A 95-year-old Colorado man accused of shooting and killing a maintenance worker at his assisted living center told police he was tired of staffers stealing money from him and decided to shoot the man to make the thefts stop, according to a court document released Thursday. The ONLY Water You… Read More
Woman fakes death in health care fraud scheme
A West Virginia woman who tried to fake her death to avoid being sentenced for health care fraud has received an additional year in prison. CAUTION — Do NOT Take Anything Else For Your Blood Pressure Until You See This [Sponsored] Julie M. Wheeler of Beaver was sentenced Wednesday in federal… Read More
Tony Bennett battles Alzheimer’s disease
Tony Bennett has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease but it hasn’t quieted his legendary voice. The singer’s wife and son reveal in the latest edition of AARP The Magazine that Bennett was first diagnosed with the irreversible neurological disorder in 2016. The magazine says he endures “increasingly rarer moments of… Read More
Famed WWII veteran hospitalized with COVID-19
Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic with his fundraising efforts, has been hospitalized with COVID-19, his daughter said Sunday. #1 Food for Your Blood Pressure [sponsored] Hannah Ingram-Moore revealed in a statement posted on Twitter… Read More
Cheers! U.S. whiskey sales buoyed by home buyers
American whiskey absorbed some setbacks but showed resilience in the face of pandemic-related clampdowns on bars and restaurants as liquor sales benefited from enduring demand for a good stiff drink. Despite plunging sales from bars and restaurants, the American whiskey sector still rang up increased revenues in 2020. Liquor store… Read More
J&J’s vaccine released. Good news?
Johnson & Johnson’s long-awaited vaccine appears to protect against COVID-19 with just one shot – not as strong as some two-shot rivals but still potentially helpful for a world in dire need of more doses. J&J said Friday that in the U.S. and seven other countries, the single-shot vaccine was… Read More
Oregon snowstorm causes “impromptu vaccine clinic”
Oregon health workers who got stuck in a snowstorm on their way back from a COVID-19 vaccination event went car to car injecting stranded drivers before several of the doses expired. Josephine County Public Health said on Facebook that the “impromptu vaccine clinic” took place after about 20 employees were… Read More
Truth escapes from under Andrew Cuomo’s thumb
Under the leadership of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., New York undercounted COVID-19 deaths of nursing home residents by as much as 50%, the state’s attorney general said in a report released Thursday. Attorney General Letitia James has, for months, been examining discrepancies between the number of deaths being reported by… Read More
Mike Pence, his wife, and Surgeon General all get COVID-19 vaccine
Vice President Mike Pence became the highest-ranking U.S. official to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday in a live-television event aimed at reassuring Americans the shot is safe. He celebrated the milestone as “a medical miracle” that could eventually contain the raging pandemic. Pence has taken… Read More
Pharma family confesses role in opioid epidemic
Two owners of the company that makes OxyContin acknowledged to Congress on Thursday that the powerful prescription painkiller played a role in the opioid epidemic but they stopped short of apologizing or admitting wrongdoing. “I want to express my family’s deep sadness about the opioid crisis,” David Sackler, whose family… Read More
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