Nearly 43,000 people were killed on U.S. roads last year, the highest number in 16 years as Americans returned to the roads after the coronavirus pandemic forced many to stay at home.
U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection as infections once again creep upward.
Less than a year before he was accused of opening fire and killing 10 people in a racist attack at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store, 18-year-old Payton Gendron was investigated for making a threatening statement at his high school.
Government budgets are booming in New Mexico: Teacher salaries are up, residents can go to an in-state college tuition-free, moms will get medical care for a year after childbirth, and criminal justice initiatives are being funded to reduce urban violence.
On Saturday afternoon, a white gunman in military gear attacked shoppers and workers at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, killing 10 Black people. Another Black person and two white people were wounded. Officials are investigating the shooting as a hate crime.
San Jacinto City Council meets Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, closed session 5:30 p.m. and open session 6:30 p.m., Community Center, 625 S. Pico Ave. Posted agenda includes City Manager performance/appointment/employment in closed session; August warrants of $9,789,216.25; Tract 32955-1; Proposition 1 Resolution 4149; SB 1383 Ordinance 26-05 introduction; an SB 1087 veto letter; and a Tract 31886 landscaping award recommendation to Conserve LandCare for $986,944.25.
The county Downgrade List shows The Camelot at 100/A after a Sept. 9 follow-up and Little Beijing at 98/A after a Sept. 3 follow-up. Anza Pizza factory and LA COCINA also show August B-to-A follow-ups.
County Environmental Health lists Shooters Sports Bar & Grill, 121 E. Florida Ave., as reopened Sept. 11 after an eight-day cockroach closure. Jack In The Box #3239 on W. Florida closed and reopened the same day for insufficient hot water.