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While the law was undoubtedly a step forward for a gridlocked Congress, it won't affect one of the crisis' most intractable problems - the skyrocketing price of naloxone, a drug that instantly reverses overdoses. A report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January revealed that drug overdose deaths reached a new high in 2014 , totaling 47,055 people.
In this July 15, 2016 file photo, Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla listens to U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley speak during the National Governors Association meeting, in Des Moines, Iowa. Garcia Padilla signed a bill late Friday, July 29, 2016, letting the island's 78 municipal governments share administrative services as a cost-saving measure amid a deep fiscal crisis.
There was a thrill ride on Jewish Democratic social media Wednesday night when Bill Clinton was spotted at the Democratic National Convention sporting a button backing his wife in Hebrew. Robert Wexler, a former Democratic congressman, indulged in a little partisan kvelling when he appeared Thursday with Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer on a panel.
Prosecutors have dropped murder charges against Guandique who is awaiting new trial in Chan... . Susan Levy, mother of Chandra Levy, poses for a photo outside her home in Modesto, Calif., Friday, July 29, 2016.
A federal appeals court on Friday refused to toss a corruption case against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, casting aside his argument that charges he accepted gifts in exchange for political influence should be thrown out because of a constitutional clause protecting sitting lawmakers. A three-judge panel from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia said arguments from the indicted Democrat's attorneys that the senator's meetings with government officials were held to discuss policy matters, not to benefit a wealthy friend, should be heard at trial.
Florida mosquitoes have likely spread the Zika virus on the U.S. mainland for the first time, and Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says the tourism-dependent state may face an economic crisis if visitors start... There's no official warning to stay clear of Florida, but the crowds that usually wander among the bold street murals in Miami's trendy Wynwood arts district may be thinner after reports that mosquitoes in the area... A federal appeals court says a North Carolina law illegally targeted minorities with tougher ballot-access rules, such as requiring photo identification to vote, adding a new partisan flashpoint in a swing state... A federal appeals court ruled that a North Carolina law illegally targeted minorities with tougher ballot access rules, such as requiring photo identification to vote, adding a new partisan flashpoint in a swing state with... Some residents of the ... (more)
The Hillary Clinton campaign has pushed back by one half hour, the time at which the presidential candidate and her running mate will speak in Youngstown tonight. Campaign officials now say that Clinton and vice-presidential hopeful Tim Kaine are scheduled to speak at East High School at 8:15 p.m., instead of 7:45 p.m., as originally announced.
The Obama Foundation formally announced Friday that Chicago's Jackson Park will be home to Barack Obama's presidential library. "Michelle and I are thrilled that the Obama Presidential Center will be developed in the heart of Chicago's South Side, a community we call home and that means the world to us," the president said in a statement.
Now Hillary Clinton's own campaign is hacked: Democrats were warned they were target in March but REFUSED to help FBI probe into cyber attacks Teenage girl 'who encouraged her boyfriend to kill himself' appears in court as her lawyers try to get her police statements thrown out of manslaughter trial Will the world end tonight? Conspiracy theorists predict doomsday caused by 'second coming of Jesus Christ' and a magnetic polar flip 'Do not get me into a war': Leaked emails show Obama didn't want to engage with Europe over Russia because US could be seen as a 'threat' Are you REALLY in love with your partner? From the type of the gift they buy to being a team, relationship expert reveals the signs that show whether you've found The One 'I have a very high sex drive': Daughter is left mortified after her MOTHER accidentally adds her into a sext chat with her new love interest - and it gets ... (more)
Now Hillary Clinton's own campaign is hacked: Democrats were warned they were target in March but REFUSED to help FBI probe into cyber attacks Teenage girl 'who encouraged her boyfriend to kill himself' appears in court as her lawyers try to get her police statements thrown out of manslaughter trial Will the world end tonight? Conspiracy theorists predict doomsday caused by 'second coming of Jesus Christ' and a magnetic polar flip 'Do not get me into a war': Leaked emails show Obama didn't want to engage with Europe over Russia because US could be seen as a 'threat' Are you REALLY in love with your partner? From the type of the gift they buy to being a team, relationship expert reveals the signs that show whether you've found The One 'I have a very high sex drive': Daughter is left mortified after her MOTHER accidentally adds her into a sext chat with her new love interest - and it gets ... (more)
Democrats spent four days trashing GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump at their convention, but it seems that Trump has taken special issue with one speaker in particular: billionaire entrepreneur and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg. After Bloomberg questioned Trump's business acumen and called him a con man during his speech on Wednesday , Trump started referring to Bloomberg as "Little" Michael Bloomberg , reusing a moniker once reserved for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio .
Now Hillary Clinton's own campaign is hacked: Democrats were warned they were a target in March but REFUSED to help FBI probe into cyber attacks Sources tell Reuters that the Clinton campaign, which is based in Brooklyn, New York, was the target of a cyber breach Justice department's national security division is now leading the investigation in proof that officials believe foreign state carried out attacks First leak also revealed anti-gay slurs, mocking African Americans and attempts to con reputable news outlets with fake Trump videos The computer network used by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign was hacked as part of a broad cyber attack on Democratic political organizations, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
An attorney for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez says he will ask the full 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review a three-judge panel's ruling allowing the corruption case against him to move forward. Abbe Lowell says he will appeal Friday's decision to the full circuit court and then to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.
Tesla engineers told members of a Senate committee they are looking into the role cameras and radar played in the fatal crash of a Model S using self-driving mode, according to a person familiar with the meeting.
Hillary Clinton called her race against Donald Trump the highest-stakes U.S. presidential race in her lifetime as she rallied with her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine, for the first time as the Democratic nominees for president and vice president. "There's no doubt in my mind that every election in our democracy is important in its own way," Clinton told a crowd at Temple University in Philadelphia the morning after accepting her party's nomination.
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"Mrs. Clinton radiated confidence, from her pungent delivery and easy laugh to the unusually expressive ways she shifted her tone and delighted in her own best lines. She smoothly acknowledged her own limitations and trust issues as a public figure and forcefully challenged "Mr. Trump over his claims that he alone could fix America's problems.
The Democrats have pulled out of Philly so it's time for our quadrennial list of convention winners and losers: Bernie Sanders : Every Democrat had to praise him because he did so well in their primaries - even though he's not a Democrat. Patriotism : It's back, baby, thanks to the way the Democrats recast loving your country as loving its values and working to make us live up to them as opposed to picking and choosing the one's you like.
Powerball players will have a shot at the nation's eighth-largest lottery jackpot this weekend, but they'll face long odds that have resulted in nearly three months without a winner. Powerball players will have a shot at the nation's eighth-largest lottery jackpot this weekend, but they'll face long odds that have led to nearly three months without a winner.
If there is one constant in this unconventional presidential campaign it is the unpredictability - and importance - of the Catholic vote. Once a reliably Democratic cohort, Catholics have in recent decades swung back and forth between the two parties.