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Demetra Ashley, acting assistant administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Dec. 12, 2017, that the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act should be revised. "The DEA, along with the Department of Justice, believes that has to change," Ashley said.

The new law supported by opioid makers that Jeff Sessions, 44 states and a top DEA official want changed

August 22, 2019 at 2:01 a.m.

A new law supported by opioid distributors and manufacturers is making it increasingly difficult to hold companies accountable when they run afoul of the nation's drug laws, according to recently...

Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO of Fox News and the Fox Television Stations Group.

The fall of Roger Ailes, architect of Fox News

August 21, 2019 at 7:20 p.m.

One day in early June, an embattled but determined news anchor, a public relations man and a group of attorneys settled into chairs around the conference table on the 35th...

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., leaves the stage after addressing supporters at the Oakland County International Airport in Waterford Township, Mich.

The drug-smuggling case that brought anguish to Marco Rubio’s family

May 14, 2019 at 5:43 a.m.

On Dec. 16, 1987, a teenager named Marco Rubio arrived home from school in West Miami to find his mother in anguish. Earlier that day, federal drug agents raided a...

Within NBC, staff manages hurt feelings as debate over firing rages

June 23, 2019 at 1:46 a.m.

Senior NBC officials seriously considered firing anchor Brian Williams because he lied to his viewers about riding in a military helicopter hit by a rocket-propelled grenade during the Iraq war,...

Bill Cosby as Heathcliff Huxtable helped define a decade of television with "The Cosby Show," which ran from 1984 to 1992. The show garnered six Emmy wins and was the No. 1 Nielsen show for five consecutive seasons. Malcolm-Jamal Warner played Theo.

Detailed accusations against Cosby recast a cultural icon

April 5, 2019 at 9:17 p.m.

They didn't see a comedian. They saw the "king of the world." Long before there was a Dr. Cliff Huxtable, before rumpled sweaters and a collective anointing as America's dad,...

Defense, Interior wasted millions, auditors report

August 21, 2021 at 4:31 a.m.

The Defense Department paid two procurement operations at the Department of the Interior to arrange for Pentagon purchases totaling $1.7 billion that resulted in excessive fees and tens of millions...

Dog handlers say they had orders to scare inmates

August 19, 2021 at 12:20 p.m.

U.S. intelligence personnel ordered military dog handlers at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq to use unmuzzled dogs to frighten and intimidate detainees during interrogations late last year--a plan approved by...

Documents reveal new abuse details

August 19, 2021 at 12:21 p.m.

Previously secret, sworn statements by detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq describe in raw detail abuse that goes well beyond what has been made public, adding allegations of...

Thousands line streets for papal parade

March 29, 2019 at 3:38 p.m.

With the strains of trumpets filling the air, Pope John Paul II led the first parade in papal history through the streets of Baltimore yesterday trailed by an hourlong blend...

NEWLY HOMELESS FOR THE HOLIDAYS

August 9, 2021 at 10:54 p.m.

Eros Joseph sleeps on the concrete balcony of a squalid apartment building in Homestead. When it rains, she ducks into a car for cover. Her bathroom is a plastic bag....

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