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High-profile attacks on Derek Chauvin and Larry Nassar put spotlight on violence in federal prisons 12/08/2023 05:59pm • Derek Chauvin was stabbed nearly two dozen times at a federal prison in Arizona. Larry Nassar was knifed repeatedly at a federal penitentiary in Florida. The recent assaults of two high-profile federal prisoners by fellow inmates have renewed concerns about whether the crisis-plagued federal Bureau Solid US hiring lowers unemployment rate in latest sign of a still-sturdy job market 12/08/2023 05:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a healthy 199,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell, fresh signs that the economy could achieve an elusive “soft landing,” in which inflation would return to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target without causing a steep recession. Friday’s repo FDA approves 2 gene therapies for sickle cell. One is the first to use the editing tool CRISPR 12/08/2023 04:57pm • Regulators on Friday approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder that afflicts mostly Black people in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration said the one-time treatments can be used for patients 12 and older with severe for Russia puts prominent Russian-US journalist Masha Gessen on wanted list for criminal charges 12/08/2023 03:37pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian police have put prominent Russian-American journalist and author Masha Gessen on a wanted list after opening a criminal case against them on charges of spreading false information about the Russian army. It is the latest step in an unrelenting crackdown against dis McCarthy back with Cowboys after appendectomy, set to call plays against Eagles 12/08/2023 03:34pm • FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is back with the team after undergoing an emergency appendectomy just four days before planning to be the sideline for an NFC East showdown with Philadelphia. The 60-year-old knew he would be a big part of the story despite the division lead Data Doctors: How to guest-proof your computer and Wi-Fi over the holidays 12/08/2023 03:12pm • Q: What’s the safest way to let guests use my computer and Wi-Fi? A: The holiday season often means guests will be visiting or staying with you, so it’s important to consider security and privacy issues regarding your home network. Depending on the situation, your guests may ask to connect Chronic fatigue syndrome is not rare, says new CDC survey. It affects 3.3 million U.S. adults 12/08/2023 02:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials on Friday released the first nationally representative estimate of how many U.S. adults have chronic fatigue syndrome: 3.3 million. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's number is larger than previous studies have suggested, and is likely boosted by some Jonathan Majors begged accuser to avoid hospital, warning of possible 'investigation,' messages show 12/08/2023 02:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The actor Jonathan Majors begged his former girlfriend not to seek medical attention after an incident that left her with a head injury last year, warning she had “no perspective of what could happen" if the truth got out, according to previously undisclosed text messages read at After scary health ordeal as a player, Savannah Rennie returns to Cal as assistant volleyball coach 12/08/2023 02:05pm • BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A bouquet of bright yellow sunflowers recently arrived at Savannah Rennie's office from a friend at USC who supported her through a life transition last year. “Just because,” the assistant volleyball coach at the University of California explained with a smile. Just as 2 nurses, medical resident injured in attack at New Jersey hospital, authorities say 12/08/2023 01:06pm • NEWARK N.J. (AP) — Two nurses and a medical resident were stabbed Friday inside a New Jersey pediatric intensive care unit, suffering cuts, and a woman has been arrested and charged in the attack, authorities said. It unfolded about 7 a.m. Friday at Newark Beth Israel Hospital in Newark, New Jers Texas judge grants pregnant woman permission to get an abortion despite state’s ban 12/08/2023 09:09am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge on Thursday gave a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis permission to get an abortion in an unprecedented challenge over bans that more than a dozen states have enacted since Roe v. Wade was overturned. The lawsuit by Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of Greek soccer matches postponed after clashes leave police officer in critical condition 12/08/2023 07:42am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — This weekend's top-level soccer matches in Greece have been postponed following serious clashes involving sports fans that left a police officer in critical condition after he was hit by a flare. Greek league organizers said weekend matches would be rescheduled after it faile Bloodshed, fear, hunger, desperation: Palestinians try to survive war's new chapter in southern Gaza 12/08/2023 01:47am • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The roads are so ravaged that the dead and wounded arrive by donkey cart. Desperate relatives rush bloodied and dust-covered people, many of them children, to the hospital. Naseem Hassan, a 48-year-old Palestinian medic in the Gaza Strip's southern town of Khan Younis, sai High-profile attacks on Derek Chauvin and Larry Nassar put spotlight on violence in federal prisons 12/08/2023 01:08am • Derek Chauvin was stabbed nearly two dozen times in the law library at a federal prison in Arizona. Larry Nassar was knifed repeatedly in his cell at a federal penitentiary in Florida. The assaults of two notorious, high-profile federal prisoners by fellow inmates in recent months have renewed co USC's Bronny James returns to full-contact practice for 1st time since cardiac arrest 12/08/2023 01:02am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bronny James returned to full-contact basketball practice on Thursday for the first time since suffering cardiac arrest in July, paving the way for the son of Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James to make his college debut with Southern California. “He's excited,” USC co