Queensland will become the first Australian state to roll out pill-testing sites in an attempt to curb the harmful effects of illicit drugs. The move will shift the country more in line with global standards on harm minimisation, one advocate says. Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said on Feb. 25 that Queensland would introduce pill testing at mobile…
Queensland Becomes First Australian State to Roll out Pill Testing
Teen Faces Murder Charge in Shooting During Texas Mall Melee
A 16-year-old boy who fatally shot a 17-year-old boy and wounded two others during a fight between two groups at a mall in El Paso, Texas, faces a murder charge and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, police said Friday. The suspect himself was shot and wounded by an armed bystander as…
House Panel Probes ‘Slow Pace’ of Biden Admin’s Response to Ohio Train Derailment
House Republicans are launching a probe of U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s response to the Feb. 3 derailment of a freight train that resulted in toxic chemicals being released into the air, water, and soil in Ohio. In a letter to Buttigieg, 21 GOP lawmakers from the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability expressed concerns…
Two Australian Energy Providers Want a ‘Sun Tax’ on Households With Solar
Two major energy providers have floated the idea of charging residents in New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) households more to feed solar power into the grid during the day. The new feed-in tariffs would affect households during the sunniest part of the day, under proposals from Evoenergy and Essential Energy to…
Court Proceedings Advance in Deadly Shooting on ‘Rust’ Film Set
A film-industry weapons supervisor made her first formal court appearance Friday on a felony charge in the shooting death of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of a Western movie. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s attorney said his client will plead not guilty, but the judge did not take that plea during the virtual court…
Federal Disaster Aid Program to Become Conditional on Having Climate Change Adaptation Plans
The federal disaster aid program will soon be made conditional, requiring future applications to show adaptation to climate change in order to be eligible, said Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair, as the government launches a review of the program. Blair was in British Columbia this week to provide the second instalment of disaster aid for the…
GM’s Truck Production Cut Signals a Turn in US Auto Sales
DETROIT—New vehicle sales in the United States are expected to increase in February, but the decision by General Motors Co. to cut production of large pickup trucks at a U.S. plant points to new challenges for Detroit’s automakers. The major Detroit pickup truck brands are sitting on growing inventories of unsold vehicles, according to Cox…
FDA Authorizes First At-Home Test to Detect Both COVID-19 and Flu
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the first over-the-counter (OTC) at-home test for both the flu and COVID-19, which can have similar symptoms such as cough and fever. “The test provides independent diagnoses for COVID-19, Flu A, and Flu B,” Lucira Health, the test’s manufacturer, previously announced. The Lucira COVID-19 & Flu Test, which is…
Snow, Rain Slam California as Michigan Suffers Without Power
LOS ANGELES—Heavy snow and rain pounded California and other parts of the West on Friday in the nation’s latest winter storm, while tens of thousands of people in Michigan suffered in freezing temperatures days after one of the worst ice storms in decades caused widespread power outages. Days of winter storms blacked out nearly 1…
AP African American Studies: A New Front of Fighting Critical Race Theory in US Schools
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—The newly released Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies coursework has become the new front to fighting critical race theory (CRT) in schools in America. The focal point is whether the AP course—taught in high schools for students to earn college credits—is a vehicle for CRT, a Marxist framework that views issues through…
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