San Diego fentanyl overdoses tripled amid COVID-19 lockdowns

The san-diego” target=”_blank”>San Diego< overdoses in the Southern California city. Fentanyl-related overdoses tripled in 2020 amid infectious-disease lockdowns, with 461 deaths compared to 151 in 2019, according to the DA’s office. “Parents are finding their children dead from fentanyl overdoses, boyfriends finding their girlfriends dead, and children are being put at risk by this alarming…

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Champlain Towers in Surfside, Florida: What to know

The Champlain Towers condominium suffered a partial collapse early Thursday morning, with dozens of residents rescued, more missing and at least one person reported dead. The 12-story condo building in Surfside, Fla., was built in 1981.  The total complex, including Champlain Towers East and North, is comprised of 342 apartments. The south building, which is…

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California's Willow Fire only keeps growing as inland blaze shuts down Mt. Whitney trailhead

us-regions Willow Fire has scorched nearly 3,000 acres since igniting last week and evacuations and concerns mounted Tuesday in and beyond Monterey County.  The disasters, located in Monterey’s environment, was still 0% contained, though the Los Padres National Forest’s U.S. Forest Service said on social media that cooler temperaturesa> and an increase in humidity had…

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More than 30,000 American veterans, service members have died by suicide in post-9/11 wars, report says

A staggering 30,177 American active military” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>military< – a joint research effort between Brown University and Boston University.  “Unless the U.S. government and U.S. society makes significant changes in the ways we manage the mental health crisis among our service members and veterans, suicide rates will continue to climb,” the paper warns. “That is a cost…

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Seattle Pride organizers apologize after raising issue with event charging White people 'reparations' fee

Two Pride Month organizers in seattle” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Seattle<.  “It has come to our attention that an event called ‘Take B(l)ack Pride’ at the Jimi Hendrix public park June 26th is charging Whites only admission as reparations,” the pair wrote, asking the city to review the admissions policy. “We consider this reverse discrimination in its worse…

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Protesters arrested outside Ted Cruz's home in Texas, police say

Houston police on Monday arrested eight people for trespassing outside the us-regionshome of Republican Sen. ted-cruz” target=”_blank”>Ted Cruz< Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Tuesday, March 23, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) (AP) Authorities gave multiple warnings to the group, along with “ample amount…

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Hurricanes to threaten more than 32 million U.S. homes

disasters are expected to threaten more than 32 million homes across the coastal United States this year.  A report released Wednesday from real estatea> analytics firm CoreLogic Inc. said the homes – both single-family homes and homes in multi-unit buildings – were at moderate to greater risk from the <a href="https: of a hurricane.  HURRICANE…

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