Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios In a Hail Mary bid to dent Republican credibility on the economy, Democrats are escalating attacks related to Social Security and Medicare in a final midterm stretch dominated by signs of a growing red wave. Why it matters: The strategic shift comes after Democrats spent the better part of the summer and...
Sometimes it’s hard to know how to talk about mental health, or whether it’s safe to share feelings of distress with friends and family. A new public service announcement depicts this reality vividly. In the minute-long spot, teens and young adults hear from loved ones that they shouldn’t be struggling. When scrolling through social media,...
CNN — Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Republicans have whipped up anger within their base over pandemic restrictions, masking and school closures. Now weeks before the midterm election, high-profile GOP candidates are framing a new decision about Covid-19 vaccines for children as the next front in the battle over parental rights. Republican Senate...
Rebels belonging to Myanmar’s Karen ethnic minority have launched an anti-government offensive in a rare effort to seize a town in the eastern part of the country, the guerrillas and military government said Friday. Clashes in the town of Kawkareik in Kayin state, also known as Karen, began Friday morning with a surprise attack by...
Oct. 19—A man remains in federal custody after he was accused of trying to smuggle more than 32 pounds of cocaine through the Javier Vega checkpoint near Sarita, court documents reflect. Adrian Librardo Balderas, age and address unknown, appeared Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald G. Morgan, who ordered he be held without bond. His...
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Comment on this story Comment Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused China of speeding up plans to seize Taiwan as Chinese President Xi Jinping looks set to secure a precedent-breaking third term at a Chinese Communist Party congress this week. “There has been a change in the approach from Beijing toward Taiwan in recent years,”...
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection office at the Pharr International Bridges Cargo Facility in Texas has intercepted over a million dollars in alleged fentanyl. On Thursday, officers assigned to the cargo facility encountered a commercial tractor-trailer arriving from Mexico. An officer referred the vehicle for further inspection. After utilizing non-intrusive inspection equipment and screening...
Law enforcement officials in New York announced the seizure of 300,000 “rainbow fentanyl” pills and another 22 pounds of powder fentanyl at a house in the Bronx last week. Some of the brightly colored counterfeit pills resembled pharmaceutical drugs like oxycodone and Xanax, according to the NYC Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s Office. “Fentanyl pills are masquerading...
Border officials in Arizona on Sunday discovered a new version of “rainbow” fentanyl pills that had never before been encountered. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers made the new discovery at the Nogales Port of Entry in southern Arizona. RISKS FACED BY FIRST RESPONDERS, POLICE TO FENANTYL EXPOSURE ARE OVERSTATED, EXPERT SAYS A new type...