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Fatal drug overdoses surged in Nassau County last year, an increase from 2021 that officials blamed mostly on fentanyl, a cheap and deadly synthetic opioid, although opioid deaths registered a slight decline in Suffolk County. More than 300 people died of fatal drug overdoses in Nassau last year, County Executive Bruce Blakeman said Tuesday in Garden City. Exact numbers for 2022 were not immediately available, but there were 270 overdose deaths in 2021, according to the Nassau County coroner’s office. Fentanyl caused 190 of those deaths, the statistics show. Blakeman reported the jump in fatal overdoses at a press conference…

Five days before authorities say an Idaho man killed four neighbors, one of them allegedly exposed himself to the suspect’s wife and daughter, according to law enforcement documents released Tuesday. Details of the alleged incident were included in an affidavit in support of the arrest of Majorjon Kaylor, 31, on four counts of murder in the weekend killings of Kenneth Guardipee, 65, Kenna Guardipee, 41 , Devin Smith, 18, and Aiken Smith. 16. An attorney for Kaylor did not immediately respond to a request for comment. According to the affidavit, authorities responded to and investigated a June 13 call about…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – A number of Virginia incumbents prevailed over challengers in Tuesday’s primary election, but two of the state’s most controversial political figures, Democratic Sen. Joe Morrissey and Republican Sen. Amanda Chase, lose his party’s nomination. Morrissey, a political centrist and increasingly rare Democrat who supports limits on abortion access, lost to former state lawmaker Lashrecse Aird, who focused her campaign on her unapologetic support and “100 %” to abortion rights. “Joe’s been here too long. It’s time for new blood,” said Gail Coleman, 62, who voted for Aird Tuesday afternoon in suburban Richmond. Chase, a right-wing brand…

RICHMOND, Va. — After more than 30 years in Virginia politics, Joe Morrissey says he’s done. The state senator lost his Democratic primary election Tuesday to former state lawmaker Lashrecse Aird. “I’m moving on to the next chapter in my life, I want to be a full-time parent and coach all my kids in a myriad of sports and I’m really looking forward to it,” Morrissey said. a telephone interview with Jake Burns. “Like I tell them all the time, you always fight to the end. You never quit. You never give up. But in the end, you know, it’s…

KENTFIELD, Calif. – President Biden said Tuesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping is a dictator who got upset when the Chinese spy balloon was shot down in February because he didn’t know about it. “The reason Xi Jinping was so upset when I shot down that balloon with two box cars full of spy equipment is that he didn’t know it was there. No, I’m serious. That was the big shame for to dictators, when they didn’t know what was going on,” Biden told a group of 130 donors at a fundraising event in Kentsfield, California. “This was not supposed…

The full slate of opponents for each SEC program in 2024 will be announced later Wednesday, but there is already some breaking news about the 2024 schedule that has been dropped. In 2024, the first year Texas and Oklahoma will be in the conference, the SEC is going with an eight-game non-division schedule. According to a report from ESPN’s Peter Burns, every SEC team will play either Texas or Oklahoma in 2024. Earlier Wednesday, some news leaked about the Texas Longhorns’ 2024 schedule. According to Chip Brown of 247Sports, the Longhorns will play Texas A&M, Arkansas, Georgia and Oklahoma in…

After more than half a century in politics, no issue may be more personally painful or more politically problematic for President Biden than his troubled son, Hunter. He is, according to various accounts, an open wound in the heart and the most sensitive point in his campaign armour. For one thing, Hunter Biden’s agreement Tuesday to plead guilty to two lesser tax crimes capped a five-year investigation without allegations of wrongdoing by the president or, presumably, jail time for the his little son But on the other hand, it put Hunter once again in the crosshairs of Mr. Biden’s adversaries,…

Progressive presidential insurgent Marianne Williamson says her team is “moving forward” after the second major staff reshuffle in as many weeks. Williamson, a prominent author challenging President Biden for the 2024 Democratic nomination, confirmed exclusively to The Hill that Roza Calderon, his latest campaign manager, is no longer with the operation. “Campaign manager Roza Calderon has left the campaign following a mutually agreed upon separation,” Williamson said Monday evening, noting that “Calderon made several important contributions during her time with the campaign.” . “We are moving forward as a stronger team, equipped with a talented campaign staff with years of…