December 3, 2023
For the past two and a half years, Oregon has been trying an unusual experiment to stem soaring rates of addiction and overdose deaths. People caught with small amounts of illicit drugs for “personal use,” including fentanyl and methamphetamine, are fined just $100 — a sanction that can be waived if they participate in a
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Blood-stained chairs, scattered ball bearings and shoes shed by the dead, wounded and panicked bore testimony Monday to the carnage caused by a suicide bombing at a Pakistan political event. At least 47 people were killed and more than 100 wounded on Sunday when a blast ripped through a gathering of Islamic Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F)
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But the White House said the uptick is not unexpected and its Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy and HHS are monitoring the virus. “The Biden-Harris Administration has made historic progress on our nation’s ability to manage COVID-19 so that it no longer meaningfully disrupts the way we live our lives,” White House spokesperson
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By Emma Bergmans, Policy Advisor, Free Press Unlimited, and Corinne Vella, Head of Communications, Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation • Updated: 31/07/2023 – 18:48 EU member states claim a balance must be struck between the need to protect SLAPP targets and the need to ensure access to justice. We agree. SLAPP targets are no less deserving of access to justice than those
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An 8-year-old survived what officials are calling an “extraordinarily rare” mountain lion attack in Olympic National Park over the weekend, leading to camper evacuations and several trail closures as experts searched for the cougar. Around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, park staff received reports that a child had been attacked by a mountain lion while camping with
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With few details available about the reported kidnapping of a New Hampshire woman and her young daughter in Haiti, the U.S. State Department says it is aware of the reports surrounding an apparent abduction. Alix Dorsainvil, a nurse for the nonprofit El Roi Haiti, and her daughter were kidnapped from the organization’s campus in Port
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At least three different Ukrainian-made drones have been used in attacks inside Russia, including Moscow, according to an analysis by The New York Times, indicating a Ukrainian role in strikes that the government in Kyiv has long shrouded in mystery. Ukrainian officials have declined to claim or deny responsibility for drone strikes on Russian territory.
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A Georgia resident has died from a rare “brain-eating amoeba,” the state’s health department confirmed last Wednesday. The resident likely became infected while swimming in a freshwater lake or pond in Georgia, the health department said. “Naegleria fowleri” is a rare infection that destroys brain tissue, causing brain swelling and usually death. The amoeba lives
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