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West Virginia voters will consider amendment to ban physician-assisted suicide
A controversial amendment to prevent physician-assisted suicide will be up for voters to decide on in November. If approved, it would make West Virginia the first state in the nation to formally ban the practice.
‘Full steam ahead:’ U.S. official from Mingo County works to protect coal miners from black lung
This Labor Day, as a new federal rule is being rolled out to prevent deadly black lung disease in miners, Christopher Williamson is remembering the coal miners who fought for the creation of his agency and who weren’t afforded the protections that current and future workers hopefully will. Williamson, assistant secretary for the U.S. Mine […]
Leesburg police arrest 10 New Yorkers for organized retail theft scheme
LEESBURG, Va. (DC News Now) — The Leesburg Police Department (LPD) said it arrested 10 people in connection with organized retail theft incidents at stores in the area. On Sunday, officers responded to a Target at 1200 Edwards Ferry Road NE just before 5:30 p.m. They received a report that a group of people stole […]
States force drugmakers to keep selling cheaper meds under federal program
In their ongoing quest to lower prescription drug prices, some states are forcing drugmakers to continue to sell cheaper medications to thousands of pharmacies through a federal drug-discount program. Under the 32-year-old 340B program, pharmaceutical companies that participate in Medicaid must sell outpatient drugs at discounted prices to clinics, community health centers and hospitals that […]
DC police identify man wanted for ditching gun that went off, killed investigator retrieving it
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) identified the man wanted for disposing of a gun in a storm drain that accidentally went off while an officer was retrieving it, killing the officer. Around 5:40 p.m. on Aug. 28, officers from MPD’s Robbery Suppression Unit were canvassing the 4500 block of Quarles […]
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