Shares of Biogen and other drugmakers researching Alzheimer’s disease soared early Wednesday after Japan’s Eisai Co. said its potential treatment appeared to slow the fatal disease in a late-stage study. The drugmaker said early results showed that its treatment, lecanemab, reduced patient clinical decline by 27% when compared to...
New California Abortion Laws Set up Clash With Other States
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed more than a dozen new abortion laws Tuesday, including some that deliberately clash with restrictions in other states — a sign of the coming conflicts that must be sorted out as lawmakers rush to set their own rules now that Roe v. Wade has been...
Questionable Spending of $17M for Armenian Genocide Victims Leads to Investigation
The State Bar of California said Tuesday it is again investigating Mark Geragos, one of California's best-known celebrity lawyers, and another prominent attorney over how money was spent from a multimillion-dollar insurance settlement related to the Armenian Genocide. Geragos and Los Angeles attorney Brian Kabateck denied any wrongdoing and...
Pro-Moscow Officials: 4 Occupied Areas Vote to Join Russia
Pro-Moscow officials say people in all four occupied Ukrainian areas voted to join Russia in Kremlin-run referendums that have been dismissed by the U.S. and its Western allies as illegitimate. The preordained outcome sets the stage for a dangerous new phase in Russia’s seven-month war in Ukraine because it...
Iranian Lawmaker Slams Protesters; Cleric Appeals for Calm
A hard-line Iranian lawmaker on Tuesday slammed female protesters who have taken off mandatory headscarves as prostitutes, doubling down on the government's stance amid the dramatic demonstrations following the death of a 22-year-old woman detained by the country’s morality police. The harsh language by Mahmoud Nabavian, a legislator from...
Fresno Case Illustrates Issue of ‘Gooning,’ Forcibly Transporting Kids to Treatment
Within what's known as the secure transport industry, it's called “gooning.” Brawny men show up under the cover of darkness and force a teenager into a vehicle, taking them against their will to a boarding school, foster home or treatment center. The process is typically initiated by parents at...
Officials Say 98,000 Russians Enter Kazakhstan After Call-Up
About 98,000 Russians have crossed into Kazakhstan in the week since President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of reservists to fight in Ukraine, Kazakh officials said Tuesday, as men seeking to avoid the call-up continued to flee by land and air into neighboring countries. Kazakhstan and Georgia, both...
Leaks on Russian Gas Pipelines Raise Concerns About Sabotage
A series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines running from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany triggered concerns about sabotage Tuesday, overshadowing the inauguration of a long-awaited pipeline that will bring Norwegian gas to Poland to bolster Europe's energy independence from Moscow. Seismic stations Sweden, Norway...
Hurricane Ian Strikes Cuba, Florida Braces for Cat 4 Damage
Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 storm before it crashes ashore Wednesday in Florida, where officials ordered 2.5 million people to evacuate. Ian made landfall at 4:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday in Cuba’s Pinar...
Sheriff Hopes to Return Guns to Nearly 50 Deputies After Psych Tests Flag Them ‘Not Suited’
A Northern California sheriff's office has stripped 47 deputies — 10% of the force — of their guns and arrest powers because they failed psychological exams, it was reported Monday. It was “horrible'' to have to relieve the deputies of their duties, Alameda County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Ray Kelly...