(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest.1. Coffins of all sizes. Mass burials began in Sri Lanka for the more than 300 people killed in Sunday’s suicide attacks. The true toll of the attacks started to come...
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QUINCY — The day after her son overdosed on a near-fatal mix of heroin and fentanyl, there was a knock on the door. Two plainclothes police officers and two health workers had arrived unannounced, in the dark of the evening, and the distraught woman could...
A woman has been arrested and charged for allegedly selling a man drugs, causing his fatal overdose in Franklin County, police said.Kelly Neville, 31, was charged with dealing in a controlled substance resulting in death.Police said the arrest comes after officers found Jeffrey Shultz, 29,...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- A federal grand jury indicted 15 people for heroin and fentanyl conspiracy in Knoxville and surrounding counties on April 16. According to a release from the office of the United States Attorney Eastern District of Tennessee, a grand jury "returned an...
The federal government on Tuesday charged a major drug distributor — for the first time — for its role in perpetuating the country’s deadly opioid epidemic. Rochester Drug Cooperative faces charges for conspiring to distribute drugs and defrauding the federal government — after the...
NEW YORK (AP) — The former head of a drug distributor has been indicted on what federal prosecutors say are the first criminal charges against...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday filed its first criminal charges against a major drug distributor and company executives over their roles in the nation’s opioid epidemic. FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Department of Justice building is seen ahead of...
Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEApril 23, 2019, 4:02 PM UTC / Updated April 23, 2019, 4:55 PM UTCBy Tom WinterIn a first in the fight against the opioid crisis, a major drug distribution company...
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.]For the first time, a major pharmaceutical distributor is facing federal criminal charges over its role in the opioid crisis that has ravaged the United States.The company, Rochester Drug Cooperative,...