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Family Sues Jefferson County Jail Over Ashley Raisbeck’s Death, Citing Antibiotic Error and Delayed Care

The complaint contests official determinations that cleared law enforcement by alleging jail medical negligence.

Suspected Drunken Driver Arrested on Vehicular Homicide in Fatal Lakewood Crash

WHO Adds Diagnostic Code as Cannabis Hyperemesis ER Visits Climb

Harris County Deputy Hospitalized After Inhaling Airborne Powder During Atascocita Traffic Stop

WHO Adds Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome to ICD as ER Cases Climb Among Youth

Michigan ER Nurse Gets 2 Years for Fentanyl Tampering

Chicago Buildings Inspector Charged With Threatening Illinois Senator Is Ordered Detained

Colorado Hospital and Three Doctors to Pay $650,000 in Opioid Prescribing Settlement

Police Close Todd Snider Case, Say Injury Likely From Tour Bus Fall

3 Arrested in Warrant-Backed Raid at Las Potrancas Bar in Northwest Harris County

Brown Trial Finds Cannabis Use Cuts Short-Term Alcohol Intake in Controlled Bar Setting

Colorado Anti-Fentanyl Initiative Submits 200,000 Signatures for 2026 Ballot

47-Year-Old Found Dead With Head Trauma in NYC Parks Truck on Randall’s Island

Operation Machinize Finds £75,000 in Illicit Tobacco in Essex as Suffolk Seeks Owners of 2,129 Vapes

Overnight Pacific Beach Checkpoint Nets Nine Suspected DUI Arrests

Gurugram Puts Bars on the Hook for Drunk Drivers as Haryana DGP Orders Courteous, Tech-Led Policing

Nauen Clandestine Drug Lab Cleared After Raid, 12 Containers Removed

ACIC, AIC Report $4 Billion Illicit Tobacco Cost, Link Trade to Violent Crime

North Hollywood Dog Tests Positive for Meth After Walk, Recovers After Emergency Care

Bavaria Ties Two Deaths to Methadone Derivative IC-26 Marketed as a 'Research Chemical'