Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEJan. 17, 2019, 9:38 AM GMTBy Dennis RomeroIn Fresno, California, last week three men bought and used what they believed to be cocaine. Within two minutes of snorting...
A toddler in Michigan died after ingesting an "extraordinary level" of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that's far more potent than heroin, authorities say. Ava Floyd, 18 months old, died on Dec. 25. The prosecutor's office in the Detroit suburb of Macomb County said that the...
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Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) arrested 16 individuals in 2018 who were either caught in possession of fentanyl, or are believed to have been selling the deadly narcotic. Of those, six have received at least a partial...
Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEJan. 16, 2019, 11:37 PM GMTBy Corky SiemaszkoLeaning on her cane, Joan Caleodis stepped gingerly into history on Wednesday as one of the first people to legally purchase...
Officials in Oxford County are warning about a toxic batch of blue fentanyl that is causing people to "drop" right after use. The alert comes from Southwestern Public Health, which oversees Elgin and Oxford Counties as well as the City of St. Thomas. The "very toxic fentanyl"...
Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEJan. 17, 2019, 2:26 AM GMTBy Erik Ortiz and Doha MadaniA widower who lost his wife to a lethal dosage of pain medication while she was hospitalized last...