news2018-07-18
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan named interim Police Chief Carmen Best for the permanent job, choosing a local favorite over a pair of outside candidates. Best was passed over in the first round of recommendations to the mayor. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
news2018-07-18
The growing use of anti-anxiety pills reminds some doctors of the early days of the opioid crisis. Some state and federal officials are warning that excessive prescribing of a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines or “benzos” is putting more people at risk of dependence on the pills and is exa....Read more
news2018-07-18
Twenty-five state lawmakers who have been accused of sexual misconduct are running for re-election or another office this year. Of those, 15 have already advanced to the Nov. 6 general election, the Associated Press reports. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
news2018-07-18
President Trump has taken major steps to shrink the asylum system and discourage people from applying, based on a belief that the U.S. is taking in too many foreigners. The moves are part of a larger plan to reshape the U.S. reputation as a safe haven. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport....Read more
news2018-07-18
A former high-ranking administrator accused of fostering violence at a dangerous North Carolina prison acknowledged in federal court that he kept homemade weapons such as shanks hidden in the ceiling of his prison office. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
news2018-07-18
A 100-member all-female task force of experts, current and former prison officials and formerly incarcerated women has launched a seven-year effort to lower the number of women in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
news2018-07-18
Before his execution Tuesday, convicted murderer Chris Young targeted Texas’ secretive clemency process. He had sued the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, charging that it rejected his clemency petition because he is black. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
news2018-07-18
Convicted of the horrific murder of a Cincinnati man, Robert Van Hook died by lethal injection in Ohio’s first execution in more than 10 months. Van Hook, 58, served a violence-plagued 32 years in prison after a death-penalty conviction for what now could be considered a hate crime. Source: The ....Read more
news2018-07-18
Equal Justice Under Law, a D.C.-based civil rights organization, charges that the city of Newark’s 2015 exclusion ordinance forbidding mobile homes worth less than $25,000 (single-wide) or $35,000 (double-wide) from existing within the city limits effectively criminalizes those who cannot afford m....Read more
regulatory2018-07-18
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Kisqali (ribociclib) in combination with an aromatase inhibitor for the treatment of pre/perimenopausal or postmenopausal women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced or metastatic b....Read more
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