Rancho Cucamonga woman charged in fentanyl death of 10-year-old boy
A Rancho Cucamonga woman has been charged with felony child endangerment after fentanyl that was in her possession led to the death of a 10-year-old boy, authorities said. Nathaniel Castro…
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Trump’s 1% policy wars: Transgender people, USAID funding and now Canadian fentanyl?
When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called President Trump this week to discuss the imposition of stiff U.S. tariffs, Trump linked the decision to deadly fentanyl and undocumented migrants crossing…
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Hollywood woman convicted of running ‘Uber, but for drugs’
A Hollywood woman was convicted Tuesday of running a lucrative drug delivery business out of her apartment, with a jury finding her responsible for supplying fentanyl that caused multiple overdoses…
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As tariffs loom, this is what Mexico is doing to placate Trump
MEXICO CITY — Facing a Tuesday deadline, the government of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is once again mounting a full-court press to dissuade President Trump from implementing potentially devastating tariffs on Mexican…
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How Mexico’s president has kept Trump at bay — for now
Mexico City — She has been unflappable as President Trump has fired off broadsides — threats to impose devastating tariffs, mass deportations and even a military campaign against what he called an…
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Drone flights, terrorist labels may signal coming U.S. strikes on cartels
WASHINGTON — In recent days, the Trump administration has ramped up CIA surveillance drone flights over Mexico, formally designated drug cartels as “foreign terrorist” groups and floated the possibility of deploying troops…
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Ex-Marine pleads guilty in fentanyl overdose death at Camp Pendleton
A former Marine from Wisconsin pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge Friday in connection with the fentanyl overdose death of another Marine. Anthony Ruben Whisenant, 24, was stationed at…
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Man fatally shot by Upland police, reportedly high on fentanyl, did not comply with orders, report says – Press Enterprise
Upland police officers fatally shot a man whose family said he was high on fentanyl and had a knife on Sunday, Jan. 12 after he tried to flee police, did…
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Man who sold friend fatal dose of fentanyl in Norco gets 8 years – Press Enterprise
Fentanyl is 80 to100 times more potent than morphine and can be mixed into any number of street narcotics and prescription drugs, without a user knowing. Subscribe to continue reading…
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Trump wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico
WASHINGTON — Although President-elect Donald Trump will not take office for almost two weeks, he is already making his “America First” mantra a priority — and it may include other parts…
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Mexico cracks down on drugs and migrants. Will it be enough to stop Trump tariffs?
MEXICO CITY — In recent days, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has touted her country’s largest-ever seizure of fentanyl and highlighted multiple crackdowns on migrants headed toward the United States. She was…
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Column: ‘I can’t deal with life sober’: Response to the MacArthur Park drug epidemic just isn’t enough
He was bent at the waist, wobbly and shoeless on grimy pavement at the end of an alley where fires smolder, drug users gather day and night, and death lurks….
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Newsom touts California efforts on fentanyl. Will it matter to Trump?
Each day, thousands of people drive or walk into the U.S. from Tijuana at Otay Mesa, a port of entry that is one of the most fortified and closely watched…
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Santa Clara County hospitals accused of illegally dumping fentanyl, data
Santa Clara county hospitals have illegally dumped tons of biohazardous waste, including prescription drugs, human tissue and vials containing blood, county prosecutors said. One photo appeared to show a discarded…
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California overdose death linked to opioid three times stronger than fentanyl, federal prosecutors say
A Santa Clarita man was charged this week in what federal prosecutors believe is the country’s first death due to a synthetic opioid three times stronger than fentanyl. Benjamin Anthony…
Read More »San Francisco Mayor-Elect Plans to Declare Fentanyl Emergency on Day 1
Daniel Lurie held his first news conference since Mayor London Breed conceded the mayoral race this week. Source link
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14 sent to hospital after suspected overdoses at Men’s Central Jail
Three weeks after one man died from a suspected overdose at a downtown jail, authorities said another seven Men’s Central Jail inmates were hospitalized early Tuesday morning following another potential…
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A SoCal dark-web drug dealer at 20, he lived luxe life before it ended
A Southern California duo face federal sentencing for selling tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced pills and cocaine on the dark web, causing the death of at least one teenager. The…
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Column: At LAFD Station 11, one of the busiest in the nation, few fires, but no end to overdose emergencies
If you spend much time in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, you will notice, amid the clamor of buses and trucks and car horns and vendors hawking their goods,…
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In Fresno County, CHP seizes fentanyl found stuffed in carne asada
California Highway Patrol officers scored a “meaty haul” in early October when they seized nearly $1.7 million worth of fentanyl in the Central Valley, some of which was founded packed…
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