Terrorism : US soldier killed in Kabul attack
US soldier killed in suspected Kabul insider attack. One US soldier was killed and another wounded in an "apparent insider attack" in Kabul on Saturday, NATO said, in the latest such assault on international forces in Afghanistan. US soldier killed in Kabul attack There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the third so-called "green-on-blue" attack in less than three weeks that have rattled foreign troops tasked with training and assisting the war-torn country's military. The Taliban clai…
True News : U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Rose to 72000 !
U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Rose to a Record 72,000 Last Year, CDC Says . The latest Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates on U.S. drug overdoses are grim: A record 71,568 Americans are projected to have died of drug overdoses in 2017, according to the initial CDC estimates. That presents a 6.6% national increase in overdose deaths over 2016 and an all-time historical record. For context, the nearly 72,000 overdose deaths (spurred by the ongoing opioid painkiller addiction epidemic, including increased use of potent …
#Health : Adenovirus outbreak kills 10 children in New Jersey
A 10th child has died in an adenovirus outbreak at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Haskell, N.J., the state health department said Thursday. It said that at least 27 children at the center have become ill, CNN reported. "To date, the individuals associated with the outbreak became ill between Sept. 26 and Oct. 29," according to the health department. "The affected children had severely compromised immune systems -- including respiratory problems -- before the outbreak began." Ade…
Economics : German consumer groups file the country's first class-action suit over Wolksvagen emissions cheating scandal.
Volkswagen will on Thursday get a taste of the anger felt by duped German diesel drivers when consumer groups file the country's first class-action suit over an emissions cheating scandal. Their legal action has been made possible by new legislation taking effect on November 1 that was hurried through to beat a year-end statute of limitations for claims against VW. "Volkswagen will remember this day as the moment the kid gloves of the politicians were replaced by the boxing gloves of consumer advocates," K…
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