She said: 'To anyone with cancer today: I am truly in this together with you' She is being treated at the hospital where she was a cancer surgeon for 11 years America's leading cancer doctor announced she has been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and will need surgery. Dr Monica Bertagnolli, the first female director of the National Cancer Institute …
WASHINGTON — As the federal Bureau of Prisons faces increased scrutiny over its latest scandal — allegations staff and even a warden sexually abused inmates at a women’s prison known as the “rape club” — people striving to hold it accountable say they’re being attacked for speaking up. Federal law protects whistleblower employees from retaliation, but Kostelnik said such protections …
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — New California congressional maps finalized Monday leave the Los Angeles area with one fewer U.S. House seat and set up a handful of highly competitive races for next year’s midterm elections. The California Citizens Redistricting Commission was tasked with drawing new state political maps based on census data, a process that happens once every 10 years. Elsewhere, …
LOS ANGELES — The mayor of Long Beach, California, launched a campaign for a U.S. House seat in Southern California Friday, a day after long-serving Democratic Rep. Alan Lowenthal announced he would retire at the end of his term. His decadeslong political career included stops at Long Beach City Hall and the California Legislature. California’s House delegation is losing prominent …
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