Opioid overdose deaths rose 30% last year, making 2020 the year with the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in the US, according to the CDC. CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen reports on this health crisis that continued to plague the US amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle A group of states’ Attorneys General announced a proposed $26 billion opioid crisis settlement Wednesday that, if approved, will resolve claims against the “big three” drug distributors — McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen Drug — as well as manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. The proposed agreement, if approved by enough state
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Charlamagne Tha God is making good on his promise to bring more diversity to media. The popular radio host has landed a late-night talk show on Comedy Central. “Tha God’s Honest Truth With Lenard ‘Charlamagne’ McKelvey” is a weekly half-hour show set to premiere September 17. The show will revolve
Continue ReadingBy Dana Kozlov Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — Brian Wallach has a wife and kids at home – and he is fighting desperately to get potentially life-extending treatments to ALS patients like himself. And as CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reported Tuesday, time is of the essence. Wallach,
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Victory Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — There are things that go bump in the night, and that was half the ceiling for a Chicago couple. Drywall and insulation came raining down all over their bed and belongings. Now another problem: the tenants say they’re in limbo with
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN The first trailer for “The Last Duel,” Ridley Scott’s period drama, has debuted. Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer and Ben Affleck star in the anticipated film, based on the book by Eric Jager. Affleck plays King Charles VI and Damon plays knight Jean de Carrouges, who must settle a dispute
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN Around 100 women and children abducted in early June by gunmen known locally as “bandits” have been rescued, police authorities in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara State said. Zamfara police spokesman, Mohammed Shehu, told CNN on Wednesday that the victims — most of whom are nursing mothers — were released Monday after being
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story BARNSTABLE, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The love story of Arnold and Amelia went viral last week when the New England Wildlife Center’s Cape Cod branch shared that while Arnold the Canadian goose was undergoing treatment, his mate tracked him down and faithfully remained at the glass
Continue ReadingBy Karol Suarez, CNN Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez announced a new National Identity Document (DNI) for nonbinary people on Wednesday. The DNI’s goal is to guarantee the right to gender identity fo people who don’t recognize themselves as either female or male, he said. “There are other identities besides man and woman that must be
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Want to attract employees? Try raising wages and promising a path to a promotion. For Chipotle, those tactics appear to be working. Across the country, restaurants are struggling to hire staff as they try to return to normal and employees quit at elevated levels. In a bid to woo workers,
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Jeremy Herb, CNN House Republicans balked at participating in the House committee that’s investigating the January 6 insurrection on Wednesday after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of the five Republicans House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had tapped for the panel. Pelosi’s decision to reject the two Republicans — and McCarthy’s
Continue ReadingHouse Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced the GOP is pulling all members from the January 6 select committee after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced the rejection of two Republicans from the committee.
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen and Michael Conte, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said Wednesday he wouldn’t comment on a recent book excerpt alleging he and other top officials were so deeply concerned that former President Donald Trump and his allies might attempt a coup after the November 2020 election they informally
Continue ReadingChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said he wouldn’t comment on a recent book excerpt alleging he was so shaken that then-President Donald Trump and his allies might attempt a coup or take other dangerous or illegal measures after the November election that the general and other top officials informally planned ways to stop Trump.
Continue ReadingBy Dr. Mallika Marshall Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Imagine being told the symptoms you assumed were just related to pregnancy were, in fact, due to a life-threatening heart condition. That’s exactly what happened to a young mother in Maine whose sheer grit got her through her harrowing ordeal.
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Fiandaca Click here for updates on this story SAUGUS, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Swinging his net to collect insects at Fiske Brook in Saugus, entomologist Tony Kiszewski is looking to solve a mystery. “The key is to find out the source,” Kiszewski said. “Finding any major infestation.” The I-Team brought in the bug expert
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NATICK, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A Natick couple has filed a lawsuit against eBay for cyberstalking. Ina and David Steiner say eBay employees tortured them for two years because they posted online reviews about the site. Staffers allegedly sent the couple bizarre items, including a pig
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Two suspects involved in a string of theft and fraudulent acts went before a judge yesterday. Both, 29-year-old Carlos Omar Gonzalez and 40-year-old Cecilia Gill are accused of several charges including two counts of fraudulent schemes.
Continue ReadingBy Sylvia Rose Click here for updates on this story MISHAWAKA, Indiana (WBND-LD) — The St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Unit is investigating a shooting that happened late Tuesday evening. At 10:53 p.m., police were called to the 800 block of Burdette Street, after receiving a phone call from that address saying a person had
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Johns Click here for updates on this story SOUTH BEND, Indiana (WBND-LD) — Many of the residents living in 501 building say they’ve been subjected to dangerous living conditions for the past several decades. “I lived a whole lot better in the homeless shelters you know what I’m saying. I mean you’ve got
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