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San Francisco ready to grant new mayor greater powers to battle fentanyl crisis

4Feb

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San Francisco ready to grant new mayor greater powers to battle fentanyl crisis

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is poised to grant newly elected Mayor Daniel Lurie greater powers and flexibility to expedite the city's response to a fentanyl crisis that has turned sidewalks into open-air dens of drug consumption and homelessness. Source link

Goodell: NFL is looking into 'serious' allegations against Tucker

4Feb

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Goodell: NFL is looking into 'serious' allegations against Tucker

Commissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL will look into the "serious" allegations that Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker engaged in sexually inappropriate conduct with several massage therapists. Source link

Gunmen kill a police officer working on Pakistan's first polio drive of the year

4Feb

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Gunmen kill a police officer working on Pakistan's first polio drive of the year

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed on Monday a police officer working on Pakistan's first polio vaccination drive of the year, police said. Source link

Lawsuit blames deaths on 2023 train derailment in Ohio as J.D. Vance visits

4Feb

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Lawsuit blames deaths on 2023 train derailment in Ohio as J.D. Vance visits

A lawsuit alleging for the first time that people died because of the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment has been filed ahead of Monday's second anniversary of the toxic crash near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border amid a flurry of new litigation. Source link

GOP holdouts on nominations of RFK Jr., Gabbard could make or break committee votes

4Feb

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GOP holdouts on nominations of RFK Jr., Gabbard could make or break committee votes

Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard and Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. head into key committee votes on Tuesday with separate holdout GOP senators mum on their plans. Source link

Mexico and Canada agree to border security deals, avoiding Trump tariffs

4Feb

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Mexico and Canada agree to border security deals, avoiding Trump tariffs

The deals, reached just hours before the tariffs were set to take effect, resulted in a one-month delay on the president's proposed trade restrictions. Source link

New York shields abortion pill prescribers after a doctor was indicted in Louisiana

4Feb

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New York shields abortion pill prescribers after a doctor was indicted in Louisiana

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion medications, days after a physician in the state was charged with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor in Louisiana. Source link

4Feb

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Trump's directives on abortion funding raise questions about abortion pills

Trump administration policies blocking federal funding for abortion have left advocates on both sides of the issue wondering if federal restrictions on mail-order pills are next. Source link

Tariff threats take aim at fentanyl trafficking. Here's how the drug reaches the U.S.

3Feb

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Tariff threats take aim at fentanyl trafficking. Here's how the drug reaches the U.S.

President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is partly aimed at combating the illicit flow of fentanyl into the U.S., where the opioid is blamed for some 70,000 overdose deaths annually. Source link

3Feb

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Trump's directives on abortion funding raise questions about abortion pills

Trump administration policies blocking federal funding for abortion have left advocates on both sides of the issue wondering if federal restrictions on mail-order pills are coming next. Source link