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By Keith Coffman DENVER – Laboratory tests have pinpointed the equine virus suspected of triggering an outbreak of a respiratory illness that has killed at least 95 captive wild horses …

COLUMBIA, SC– The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Atlanta Division, which includes the state of South Carolina, will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on NEXT Saturday, April …

(Corrects number of tests in paragraph 3 to 200 million, not 20 million) SHANGHAI – The Chinese financial hub of Shanghai said three people infected with COVID-19 died on Sunday, …

LOS ANGELES – A wealthy former Democratic Party activist convicted of giving fatal doses of methamphetamine to two men he invited to his suburban Los Angeles home for sex was …

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A federal jury convicted a militant fighter for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a foreign terrorist organization, on all eight charges that were brought …

Colorado Springs – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado and law enforcement leaders gathered media together to bring attention to the alarming increase in fentanyl-related deaths in …

Assistant U. S. Attorneys C. Seth Askins (619) 546-6692 and Lyndzie M. Carter (619) 546-8780     NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – April 6, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Antonio Hurtado pleaded guilty in …

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Tim Foley, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), …

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A federal jury found a Hopkins, Minnesota man guilty of distributing controlled substances, including fentanyl, which resulted in the deaths of eleven people and caused serious …

TRENTON, NJ – In a reaction to the Democrat party’s call for a panel to investigate why the Murphy administration is holding up legalized recreational marijuana, Republican Senator Joe Pennacchio …

TRENTON, NJ – With a federal investigation underway into the deaths of seniors at state-run nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic under the leadership of Governor Phil Murphy, Republicans in …

Alcohol-Related Deaths Skyrocketed During COVID-19 Pandemic, Study Finds Laurel Duggan on March 22, 2022 The number of Americans who died due to alcohol-related causes skyrocketed in the first year of …

SHAMONG, NJ – A Shamong woman has pleaded guilty to causing the death of six dogs that were being kept at her property by failing to provide them with proper …

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey State Senator Ed Durr, the truck driver who upset Senate President Steve Sweeney in the 2021 election today ripped into Governor Phil Murphy’s crocodile tears …

ZURICH – At least 64 civilians have been killed and more than 160,000 are on the move after Russian troops entered Ukraine this week, a United Nations relief agency said. …

– Australia recorded 43 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday, as it readies to welcome international tourists on Monday for the first time in nearly two years. The country, which shut its …

Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost released a study Thursday and suggested there is a link between the distribution of COVID-19 pandemic-related stimulus checks and high rates of opioid-related overdoses …

By Rocky Swift and Elaine Lies TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s plan to relax the strictest COVID-19 border controls among wealthy nations has pleased nobody, with businesses and …

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Timothy Foley, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division (“DEA”), …

From the desk of Senator Joe Pennachhio Senator Joe Pennacchio has joined Senator Nia H. Gill as a prime sponsor of her resolution that would establish a special committee of …

A Johns Hopkins University meta-analysis released in January found that lockdowns across Europe and the U.S. reduced the COVID-19 mortality by 0.2%. The researchers’ analysis of “lockdown measures” included school …

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Tim Foley, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – U.S. auto safety regulators on Tuesday said traffic deaths rose 12% in the first nine months of 2021 to 31,720 – the highest number killed …

By Chad Terhune and Robin Respaut – More than 100,000 Americans died from diabetes in 2021, marking the second consecutive year for that grim milestone and spurring a call for …