President Trump’s declaration of opioids as a public health emergency left jurisdictions across the country – including New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago, the cities and county we serve as health commissioners and director – scrambling to understand the actual impact that this legal action will have on our […]
Daily Archives: November 2, 2017
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(DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) — A journal made public by the CIA and apparently handwritten by one of Osama bin Laden’s daughters offers a glimpse into how the late al-Qaida leader viewed the world around him and reveals his deep interest in the 2011 Arab Spring revolutions that were unfolding […]
The current outbreak of plague in Madagascar is the country’s worst in “50 years” and is expected to spike, according to various experts.= The airborne pneumonic plague, which is spread via coughing, sneezing or spitting and can be lethal within 24 hours if untreated, has claimed at least 127 recorded […]
A federal judge has denied a request from a Guantanamo detainee to stop hearings in his case even though all the detainee’s civilian lawyers have refused to take part, saying they think the government may be eavesdropping on attorney-client communications. Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court in Washington, […]
The Giza pyramids poke above the buildings of Giza on September 24, 2017. David Degner / Getty Images The Great Pyramid may be ancient, but it still has something new to show us. Scientists detected a previously unknown void in the largest of the pyramids in Giza, Egypt. They did […]
Apple’s iPhone X hits stores Friday. Sarah Tew/CNET OK, so how well did those new iPhones really do? That’s mostly what we’re obsessed with as Apple posted its fiscal fourth-quarter results Thursday. Despite fears that iPhone 8 sales were off to a bumpy start, Apple reported a better-than-expected fourth quarter, […]
WASHINGTON — Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), the chairman of the House Science Committee, announced Nov. 2 that he will not run for reelection in 2018. In a brief statement, Smith, first elected to the House in 1986, cited “several reasons” without elaboration for his decision not to run for a […]
Voters in a New Jersey township were greeted Wednesday with flyers targeting two Asian-American school board candidates along with the tagline “Make Edison Great Again” in their mailboxes. The mailer was sent anonymously to residents of Edison Township and featured photos of candidates Falguni Patel and Jerry Shi with “deport” […]