INGLEWOOD, Calif. (KABC) -- Cheers echoed through Centinela Hospital in Inglewood as COVID-19 survivor Michael Orantes was finally ushered back into the arms of his family.It had been touch-and-go for the 32-year-old construction worker who was hospitalized for 93 days.The head of the hospital said that Orantes battled a "catastrophic storm."A lung collapsed repeatedly."His heart…

OAKLAND, Calif. — On Thursday, Uber expanded the number of California cities where drivers can set their own rates as a function of the company’s price “multiplier” — used in Uber’s so-called “surge” pricing. The move builds on a pricing experiment that began in January in Sacramento, Santa Barbara and Palm Springs.Under the new plan,…

Authorities in Kazakhstan have denied a report published by Chinese officials that the country is experiencing an outbreak of "unknown pneumonia" potentially deadlier than the novel coronavirus.

The chancellor of New York City's public schools on Thursday defended the district's plans to partially reopen this fall due to the coronavirus, telling CNBC that "there are no perfect choices here." "The perfect choice would be we have a vaccine and we're back to business, but we know that's not the case," Richard Carranza said on…

Tropical Storm Fay is expected to come closer to making landfall Friday with rain and flooding expected along the mid-Atlantic coast and southern New England.Tropical Storm Warnings and flash flood watches remain in effect for the tri-state coastal area, FOX 5 in New York reported and the worst of the rain in the area is…