By Alicia A. Caldwell Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration is wrapping up a multistate crackdown on prescription drug abuse with raids at pain clinics, pharmacies and other locations in the South, The Associated Press has learned. The early-morning raids in Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi are the final stage of an operation […]
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Video: Texas cop cleared in fatal OIS, dash cam released
By Dianne Solís The Dallas Morning News GRAPEVINE, Texas — A Grapevine police officer will face no charges in the Feb. 20 shooting death of an unarmed Mexican immigrant, a case in which protesters raised questions of excessive use of force. A grand jury heard expert testimony and evidence over two weeks before declining to […]
Mass. top court rules in tainted drug evidence case
By Philip Marcelo Associated Press BOSTON — Thousands of defendants convicted of drug crimes after a chemist in a state lab tampered with evidence can't be charged with more serious crimes or given harsher sentences if granted a new trial, Massachusetts' highest court ruled Monday. But the Supreme Judicial Court stopped short of ordering the […]