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Attorney General Merrick Garland pledged to make the opioid-crisis” target=”_blank”>opioid crisis< (DOJ), but it seems as though the Biden administration has put the situation on the backburner. During his confirmation questioning, Garland was asked by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., if he believed stopping the funneling of “highly potent” synthetic opioids into …
Read More »American Airlines apologizes to cancer survivor over sweatshirt with expletive
general issued an apology to a woman who was told to cover up a sweatshirt that said “f—k cancer.” The airline apologized to Roslyn Singleton, a two-time cancer survivor from North Carolina, who says she was told before boarding her flight to Charlotte earlier this week the clothing item violated …
Read More »1 in 10 coronavirus survivors deal with lingering symptoms months after mild illness, study finds
A study focused on health care workers over the last year found that up to 1 in 10 who experienced a mild case of infectious-disease was still dealing with a lingering symptom that negatively impacts their life eight months after their illness resolved. The most common complaints among the study …
Read More »Ree Drummond says husband Ladd, nephew Caleb are 'healing' one month after truck collision
celebrity-news” target=”_blank”>Ree Drummond<, Ladd Drummond, horseback riding during sunset reads. The post adds that the Drummond family “is so grateful for all of your kind words!” REE DRUMMOND SAYS HUSBAND LADD BROKE HIS NECK IN CRASH: IT WAS ‘VERY CLOSE TO BEING CATASTROPHIC’ The good news comes a few weeks after …
Read More »Radical new NASCAR cars to debut May 5
NASCAR is taking the wraps off of its next-generation Cup Series cars on May 5. (NASCAR) The entirely new vehicles were originally scheduled to start racing in the 2021 season, but their introduction was pushed to 2022 due to the challenges posed to their development by the coronavirus pandemic. (NASCAR) …
Read More »These viruses are the most likely to trigger the next pandemic, scientists predict
The novel infectious-disease SARS-CoV-2 is the latest pathogen to “spill over” from animals to people, but hundreds of thousands of other viruses lurking in animals could pose a similar threat. Now, a new online tool ranks viruses by their potential to hop from animals to people and cause pandemics. The …
Read More »Coronavirus takes toll on progress made in fight against addiction
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – Larrecsa Cox steered past the used tire shop, where a young man had collapsed a few days before, the syringe he’d used to shoot mental-health still clenched in his fist. She wound toward his house in the hills outside of town. The man had been revived …
Read More »Postcard from Titanic hero to sister sells for big bucks
Signed “relationships” target=”_blank”>Love, Jack< of the Titanic disaster – but he wasn’t the fictional (swoon!) Jack Dawson character played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the epic 1997 movie. Nonetheless, the 1912 correspondence bearing an image of the supposed “unsinkable” ship written by senior wireless operator Jack Phillips is expected to fetch at least …
Read More »Judge Andrew Napolitano: The tyranny of the majority
“Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away, or three thousand tyrants one mile away?”— Rev. Mather Blyes (1706-1788) Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature? This conundrum, along with the witty version of …
Read More »Hawaiian resorts are hosting shelter dogs that guests can win a stay with: ‘Wags to Riches’
Three luxury vacation-destinations” target=”_blank”>resorts< have partnered with the Maui Humane Society to host shelter pets” target=”_blank”>dogs<” campaign. ANIMAL RESCUE GROUP FLIES HUNDREDS OF PETS FROM HAWAII TO NORTHWEST US According to a press release for the event, the resorts that are participating in the “Wags to Riches Slumber Party” are …
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