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Sources: Associated Press; Ma DeuceDeuce President Joe Biden, whose son Beau was an Iraq war veteran, has announced a new initiative to better understand, identify and treat medical conditions suffered by troops deployed to toxic environments. The effort will center on lung problems suffered by troops who breathe in toxins and the potential connection between […]
Source: RLS Media A Marlboro doctor was charged Thursday for his participation in a scheme to receive bribes and kickbacks from a pharmaceutical company in exchange for unlawfully prescribing large volumes of a powerful fentanyl narcotic, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Officials said Dr. Mukaram Gazi, 51, is charged by indictment with one […]
PART ONE Source: NorthJersey.com Paterson police officer Justin Kimble said that while working with the Paterson’s Opioid Response Team team, he has run into people whom he previously encountered during his regular police duties. “I might have dispersed them from a corner or kicked them out of an abandoned building,” the cop said. “But here, […]
Source: NorthJersey.com Before noon, the illicit activity that occurs day after day in Paterson New Jersey’s 4th Ward already was in full swing. Drug dealers called out to possible customers on Carroll Street. A woman waved to passing motorists near a “Just Say No to Prostitution” sign. Several people stood waiting outside an Auburn Street […]
Source: NJ.com Something is going right in Union County: it has achieved one of the lowest COVID-19 community transmission rates in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC examines data from thousands of counties across the country, determines their level of community spread and classifies them based on transmission […]