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He Thinks His Wife Died in an Understaffed Hospital. Now He’s Trying to Change the Industry.
For the past year, police Detective Tim Lillard has spent most of his waking hours unofficially investigating his wife’s death.
The question has never been exactly how Ann Picha-Lillard died on Nov. 19, 2022: She succumbed to…
Newsom Offers a Compromise to Protect Indoor Workers from Heat
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has compromised on long-sought rules that would protect indoor workers from extreme heat, saying tens of thousands of prison and jail employees — and prisoners — would have…
Venezuelan refugees detained in NM fearful of more deportations to Mexico • Source New Mexico
A man from Venezuela who said he fled kidnapping and torture in his home country has been held in federal immigration custody in New Mexico for nearly six months.
Now, he’s watching Immigration and…
The Path to a Better Tuberculosis Vaccine Runs Through Montana
A team of Montana researchers is playing a key role in the development of a more effective vaccine against tuberculosis, an infectious disease that has killed more people than any other.
The BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guérin)…
Medicare’s Push To Improve Chronic Care Attracts Businesses, but Not Many Doctors
Carrie Lester looks forward to the phone call every Thursday from her doctors’ medical assistant, who asks how she’s doing and if she needs prescription refills. The assistant counsels her on dealing with anxiety and her other…
NM governor to call special session focused on crime • Source New Mexico
New Mexico lawmakers will be called up to Santa Fe this summer to consider bills related to criminal competency, gun charges and panhandling, a high-ranking lawmaker said.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham…
Paris Hilton apoya ley en California que exige a la “industria de los jóvenes…
Paris Hilton, heredera de la cadena hotelera y celebrity, está respaldando el impulso de legisladores de California para aumentar la transparencia de los centros terapéuticos residenciales para adolescentes, al exigir que estos…
Paris Hilton Speaks up for California’s ‘Troubled’ Teens
Heiress Paris Hilton is on a mission to shine a light on the “troubled teen industry,” a largely unregulated multibillion-dollar industry that is gaining public scrutiny for alleged abuse of vulnerable youths.
Hilton told state…
Paris Hilton Backs California Bill Requiring Sunshine on ‘Troubled Teen Industry’
Celebrity hotel heiress Paris Hilton is backing California lawmakers’ push to increase the transparency of residential teen therapeutic centers by requiring these programs to report the use of restraints or seclusion rooms in…
To Stop Fentanyl Deaths in Philadelphia, Knocking on Doors and Handing Out Overdose Kits
On a narrow street lined with row houses and an auto body shop in the Kensington neighborhood of North Philadelphia, Marsella Elie climbs a home’s front steps and knocks hard on the door.
A middle-aged man appears with a wary…