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Opioid Overdose Deaths: National Trends and Variation by Demographics and States
Since the opioid epidemic was declared a public health emergency in 2017, it has claimed more than half a million lives. While the epidemic was initially driven by prescription opioids and heroin, it has evolved in recent years, to be dominated by illicit synthetic fentanyl—a substance significantly more potent than morphine. By 2023, most counterfeit opioid pills contained a deadly…
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Andhra engineering student found hanging in hostel room
Hyderabad: In a tragic incident, a 22-year-old engineering student took her own life by hanging at a private hostel in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, on Tuesday, February 24. Bhuvana from Mangalam village was pursuing her final year BTech in Computer Science at Mohan Babu University. On Tuesday, hostel staff found her unresponsive in her room and immediately alerted the authorities. After…
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10 Most Entertaining Steven Spielberg Movies, Ranked
At the risk of making too bold a claim, Steven Spielberg could well be the best director of all time when it comes to big-screen entertainment. Now, that’s not the same as saying he’s the best director of all time generally speaking, but still, that’s another topic of conversation and you could probably mark him as a contender there also,…
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Ukraine marks biggest evolution in military tactics since WWII
This article is part of a special series recognizing the four-year anniversary of the Ukraine War Over the past four years, the Ukraine War has done more to change military weapons and tactics than any other conflict since 1945. Israel’s victories in 1956, 1967 and 1973 were won by World War Two weapons and tactics. The lessons of guerrilla wars…
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ChatGPT Health fails critical emergency and suicide safety tests
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: ChatGPT Health, a widely used consumer artificial intelligence (AI) tool that provides health guidance directly to the public-including advice about how urgently to seek medical care-may fail to direct users appropriately to emergency care in a…
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Aileen Cannon’s Latest Misdeed Could Have Been Way Worse
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Worst-Case Scenario Avoided Maybe my standards are slipping and I’m resigning myself to levels of corruption that I heretofore would not have tolerated, but I was actually relieved by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s ruling yesterday barring the public release of Special Counsel Jack…
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Einstein’s “Bridge” May Rewrite Time Itself
Wormholes may not be cosmic shortcuts after all. By revisiting Einstein and Rosen’s original 1935 work, researchers propose that the so-called “bridge” was never about travel through space, but about a deeper symmetry in time itself. Credit: Shutterstock Einstein–Rosen bridges may reflect a two-directional structure of time that preserves information and hints at a pre–Big Bang universe. Wormholes are commonly…
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Devastating Ukrainian Drone Strikes Against Belgorod Isn’t News in Russia
Despite a systematic Ukrainian drone strike campaign leaving hundreds of thousands of unlucky Russian citizens living in the city of Belgorod in cold and dark apartments for weeks, Kremlin-controlled media have barely noticed, mostly reporting that the robot aircraft swarms were all shot down. Russian mainstream information platforms like TASS, RIA Novosti, and RT have not just downplayed blackouts and…
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BJYM City President speaks against AIMIM leader, booked for causing traffic
BJYM City President Nithin Nandhkar (left) and AIMIM leader Sahar Yunus Shaikh Hyderabad: The Afzalgunj Police have booked Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) City President Nithin Nandhkar for allegedly using derogatory language and organising a public gathering in Jambagh without prior permission. The incident took place during Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti celebrations near Navrang Juice Center on February 19. Nandhkar…
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Tom Hanks to Portray Lincoln in Unique Hybrid Movie
Tom Hanks has signed on to play one of his famous family members. The “Forrest Gump” star has been cast to play President Abraham Lincoln. The movie, which is a live-action/stop-motion animated hybrid, will be based on “Lincoln in the Bardo,” written by George Saunders, Deadline was first to report. He will be in live action in his presidential portrayal…
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