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Work underway to eliminate offensive street names in Northern California as deadline looms

By James Taylor, Hunter Sowards Click here for updates on this story     SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — From changing offensive names on streets to revising lessons taught at historical sites, work is underway to acknowledge past mistreatment of Native Americans. Tribal members from across California are participating in this year’s celebration of Native American culture at

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A Jersey Shore beach might be contaminated with arsenic. Visitors are warned not to touch anything.

By Nick Caloway, Mark Prussin Click here for updates on this story     KEYPORT, New Jersey (WCBS) — New Jersey environmental officials are warning people in one Jersey Shore town not to touch anything at the beach, including the water, because it could be contaminated with arsenic. Stone-like materials called slag tested positive for elevated levels

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Henrietta Lacks’s family suing more pharmaceutical companies over use of immortal HeLa cells

WJZ By Adam Thompson Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — The family of Henrietta Lacks filed a lawsuit against two more pharmaceutical companies for profiting from her immortal HeLa cells without their consent. Lacks’ family is suing Novartis and Viatris, alleging these multibillion-dollar biopharmaceutical corporations unjustly enriched themselves by profiting

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Henrietta Lacks’s family suing more pharmaceutical companies over use of immortal HeLa cells

By Adam Thompson Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — The family of Henrietta Lacks filed a lawsuit against two more pharmaceutical companies for profiting from her immortal HeLa cells without their consent. Lacks’ family is suing Novartis and Viatris, alleging these multibillion-dollar biopharmaceutical corporations unjustly enriched themselves by profiting from

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Over $1 million worth of cocaine washed ashore in Florida Keys after Hurricane Debby

By Patrick Chalvire Click here for updates on this story     ISLAMORADA, Florida (WSVN) — Authorities seized 25 packages of cocaine that washed ashore in the Florida Keys following Hurricane Debby. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the packages weighed approximately 70-80 pounds and were discovered by a Good Samaritan on Sunday near a pier

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