Year: 2024

Mar
11
2024
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By Lily Chang
Overdose or Poisoning? A New Debate Over What to Call a Drug Death.

Overdose or Poisoning? A New Debate Over What to Call a Drug Death.

Health
The death certificate for Ryan Bagwell, a 19-year-old from Mission, Texas, states that he died from a fentanyl overdose.His mother, Sandra Bagwell, says that is wrong.On an April night in 2022, he swallowed one pill from a bottle of Percocet, a prescription painkiller that he and a friend bought earlier that day at a Mexican pharmacy just over the border. The next morning, his mother found him dead in his bedroom.A federal law enforcement lab found that none of the pills from the bottle tested positive for Percocet. But they all tested positive for lethal quantities of fentanyl.“Ryan was poisoned,”…
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Mar
11
2024
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By Lily Chang
How Paul Mullin – via a text from Rob McElhenney – ended his rare goal drought

How Paul Mullin – via a text from Rob McElhenney – ended his rare goal drought

Health
Rob McElhenney takes the duty of care he has as Wrexham’s co-owner seriously.When Phil Parkinson was still coming to terms with what remains the nadir of the club’s return to the EFL after a 15-year non-League exile, the co-owner reached out to his manager just moments after September’s 5-0 thrashing at Stockport County via text.Hollywood actor and writer McElhenney did something similar with Paul Mullin during the latter’s recent run of eight games without a goal — comfortably the striker’s most barren period in almost five years.The level-headed Liverpudlian’s response was no surprise. “I feel pretty good,” he told McElhenney,…
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Mar
11
2024
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By Lily Chang
Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies

Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies

Science and Technology
Kenn Dahl says he has always been a careful driver. The owner of a software company near Seattle, he drives a leased Chevrolet Bolt. He’s never been responsible for an accident.So Mr. Dahl, 65, was surprised in 2022 when the cost of his car insurance jumped by 21 percent. Quotes from other insurance companies were also high. One insurance agent told him his LexisNexis report was a factor.LexisNexis is a New York-based global data broker with a “Risk Solutions” division that caters to the auto insurance industry and has traditionally kept tabs on car accidents and tickets. Upon Mr. Dahl’s…
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Mar
10
2024
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By Lily Chang
How the ROPA Method allows you to share maternity with your partner from Austria

How the ROPA Method allows you to share maternity with your partner from Austria

Politics
Within the realm of fertility, the ROPA method (Reception of Oocytes from Partner) method has gained significant popularity among couples desiring to begin their family. This method provides a distinctive opportunity for both women to actively engage in the conception and gestation of their baby. Babynova's fertility clinic in Bogotá embraces a broad and inclusive notion of family gestation, providing alternatives that align with modern family dynamics and the pursuit of shared and desired motherhood. The clinic's team of specialists offers comprehensive support, guidance, and advanced treatments to help establish and strengthen the diverse families of today's world. Continue reading…
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