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U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized almost $2 million worth of narcotics from two 18-year-old Arizona residents near the Mexico border, NBC News reports. Border Patrol agents arrested the teens on Saturday after people were spotted appearing from some brush to leave packages in a parked truck. It was later discovered that the packages contained methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin […]
A small plane headed to Australia from Papua New Guinea crashed last week because it was overloaded with cocaine, per FOX 5 New York. Australian Federal Police announced Saturday that a Cessna model light aircraft planned on departing with the cocaine in tow from a remote airstrip at Papa Lea Lea in the early afternoon of July 26, and climbing to about 3,000 feet to avoid […]
The Bad Boy Records rapper formerly known as Loon has been granted an early release from prison by U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle, the New York Post reports. Loon, who was born Chauncey Hawkins before legally changing his name to Amir Junaid Muhadith after converting to Islam in 2008, filed for a “instant compassionate release” motion in early […]
Adult film star Nacho Vidal was arrested in Spain last week, and charged with suspicion of manslaughter following an 11-month investigation into the death of fashion photographer Jose Luis Abad in July 2019, Yahoo! Finance reports. “The police operation began following the victim’s death during the celebration of a mystic ritual based on the inhalation of venom […]
According to a report from BuzzFeed News, the Drug Enforcement Agency will be allowed to “conduct covert surveillance” and collect info on people protesting the killing of George Floyd. This new authority was reportedly spelled out in a relatively brief two-page memorandum acquired by the aforementioned media outlet, and says that the DEA is seeking […]
Myanmar police recently confiscated hundreds of millions of dollars worth of illicit drugs in what has become the largest seizure in Asia in decades. Also included in the bust were “unprecedented” quantities of methylfentanyl, a strong synthetic opioid, CNN reports. The contraband was the result of a three-month operation on a northeast village in Myanmar. […]
The anti-malaria drug that Donald Trump has praised as a treatment for coronavirus patients has been linked to increased death rates and heart risks, a study finds. CNN reports that seriously ill patients with coronavirus who were given the drug were actually more likely to die, despite what Trump has said. The large observational study took into account […]
UPDATED 5/4, 7:15 p.m. ET: Shortly after news of Disick’s rehab stay was made public, TMZ reported that he has now left the facility and has plans to sue. He had been at the All Points North Lodge in Edwards, Colorado since Tuesday. His lawyer says that the stay was related to grieving over the deaths of […]
A new drug has been approved for emergency use to treat COVID-19. The CEO of Gilead Sciences, Daniel O’Day said the drug, remdesivir will be doled out to patients who are in dire need of treatment. “We are now firmly focused on getting this medicine to the most urgent patients around the country here in […]
Hydroxychloroquine, the drug that Donald Trump touted as “one of the biggest game changers” in the search for a cure for COVID-19, appears to be doing more harm than good, the Associated Press reports. In a study conducted on 368 male veterans who were admitted to Veterans Health Administration medical centers after contracting the coronavirus, about […]
