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s By SOPHIA TAREEN | Associated Press CHICAGO — Most mornings, 62-year-old Maria Elena Estamilla wakes up with pelvic pain and dread that she faces the same fate as her mother and grandmother: fatal cervical cancer. The Chicago woman’s last full medical exam was in 2015 and she sees no options for care as a Mexican immigrant without permission to live in the U.S. She’s not eligible for Medicare, Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage. As a child care worker, she didn’t have employer coverage. She can’t afford private insurance. But things may soon change. Illinois is among a handful...

s A sexual predator who evaded capture for more than three decades was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders of two 6-year-old boys who were abducted near their homes in Anaheim Hills and Agoura Hills. Kenneth Rasmuson, shackled next to his attorney in a Pomona courtroom, showed no emotion as Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Juan Carlos Dominguez sentenced him under a plea bargain arranged in February with the District Attorney’s Office. Rasmuson pleaded no contest to the 1981 strangulation of Jeffrey Vargo of Anaheim Hills and the 1986 stabbing death of...

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 93rd annual Academy Awards has gone global. While the event had a live audience at Union Station in Los Angeles, on Sunday, April 25, other stars, including Sacha Baron Cohen and Gary Oldman, participated via remote viewings around the world. There were screenings in cities such as Sydney, Rome, Paris, Oslo and London. See photos of the stars on the red carpet at Union Station. Gary Oldman arrives at a screening of the Oscars on Monday, April 26, 2021 in London. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, Pool) Olivia Colman arrives at a screening of the Oscars...