The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed a 2018 case in which a blood-sucking insect known as a “kissing bug” bit a child in the face. In July 2018, the family requested help from the Delaware Division of Public Health and the Delaware Department of Agriculture to identify […]
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Facebook officials will attend Paris summit to combat spread of terror online
Representatives from Facebook will be among the social media executives attending a summit next month to combat the spread of terrorist material online in the wake of the Christchurch attack in New Zealand. The summit, organized by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and co-chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron […]
Facebook anticipates an FTC privacy fine of up to $5 billion
Facebook said it expects a fine of up to $5 billion from the Federal Trade Commission, which is investigating whether the social network violated its users’ privacy. The company set aside $3 billion in its quarterly earnings report Wednesday as a contingency against the possible penalty but noted that the […]
Hate charge: White man drove car at interracial couple
A white Louisiana man is charged with a hate crime after allegedly running down an interracial couple. News outlets report Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s deputies say 50-year-old James Descant holds “disdain” for mixed couples. Deputies say the black man and white woman were standing outside a business in Metairie when Descant […]
Trump claims credit for progress in fighting opioid epidemic
President Trump vowed to fight against the opioid epidemic and took credit for recent progress combating the public health emergency at the Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta on Wednesday. “Everyone here today is united by the same vital goal, to liberate our fellow Americans from the grip […]
Longtime Iowa Republican joins Democratic party, citing rift with Trump
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Highly educated and financially independent: Profile of Sri Lanka bombers emerge
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16 alleged child predators used social media to lure kids for sex in New Jersey
Sixteen men were arrested on Wednesday in New Jersey where a statewide crackdown by multiple state law enforcement agencies on child sexual exploitation was called, “Operation Home Alone.” The men — including a Ridgewood, New Jersey, police officer, a high school teacher at the High School of Computers and Technology […]
Trump claims credit for progress in battling opioid epidemic
President Donald Trump claimed credit Wednesday for progress in battling the opioid epidemic amid debate over whether the crisis has peaked and what his administration has accomplished. “It’s a big problem. It’s a big addiction and we’re handling it,” Trump said as he and first lady Melania Trump left the […]
‘We’re fighting all the subpoenas’: Trump on battle with House Democrats
Declaring the Mueller investigation “the most thorough investigation, probably, in the history of our country,” President Donald Trump on Wednesday called the subpoena for his former White House counsel Don McGahn “ridiculous” and argued his team shouldn’t be subject to any further inquiry. “I say it’s enough,” the president told […]