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CDC softens guidance on opioid prescriptions

The nation’s top public health agency on Thursday proposed changing — and in some instances, softening — guidelines for U.S. doctors prescribing oxycodone and other opioid painkillers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s previous guidance, issued six years ago, helped slow the kind of prescribing that ignited the worst… Read More

Bob Saget shocking cause of death revealed

Comedian and actor Bob Saget died last month in a hotel room. Authorities denied any signs of foul play or drug abuse, according to The Associated Press. At the time, fans mourned the loss of a television fixture… and now they know the cause of death. Sponsored: Cholesterol drug linked… Read More

Georgia house falls into disarray despite MLK connection

Bullet holes pock a rusted mailbox outside the vacant home where Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott were married in 1953. Part of the old wooden structure has collapsed, as have nearby utility buildings. Most anyplace connected to the best-known voice of the civil rights movement is a magnet… Read More

San Francisco’s embattled school board heads to the ballot box

A seemingly endless amount of drama, name-calling, lawsuits and outrage from parents and city officials have made the saga of San Francisco’s school board a riveting pandemic sideshow that is about to play out at the ballot box. A special election on Tuesday will decide the fate of three school… Read More

After attending every Super Bowl, friends plan final trip

Three friends who have attended every Super Bowl are hoping for a memorable contest this year, because it will probably be their final trip to the big game as a group. The three men are all in their 80s and have attended every game since the first AFL-NFL World Championship… Read More

Big changes coming to the Postal Service

Before 2020, the U.S. Postal Service consistently ranked among the most widely trusted institutions. Then, the Postal Service lost its good reputation during the early days of the pandemic. The service became overwhelmed. Some Democrats accused Postmaster General Louis DeJoy of slowing services to undermine mail-in votes, and they called… Read More

Working conditions for Border Patrol getting more attention

A strained Border Patrol is getting increased attention from the Biden administration after tense meetings between senior officials and the rank and file while the agency deals with one of the largest spikes in migration along the U.S.-Mexico border in decades. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who oversees… Read More

Gangs gain power by using ransomware

Cyber criminal gangs are getting increasingly adept at hacking and becoming more professional, even setting up an arbitration system to resolve payment disputes among themselves, according to a new report by the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom that paints a bleak picture of ransomware trends. Ransomware gangs, which… Read More

Very lost kitty: Cat heads home to Maine… from Florida

A Maine family that long ago gave up on a lost family cat is being reunited — more than six years and 1,500 miles later. Denise Cilley, of Chesterville, said she was shocked to get a voicemail last week announcing her cat, Ashes, had been located in Florida. Sponsored: This… Read More

Mitch McConnell targets pro-Trump Republicans

On Tuesday, the Republican National Committee resolved to censure Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and “to no longer support them as members of the Republican Party.” Later that day, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., emerged from the Senate Republicans’ weekly lunch, and he had something… Read More