brazil’s megalopolis partially shutting down and...
Virus surge forces Sao Paulo to shut as Buenos Aires reopens
SAO PAULO (AP) — A swell of COVID-19 cases is halting samba steps in Brazil's biggest metropolis while Argentina's capital tiptoes its way back...
Collins to back Haaland for Interior, sealing her approval
WASHINGTON (AP) — Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday she will support New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland to be Interior secretary, the first Republican...
Seychelles bids to reach COVID ‘herd immunity’ by mid-March
VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) — The Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles had one of the world's first COVID-19 vaccine rollouts, and this month it...
EXPLAINER: Pope’s risky Iraq trip aims to boost Christians
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is pushing ahead with the first papal trip to Iraq despite rising coronavirus infections, hoping to encourage the...
Smokies sees more than 12M visitors despite virus closure
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Despite closing for more than a month because of COVID-19, Great Smoky Mountains National Park experienced its second busiest year...
Fauci presents his personal virus model to Smithsonian
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of the U.S. government’s pandemic response, has donated his personal 3D model of the COVID-19 virus...
Rock ‘n’ roll’s big night comes to Cleveland — in fall
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced Tuesday that the 2021 induction ceremony will take place at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse...
CMA Fest canceled for 2nd year in a row due to COVID-19
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Country music festival CMA Fest in Nashville, Tennessee, will be canceled for a second year in a row because of...
2nd Jacob Lawrence painting missing for 6 decades located
SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A second panel from American artist Jacob Lawrence's sweeping series “Struggle: From the History of the American People" that has...
Rock hall plans October induction before live audience
NEW YORK (AP) — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame said Tuesday that it plans to have a live induction of its 36th...
Sun, sand, shots: Caribbean seeks vaccines to revive economy
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Caribbean is hunting for visitors and vaccines to jump-start the stalled economy in one of the world’s...
USDA puts brakes on land transfer for Arizona copper mine
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Biden administration is pulling back an environmental review that had cleared the way for a parcel of federal land...
New Orleans Museum of Art announces 3 big gifts in 1 month
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Museum of Art has announced a major gift to its photography department - the third such announcement...
Plunging demand for COVID-19 tests may leave US exposed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just five weeks ago, Los Angeles County was conducting more than 350,000 weekly coronavirus tests, including at a massive drive-thru site...
Vaccination ‘passports’ may open society, but inequity looms
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Violet light bathed the club stage as 300 people, masked and socially distanced, erupted in gentle applause. For the...
Peppa Pig theme park set for Legoland Florida Resort in 2022
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — A standalone Peppa Pig theme park is set to open next year at the Legoland Florida Resort, park officials...
EU vows to speed vaccine roll out, presses drug makers
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders vowed Thursday to accelerate the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and pressed pharmaceutical companies to respect their delivery commitments,...
Biden lifts Trump-era ban blocking legal immigration to US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday lifted a freeze on green cards issued by his predecessor during the pandemic that lawyers...
Qantas expects to start international flights in October
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Qantas Airways does not expect to resume international travel apart from New Zealand until late October after the Australian population...
The Latest: Kentucky urges Black citizens to get vaccinated
LEXINGTON, Ky.: The Rev. Jim Thurman counts himself among the converts who recognize the importance of taking a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Original 9, Hewitt in Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021
Billie Jean King and the other members of the Original 9 who laid the groundwork for the women’s professional tour are the first group...
Lawyer: French tourist detained in Iran on security charges
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has detained a French tourist for nine months, his lawyer said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of...