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Chicago police released dash cam and body camera footage of an arrest in which an officer was beaten by a suspect but did not fire her weapon because she feared community backlash. Chicago cop ... Read More

Mom charged after 12-year-old daughter dies of suspected heroin, fentanyl overdose

A Joliet woman has been charged after her daughter died of a suspected overdose of heroin and fentanyl this ... to Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. She was pronounced dead Wednesday evening ... Read More

‘Deadly batch’ of opioids suspected in a sudden outbreak of overdoses in Austin, Texas

Austin police are investigating a sudden surge in suspected opioid overdoses in the Texas capital, with dozens of reported cases in just two days this week. Read More

4 dead, more than 50 suspected drug overdoses in 'outbreak' in Texas: Officials

Officials in Austin, Texas, are investigating an "outbreak" of drug overdoses with more than 50 suspected cases and at least four people dead. Read More

Firefighters find suspected drug lab during Chicago apartment fire

Chicago firefighters battling a blaze in River North called for a hazardous materials team after discovering a suspected narcotics ... investigation. The Drug Enforcement Agency assisted Chicago ... Read More

Warning over "bad batch" heroin

Police have made an urgent appeal to drug users about a "bad batch" of heroin, after one man died from a suspected overdose and another ... About 12 hours later a 30-year-old man was found ... Read More

US threatened by new heroin source

Drug Abuse Warning Network figures show a 19% increase in heroin incidents in US hospital emergency rooms. ``Heroin overdoses by rock ... heroin is suspected in the deaths of 13 people, five ... Read More

US scientists are leaving academia. That’s bad news for drug companies

New York (CNN) — Scientists in the United States, especially those in the biomedical fields, are increasingly leaving the world of academia for better-paying industry jobs amid stagnant federal ... Read More

Boulder Police responded to 5 suspected overdoses in 36 hours

A Fort Collins Public Library copy of "Ivanhoe" was thought to be long gone, that was until an unnamed woman returned the book over 100 years past its return date. Tech Junkie - Kirk Yuhnke ... Read More

New effort tackles drug overdose epidemic in US

The Biden Administration has launched a new effort to tackle the drug overdose epidemic in the United States, which in 2022 took more than 100,000 lives, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease ... Read More

Mom charged after 12-year-old daughter dies of suspected heroin, fentanyl overdose

A Joliet woman has been charged after her daughter died of a suspected overdose of heroin and fentanyl this ... We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly ... Read More