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STATE DEPARTMENT - The United States has its worst heroin and opioid crisis in more than 60 years. In 2015, mostly due to the heroin and opioid painkiller epidemic, more than 52,000 deaths in the U.S. were related to drug overdoses, the highest number in U.S. history, according to the State Department's International Narcotics Control Strategy Report released Thursday. Ambassador William Brownfield briefed reporters on the release. The Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs said that the incredible demand is domestic, but that 100 percent of all heroin, and the great majority of all synthetic drugs that are used and abused in the United States, come from other countries. He estimates that between 90 and 94 percent of all heroin consumed in the U.S. comes from Mexico and that as little as 2-4 percent of it comes from Colombia. The remainder, around 4-6 percent, comes from Asia, mainly from Afghanistan. The U.S. has more communities, more … [Read more...] about State Department: US in Worst Heroin, Opioids Crisis in 60 Years

New cases of COVID-19 in Colorado hit a record high last week as hospitalizations for the novel coronavirus also continued to climb. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reported 6,722 cases of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday, more than triple the most recent low of 2,016 in the last week of August. Three times last week, the state recorded more than 1,000 new infections in a single day. Last week’s total was the highest since the state has had reliable data, though it’s likely there were more cases in the virus’s initial surge in March and April that weren’t found due to lack of testing at the time. “These numbers are definitely a concern for us. We need everyone to follow public health guidance to control disease transmission and ensure that health care and public health capacity isn’t strained,” Dr. Rachel Herlihy, the state epidemiologist, said in a statement. “We also want Coloradans who may have been exposed to COVID-19 to get tested.” As of … [Read more...] about New cases of COVID-19 in Colorado reach record high as hospitalizations continue to climb

Three Republicans opted to buck party lines and join Democrats in voting for the Equality Act on Thursday. The sweeping civil rights bill passed the House in a 224-206 vote, with every Democrat supporting the measure. While eight GOP lawmakers voted for a similar version of the legislation in 2019, Reps. John Katko John Michael Katko Taylor Swift celebrates House passage of Equality Act Here are the three GOP lawmakers who voted for the Equality Act House passes sweeping protections for LGBTQ people MORE (R-N.Y.), Tom Reed Tom Reed Taylor Swift celebrates House passage of Equality Act Here are the three GOP lawmakers who voted for the Equality Act House passes sweeping protections for LGBTQ people MORE (R-N.Y.) and Brian Fitzpatrick Brian K. Fitzpatrick Taylor Swift celebrates House passage of Equality Act Here are the three GOP lawmakers who voted for the Equality Act House passes sweeping protections for LGBTQ … [Read more...] about Here are the three GOP lawmakers who voted for the Equality Act

Shamima Begum, the teenager who left Britain to join the Islamic State and was subsequently stripped of her UK citizenship after she spoke out about having no regrets about joining the caliphate cannot return to get her citizenship back, the Supreme Court has ruled. The 21-year-old woman, who went to the Islamic State in Syria aged 15 in 2015 and who married an Islamist fighter in the so-called caliphate had launched a legal challenge against the British government from a prison camp in North Syria, in the hope of getting her UK paper citizenship back. Britain reacted in revulsion after the so-called Jihadi bride spoke out about her time in the Islamic State, telling a television news crew that seeing the severed head of a non-Muslim in a bin “didn’t faze me at all”. The government caved to pressure and revoked her citizenship on national security grounds. Begum’s lawyers had argued that she had a right to a fair hearing, and not being able to return to Britain to fight her … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Orders ‘No Regrets’ Jihadi Bride Shamima Begum Cannot Return to UK

Rep. Tim Ryan Timothy (Tim) Ryan Acting chief acknowledges police were unprepared for mob Six ways to visualize a divided America Six Capitol Police officers suspended, others investigated after Capitol riot MORE (D-Ohio) on Thursday said federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., are “reviewing the footage” to see if members of Congress gave Capitol tours to rioters shortly before the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection. Ryan, chairman of the House subcommittee with oversight of the Capitol Police, told reporters that accusations surrounding lawmakers allegedly giving "reconnaissance tours" to rioters before the attack are now "in the hands of the U.S. attorney here in D.C." The Hill has reached out to Justice Department for comment. ADVERTISEMENT Ryan told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Rachel Anne Maddow League of Conservation Voters adds racial justice issues to 2020 congressional scorecard Newly released footage shows Schumer's 'near miss' with … [Read more...] about Tim Ryan: Prosecutors reviewing video of Capitol tours given by lawmakers before riot