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U.S. Files First Criminal Charges Against Major Drug Distributor For Opioid Crisis
April 24, 2019
The U.S. government on Tuesday filed its first criminal charges against a major drug distributor and company executives over their alleged roles in fueling the nation’s opioid epidemic by putting profits ahead of patients’ safety.
Rochester Drug Co-operative Inc (RDC), one of the 10 largest U.S. drug distributors, agreed to pay a $20 million fine and enter a f... Read more
'LeBron stands for money': Hong Kong protesters burn James jerseys
October 16, 2019
Protestors in Hong Kong have burned LeBron James jerseys after the NBA star said that freedom of speech can lead to “a lot of negative”.
James made his comments after... Read more
Former Fort Worth police officer charged with murder for killing Atatiana Jefferson in her own home
October 16, 2019
The former Fort Worth police officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson in her home Saturday morning was arrested and charged with murder Monday, police said.
The officer,... Read more
'Tortured' and shackled pupils freed from Nigerian Islamic school
October 17, 2019
Police in northern Nigeria have freed 67 people who had been found shackled at an Islamic boarding school, officials say.
The pupils, between the ages of seven and 40, told... Read more
Mother who cheated on son's ACT and tried to claim minority status gets 3 weeks in prison
October 17, 2019
A mother who paid $15,000 to cheat on her son's ACT and falsely claimed he was African American and of Hispanic/Latino origin on his college applications was sentenced to 3... Read more
Cuba Gooding Jr pleads not guilty to forcible touching charge
October 16, 2019
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to pinching a woman’s buttocks in a nightclub last October, four months after he was charged with groping a woman in a... Read more
Roc Nation, NFL Reportedly Backing Nonprofit Now Under Fire For Locs-Cutting Posts
September 10, 2019
The NFL, Roc Nation and a lesser known Chicago nonprofit organization have received swift scrutiny after old tweets and photos from the nonprofit resurfaced this... Read more
The man Trump called 'my African American' is leaving the GOP
September 13, 2019
The man then-candidate Donald Trump called "my African American" at a 2016 rally is leaving the Republican Party and no longer supports the President.
Gregory Cheadle, of... Read more
Why America still can't face up to Trump's racism
August 12, 2019
The Unite the Right riot in Charlottesville in 2017 was the largest eruption of white supremacist violence in the United States in a generation, if only the most visible of... Read more
Black teens were raising money for their football team when a white woman held them at gunpoint, police say
August 19, 2019
Four Arkansas teens were going door to door to raise money for their high school football team when a woman held them at gunpoint, police say.
The 10th-grade boys, who... Read more