A Detroit-area couple have been charged in the Christmas Day death of their 18-month-old daughter who died of a drug overdose, according to prosecutors. Antonio Floyd, 28, and Shantanice Barksdale, 27, were charged in the December 25 death of Ava Floyd in Clinton Township, reported the Detroit...
Fatal overdoses are continuing their grim march upward in Maryland, and the bulk of the deaths continue to be...
Two Michigan parents were charged Tuesday with the murder of their infant daughter, who prosecutors say had an “extraordinary” amount of fentanyl in her system at the time of her death. Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith announced second-degree murder charges for Antonio Floyd, 28, and Shantanice...
A Beaverton man who used a darknet marketplace to buy 86,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills filled with fentanyl and then distributed most of them in Oregon was sentenced Tuesday to eight years and one month in federal prison.Assistant...
America has a national security and humanitarian crisis at our southern border, and President Donald Trump has promised to end it. We’ve already taken important steps, but rather than work with us to make further progress, Democrats in Congress have refused to compromise on the...
Still reeling with grief over the death of his wife, David Austin said he was "dumbfounded" when he received a call from Mount Carmel Health System in December to tell him that she had been given an overdose of drugs."In other words, they killed her," Austin...
JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - A Jackson County deputy is recovering after an accidental Fentanyl overdose Tuesday. Sheriff's officials say the deputy responded to a call about a shoplifter at the Goodwill on Highway 71 in Marianna when it happened. When deputies approached the suspect, Wanda Mercer...
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A second lawsuit has been filed against a Mount Carmel doctor who has been accused of prescribing “grossly inappropriate” lethal doses of fentanyl to 27 patients.The latest lawsuit was filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday. It names Mount Carmel Health...
Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEJan. 16, 2019, 2:23 AM GMTBy Associated PressCOLUMBUS, Ohio — An intensive care doctor ordered "significantly excessive and potentially fatal" doses of pain medicine for at least 27...