SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia’s highest court on Tuesday threw out an indictment that charged a former police chief and a top aide with felonies for failing to investigate allegations of […]
US challenges ‘bogus’ patents on Ozempic and other drugs in effort to spur competition
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are challenging patents on 20 brand name drugs, including the blockbuster weight-loss injection Ozempic, in the latest action by the Biden administration targeting industry practices that […]
US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations […]
Supreme Court leaves in place a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify users’ ages
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of their users. The justices rejected an emergency appeal filed […]
FCC fines wireless carriers for sharing user locations without consent
The Federal Communications Commission has leveraged nearly $200 million in fines against wireless carriers AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon for illegally sharing customers’ location data without their consent The Federal […]
Scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year, an FBI report says
WASHINGTON — Scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year, according to an FBI report released Tuesday that shows a rise in losses through increasingly sophisticated criminal […]
Lincoln’s Civil War order to block Confederate ports donated to Illinois by governor and first lady
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The document in which Abraham Lincoln set the Union’s military response to the launch of the U.S. Civil War in motion is now among Illinois’ prized papers […]
The US is building a pier off Gaza to bring in humanitarian aid. Here’s how it would work
WASHINGTON — The U.S. and allies are scrambling to pull together a complex system that will move tons of humanitarian aid into Gaza by sea. Nearly two months after President […]
Judge warns Donald Trump he will be jailed if he continues to violate a gag order in his hush money case
Judge warns Donald Trump he will be jailed if he continues to violate a gag order in his hush money case Source link
EPA rule bans toxic chemical that’s commonly used as paint stripper but known to cause liver cancer
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical that is widely used as a paint stripper but […]