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Oregon Dem wants to replace cops using unarmed teams funded via Medicaid hike: report

An Oregon Democrat is seeking a hike in Medicaid funding to help finance unarmed response teams that would replace police officers in some instances, according to a report.

Health care workers with coronavirus grapple with emotional toll of disease: 'There is a sense of helplessness'

Healthcare workers stricken with the novel coronavirus still struggle emotionally months later.

Tamar Braxton and WeTV part ways following singer's cutting revelations about network

Tamar Braxton's relationship with WeTV has drawn to a bitter close.

Estimates suggest drug overdoses on the rise since coronavirus outbreak

The director of the National Institute on Drug Addiction estimates that overdoses are up as much as 40%.

Tamar Braxton speaks out after reported hospitalization: 'Mental illness is real'

Tamar Braxton has spoken out for the first time after reportedly being hospitalized when she was found unresponsive in a hotel room earlier this month.

2 teens among 3 found dead in Michigan hotel, man hospitalized; drug overdoses suspected

Michigan police found three people dead and another man unconscious in a hotel room late Wednesday afternoon and are investigating the incident as an apparent drug overdose.

What happened to psychotherapist Majd Kamalmaz after disappearing at Syrian regime checkpoint 3 years ago?

Psychotherapist and humanitarian Majd Kamalmaz was taken by Syrian government forces after being stopped at a checkpoint in Damascus in 2017

Good sense of smell may indicate lower risk of dementia in older adults: study

A California study finds those with keen sense of smell have less risk of dementia.

California parents suing Gov. Newsom over restrictions on schools opening: 'We need to stand up and fight'

Two California parents suing their Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to reopen schools for in-person learning explained Friday that they're concerned about their children. 

Retired NYPD officer survives 61-day COVID-19 hospitalization: 'A true miracle'

After two months battling coronavirus in New York hospitals, retired New York Police officer Anthony "Tony" Greco thanked the doctors and nurses who worked with him for keeping him alive.