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Pennsylvania tightens medication rules; Aimed at fighting opioids

Harrisburg, PA – Today, Governor Tom Wolf announced several additional steps the commonwealth is taking to help combat the opioid addiction crisis. These steps will help tighten the rules under which medication such as buprenorphine can be prescribed under the Medicaid program. “Success in the fight against opioid crisis requires that we address the issue from all angles,” said Governor

Obama’s intel chief denies Trump wiretapping but White House pushes on for investigation

PALM BEACH, Fla. — The White House said Sunday that Congress should expand its investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election to include President Donald Trump’s unverified allegation that former President Barack Obama stepped over the legal line in the campaign. While Trump claimed, without evidence in a series of tweets Saturday, that his predecessor had tapped the telephones

Don’t sweat it: A YMCA banned news channels from TVs to avoid fistfights caused by politics

Members of the Greater Scranton YMCA spar in martial arts classes, but some at the Pennsylvania facility were on the verge of real fights — right up until the gym removed the cause of their pugnaciousness: cable news. The Y — located in one of the 2016 presidential election’s most hotly-contested battlegrounds —banished CNN, Fox News and MSNBC from its

Police in Grant County asking residents to report heroin dealers

GRANT COUNTY, Ind.– Sheriff’s deputies in Grant County are asking residents to turn in any known or suspected heroin dealers. With the amount of overdoses in the state, some of which resulted in deaths, police are asking community members to step up and report drug dealers. “These drug dealers are selling to our friends and family members and it must

Pence Just Got Terrible News About His Wife, She Needs Prayers Now After What Happened To Her

Vice President Mike Pence’s wife, Karen, has been mostly kept out the spotlight, likely for intentional reasons of her privacy and perhaps even her safety. So, when he went public with a tragic announcement on Saturday, it came as a horrible surprise since this beloved couple doesn’t deserve what just happened. The lunatic left will stop at nothing to systematically assault

East Lampeter food poisoning investigation continues, children upgraded to fair condition

EAST LAMPETER TWP., Lancaster County, Pa. — East Lampeter Twp Police were called to assist emergency medical responders at the Star Buffet, 2232 Lincoln Highway East, on Friday, around 7:14pm. Three children reportedly drank apple juice and were having a severe reaction. Arriving officers say they found two children, a 4 year-old girl and a 10 year-old boy, that were

Poll: Should Pennsylvania lawmakers legalize, regulate and tax recreational marijuana?

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale wants marijuana reform to go one step further. Pennsylvania lawmakers effectively legalized the use of medical marijuana April 13, 2016 for the treatment of 17 medical conditions. It became legal in the commonwealth on May 17, 2016. According to The Pennsylvania Department of Health, the department recently began accepting applications for 27 dispensary and 12

Overdose patients revived with naloxone face misdemeanor charge in this Ohio city

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio — An Ohio community is trying to fight the heroin epidemic by bringing a misdemeanor charge against drug users who are revived by emergency responders using an overdose antidote. Chief Brian Hottinger says Washington Court House police in February began citing people with inducing panic if responders revive them with naloxone. The misdemeanor charge is punishable

Explicit Photos of Female Marines Posted Online, Navy Investigating

(CNN) — The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) has opened an investigation into the online posting of potentially hundreds of explicit photos of current and former female Marines and other service members, CNN has confirmed. A private Facebook group called “Marines United” contained a link to a Google Drive folder, where the photos were being stored, a US defense official

Post office to be renamed for slain SDPD officer

CHULA VISTA, Calif. – A Chula Vista post office branch is to be dedicated in the name of a slain San Diego police officer Monday, near his family's home in the Eastlake neighborhood. The facility is on the corner of Kuhn Drive and Miller Drive, and it will become known as the Jonathan J.D. De Guzman Post Office Building. The

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