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Sandra Mims, a community health worker with Community Health Project L.A., puts out boxes of naloxone spray during an event at MacArthur Park. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) Deaths from drug overdoses and poisoning reached a plateau last year in Los Angeles County — the first time in a decade that such fatalities had … Read more

A 12-year-old girl was raped by a pair of strangers on the rooftop landing of an East Harlem building Sunday evening, cops said. The two unidentified creeps — believed to be teens — sexually assaulted the pre-teen atop an apartment building at the intersection of East 112th Street and First Avenue, authorities said. The 12-year-old … Read more

President Biden and other Group of 7 world leaders at a summit in May 2023. Biden’s departure from the U.S. presidential contest elicited quiet relief among some U.S. allies. (Stefan Rousseau / Associated Press) Not so long ago, the leaders of major democracies generally refrained from political commentary of the sort that could be seen … Read more

Coronation or open convention? Democrats have less than one week to decide whether they will proceed with a virtual roll call to elect Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee after President Biden’s campaign suspension just four months before the November election — but that hasn’t stopped them from taking their sweet time. As … Read more

Andrew Wolff, 53, is now covered in bites and can’t even see his children (Picture: Andrew Wolff/SWNS) A dad has been left feeling itchy with flea bites after he bought a sofa from a high street store. Andrew Wolff, 53, found red bites all across his body two days after buying the sofa from ScS … Read more

Migrants walk along the highway through Suchiate in southern Mexico during their journey north toward the U.S. border Sunday. (Edgar H. Clemente / Associated Press) Hundreds of migrants from around a dozen countries left from Mexico’s southern border on foot Sunday as they attempt to make it to the U.S. border. Some of the members … Read more

May the scales of justice be blind. The heartbroken New York man whose 750-pound pet alligator was seized by government agents who stormed his house is suing to bring his best buddy back home Tony Cavallaro — who kept “Albert” in a $120,000 pen in his suburban home outside of Buffalo — filed a lawsuit … Read more

Nipah virus was first detected in 1999, and it comes from fruit bats and animals such as pigs (Picture: Getty Images) A 14-year-old boy has died in India after contracting Nipah virus – which has no known cure or vaccine to prevent it. The Nipah virus originates from fruit bats and animals such as pigs, … Read more

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan speaks to employees last month in Washington. (Jose Luis Magana / Associated Press) The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $4.3 billion in grants to fund projects in 30 states to reduce climate pollution. The money will go to 25 projects targeting greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, electric power, commercial … Read more

DETROIT — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is not interested in the number-two spot on the Democratic ballot this fall, reports say. That decision owes to Whitmer’s history and a calculation about how winnable the 2024 race is. After President Biden withdrew from the race Sunday, a consensus formed that his vice president, Kamala Harris, would … Read more