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Apr 10 2020
Background
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, and is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant
WikipediaFeb 08 2020
News
Fact-checking the eighth Democratic primary debate
The eighth Democratic presidential debate of the 2020 campaign, hosted by ABC, WMUR (Channel 9), and Apple News, had seven candidates, lasted 2½ hours — and did not have many statements that merited fact-checking. Here are eight claims that caught our attention. Our practice is not to award Pinocchios in debate roundups.
“The reality is, on my watch, drug arrests in South Bend were
Washington PostNov 20 2016
News
'Black Lives Matter' Won't to Trump DOJ
Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions, is the human embodiment of the phrase “All lives matter.” And as head of the Justice Department, he will have the power to radically change how the federal government oversees law enforcement, prosecutes drug offenders, and handles voting issues. Changes are coming. And it’s safe to assume that whatever the Black Lives Matter
Daily BeastJan 19 2015
News
Corruption Currents: NSA Helped Link North Korea to Sony Hack
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. agreed to pay $39 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce physicians to prescribe the firm’s drugs. (press release)
Bahamian officials are looking for a way into the investigation of Alstom SAALO.FR -0.09%. (Nassau Guardian)
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 08 2019
News
Is Vaping Marijuana Safe? Deaths and Lung Disease Linked to E-Cigs Call That Into Question
Vaping THC may be behind many of the serious lung diseases that have been tied to e-cigarette use––raising concerns about an increasingly popular way of consuming marijuana, which many consumers view as a relatively safe habit.
Up to 450 people have developed illnesses and at least four people have died after using e-cigarettes, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials
Time MagazineSep 29 2020
News
Trump camp seeks extra debate rule: Third party inspectors to look for electronic devices in candidates' ears
CLEVELAND -- President Trump is asking for an additional ground rule ahead of Tuesday night’s first presidential debate between himself and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. But the Biden campaign is rejecting it.
Fox News has learned that the president’s re-election campaign wants the Biden campaign to allow a third party to inspect the ears of each debater for electronic
Fox News (Online News)Jul 18 2019
News
Opioid death rates soared in communities where pain pills flowed
Death rates from opioids soared in the towns, cities and counties that were saturated with billions of prescription pain pills from 2006 through 2012, according to government death data and a previously undisclosed database of opioid shipments made public this week.
The highest per capita death rates nationwide from opioids during those years were in rural communities in West Virginia,
Washington PostMay 27 2022
Perspectives Blog
What We Know About Mass School Shootings in the US – And the Gunmen Who Carry Them Out
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by James Densley, a Professor of Criminal Justice at Metropolitan State University, and Jillian Peterson, a Professor of Criminal Justice at Hamline University. The writers' bias has not been rated.
When the Columbine High School massacre took place in 1999 it was seen
"The Conversation" ContributorNov 30 2020
News
Moderna to Ask Health Regulators to Authorize Its Covid-19 Vaccine
Moderna Inc. MRNA 16.13% said it will on Monday ask U.S. and European health regulators to authorize use of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine, after it was shown to be 94.1% effective in a full analysis of a pivotal study.
The timing keeps the vaccine on track to become possibly the second to go into use in the U.S. by year’s end—after one already under regulatory review from Pfizer Inc.
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 30 2019
Opinion
The Opioid Reckoning Will Not Be Just
A hospital is a menagerie of dangerous products. The magnets in an MRI scanner could hurl an IV pole across the room and impale a person. A defibrillator can restart your heart, but the same electric shock could stop it. The operating room is a repository of scalpels and saws and drills made specifically to penetrate and shred human organs.
Opiate medications likewise serve as powerful
The Atlantic