Dwight Lamon Jones, who police found dead Monday morning of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a Scottsdale, Az., hotel room, is suspected in a string of shootings over the last week, The Arizona Republic reports. Before he started, Jones, 56, apparently created almost 10 hours...
Four mass shootings since last October, each with double-digit death tolls, has everyone searching for solutions. One goal that apparently most can support, regardless of their position on the gun-control/gun-rights continuum, is taking firearms away from those who are considered dangerous to themselves or others,...
Six years after aggressive surgery for pleural mesothelioma, Kay Kilpatrick-Simmons watched proudly as granddaughter Claire crossed the stage at Marymount High School to accept her diploma last month. Mission accomplished. The congratulatory hug was emotional — in more ways than one. Kilpatrick-Simmons, 73, already has beaten the odds,...
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti named Michel Moore, a 36-year police department veteran known for his mastery of subjects including crime statistics and budgets, to be the city’s next police chief, succeeding Charlie Beck, the Los Angeles Times reports. For Garcetti, who is contemplating a...
One in five deaths among adults aged 25-34 is due to opioid-related causes, according to a study published this month in JAMA Network Open, an online journal published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Currently, the chance of dying in the US due...
Growing up in a Muslim community, Nadya Ali knows all too well the silence that is expected of young girls who have been sexually assaulted by a family member or close friend. In her new documentary “Breaking Silence,” Ali, reveals how strict taboos surrounding women’s sexuality...