A union strike caused schools to close in Los Angeles Tuesday, with demands for higher wages. The strike could last for three days. NTD spoke to a former public school teacher to hear more about teachers unions, their history, and the impact of these labor strikes. The governor had planned to expand financial aid programs […]
The Texas Senate voted unanimously on March 15 to pass a bill that would increase the penalties for the manufacturing or distribution of fentanyl, including tougher penalties when an individual overdoses and dies. Senate Bill 645 was introduced by state Sen. Joan Huffman, a Republican, as part of the state’s tough-on-drugs approach amid the opioid epidemic. Under the bill, […]
HOUSTON—A Texas inmate faces execution on Thursday for the drug-related killings of four people more than 30 years ago. Arthur Brown Jr. was condemned for the June 1992 deaths in a Houston home during a drug robbery. Authorities said Brown was part of a ring that shuttled drugs from Texas to Alabama and had bought […]
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico—A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery veered violently off course when four Americans were caught in a drug cartel shootout, leaving two dead and two held captive for days in a remote region of the Gulf coast before they were rescued from a wood shack, officials said Tuesday. Their minivan crashed […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom said California will no longer do business with Walgreens after the company said it would not supply abortion pills in certain states. The world’s top tennis play decided to withdraw from the upcoming Indian Wells Open tournament in California. The decision comes amid vaccine mandates for travelers flying into the United States […]
What’s the deadliest issue in U.S.-China relations right now? Not the Chinese spy balloon’s intrusion into U.S. airspace, or the potential military conflict over Taiwan, but the illicit fentanyl—made from Chinese raw materials—that kills thousands of Americans every year. How does it get here and why?
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health advisory to warn the public of an increase of a drug-resistant bacteria called Shigella. There are limited antimicrobial treatments available for these particular drug-resistant strains of Shigella and it’s also easily transmissible, warned the CDC in the Friday advisory. It’s also able […]
Traces of a new drug have been found on the streets of San Francisco. Health officials say they identified the drug in overdose victims. Authorities have seized a record number of agricultural contraband for 2022. A specialist explains what is driving this trend. A new bill is proposing to limit the use of police dogs. […]
A 25-year United States Border Patrol agent and a Texas Sheriff told Congressional lawmakers that Mexican cartels are pushing illegal immigrants across the border in orchestrated surges to distract law enforcement from drug-smuggling operations targeting other sections of the border, contributing to the corresponding wave of deaths related to fentanyl poisoning. “Each and every day […]
After months of expensive eggs, consumers might soon see lower prices. But as inflation and production costs remain high, farmers are now taking the brunt of the cost. Lawmakers are busy at the state capitol introducing all sorts of bills. One recently proposed bill aims to ban hidden consumer fees. Authorities said the explosion that […]
