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US lawmakers demand UN health agency change opioid guidance

Two U.S. lawmakers are calling on the World Health Organization to withdraw pain care guidelines that include what they say are false claims about the safety of prescription opioids. They say the guidelines could lead other countries toward the same kind of addiction and overdose crisis that has plagued the U.S. in recent years. The members of Congress say a […]

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NY Dems make it easier to vote in 2020 presidential primary

ALBANY — The New York State Democratic Party voted unanimously Wednesday to make it easier for registered independent voters to re-enroll as Democrats to vote in next year’s presidential primary — three years after Bernie Sanders slammed the state’s onerous election rules. Under the new rules, a voter not affiliated with a party can re-enroll as a Democrat up to […]

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Trump's Mideast envoy slams UN over 'Band-Aid' solutions to Israel-Palestinian conflict

Greenblatt: Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, not Israel, are the problem here Jason Greenblatt the U.S. envoy for international negotiations, comments on what the future may hold for potential peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. The Trump administration's chief negotiator for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict delivered a blunt message to the United Nations Security Council Wednesday, asserting that it is time “to move […]

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De Blasio blasted over homeless man living near Ground Zero

Tourists and New Yorkers around Ground Zero are getting a fresh look at how Mayor Bill de Blasio is handling the homelessness crisis — and they don’t like what they see. A vagrant spent his second day in a row living out of a cardboard shanty in the shadow of the World Trade Center on Wednesday, infuriating passers-by. A Brooklyn […]

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