Новости за 19.04.2022

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — A man has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to supplying counterfeit fentanyl-laced pills to the drug dealer who sold them to rapper Mac Miller before the star died of an overdose, officials announced Monday. Former West Los Angeles resident Ryan Michael Reavis pleaded guilty last year to...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has taken his battle with Disney a step further, announcing at a press briefing on Tuesday that the state's legislature will consider terminating the special status of the Reedy Creek Improvement District that administers much of Walt Disney World. DeSantis said that the special session of the state's legislature will...

Former surgeon general Jerome Adams is dubbing this month’s Gridiron Club dinner in Washington a “public health disaster” that should serve as a teachable moment. “A mass gathering occurring during a global pandemic — attended by government leaders, members of the media who’ve regularly reported on the pandemic, and even the Centers of Disease Control Prevention director and...

Former first lady Michelle Obama's brother and sister-in-law are suing their children’s former Milwaukee school over alleged racial bias. During an interview on “Good Morning America,” Kelly and Craig Robinson said the University School of Milwaukee, which has students from pre-kindergarten through high school, used racial and ethnic stereotypes in their curriculum. “We heard what was...

The public's worry over illegal immigration is close to a two-decade high ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday. In a poll conducted March 1-18, 41 percent said they worry a great deal about illegal immigration, the highest total since 2007, when 45 percent of respondents said they were...

In the U.S., some victims and witnesses of violent crime face real dangers for cooperating with the criminal justice system and this fact severely limits the criminal justice system’s ability to prevent crime. This is evidenced by findings from a relatively large study of crime-impacted youth in Massachusetts. In this study, one-third of youth had...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in an interview that he doesn’t own a residential property, adding that he spends his much of his time in his friends' “spare bedrooms” "I don't even own a place right now, I'm literally staying at friends' places," Musk said in a TED talk interview published on Sunday. "If I...

A United States Football League (USFL) head football coach is at the center of controversy after a video surfaced online showing him firing a player over his food preference. The video clip, posted on social media over the weekend, showed Pittsburgh Maulers head coach Kirby Wilson meeting with running back De’Veon Smith in a hotel...

I recently had the opportunity to participate in a listening forum at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on competition in the health care industry where I shared my thoughts on what needs to be done to make prescription drugs more affordable — a goal we firmly support. During the session, I also expressed my concern that...

SPOTTED: A cotton-tailed visitor momentarily taking on the hare-y job of White House press secretary, as the Easter Bunny made a surprise appearance Monday in the briefing room. Moments into the start of the White House’s daily press briefing, the vest-sporting rabbit took to the podium typically occupied by press secretary Jen Psaki. A few...