Their advocacy helped send Purdue Pharma into bankruptcy and is forcing the family that has controlled the company for generations to relinquish ownership and provide billions of dollars for communities to combat opioid addiction. But what victims of opioid abuse and those who have lost loved ones to America’s long… Read More
Patient dies two months after transplant from pig heart
The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday. David Bennett, 57, died Tuesday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Doctors didn’t give an exact cause of death, saying only… Read More
Kamala Harris’ latest trip went haywire before she even left
Over two million refugees have fled Ukraine amid the horror of the continent’s first land invasion since World War II, according to the United Nations. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion has brought massive amounts of suffering, death, and terror to millions more innocent civilians. Not to worry, the White… Read More
Giant, parachuting spiders to colonize East Coast this spring
A huge spider native to East Asia spun its thick, golden web on power lines, porches, and vegetable patches all over north Georgia and parts of South Carolina last year — and entomologists expected it to spread throughout the Southeast. A new study suggests it could spread even farther than… Read More
WHO: Corona cases, deaths continue to drop
The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths globally have continued to fall in the past week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, with only the Western Pacific reporting an increase in COVID-19. In its latest report on the pandemic issued on Wednesday, the U.N. health agency said new COVID-19… Read More
Congress ask for probe into Amazon for obstruction
Lawmakers followed through Wednesday on their threat to seek a criminal investigation of Amazon, asking the Justice Department to investigate whether the tech giant and senior executives obstructed Congress or violated other federal laws in testimony on its competition practices. The House Judiciary Committee escalated the bipartisan battle against the… Read More
Three years later, Jussie Smollett is to learn his fate
More than three years after Jussie Smollett told police he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack on a dark, cold Chicago street, all of the questions swirling around the actor — from whether he staged a fake attack to why he would do such a thing —… Read More
Schumer and McConnell announce $1.5 trillion spending deal
On Wednesday, congressional leaders of both parties reached a new deal on a federal funding bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022. With this bill, Congress plans to spend $1.5 trillion to fund our federal agencies, including our military. The House is expected to vote on the bill this Thursday,… Read More
Voters reject Southern county’s longstanding plan for spaceport
A Georgia county’s plan to build a rocket launch pad for sending satellites into space got rejected by voters Tuesday in a referendum forced by opponents who feared the project poses safety and environmental risks that outweigh any economic benefits. With all precincts reporting in coastal Camden County, unofficial returns… Read More
Bob Dylan’s book to come out in November
Bob Dylan has a new book coming out this fall, a collection of more than 60 essays about songs and songwriters he admires, from Stephen Foster to Elvis Costello. The new book, “The Philosophy of Modern Song,” is his first release of new material since the acclaimed memoir “Chronicles, Volume… Read More
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