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May 5, 2015: On February 3, 2015, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug called Ibrance for postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer. FDA approves Ibrance for postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer … Continue reading U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves Ibrance | New Drug for Advanced Breast Cancer
May 2, 2015: Ann M. Ravel, the chairwoman for the Federal Election Commission (FEC), is very pessimistic about the ability of the FEC to effectively regulate campaign contributions in the upcoming 2016 U.S. election. F.E.C. … Continue reading U.S. Federal Election Commission Chairwoman Raises Doubts about Regulation of Campaign Contributions
The UW Health website has a very informative document entitled "Rehabilitation Guidelines for Knee Arthroscopy" that shows and explains: the structure of the knee the different types of cartilage in the knee how the meniscus … Continue reading Knee Pain | Meniscus Tear | Arthroscopic Surgery
Sep 13, 2017: Freddie Gray's family 'devastated and disappointed' by DOJ decision not to charge officers, attorney says | The Baltimore Sun Sep 12, 2017: Citing "insufficient evidence", the U.S. Department of Justice released a … Continue reading Freddie Gray Dies of Spinal Cord Injury After Arrest by Baltimore Police
May 12, 2015: A 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, the second major earthquake in that region in less than three weeks. Fresh earthquake kills scores in Nepal and India | Reuters May 2, 2015: The … Continue reading Powerful Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake Hits Nepal
Apr 27, 2015: Undersheriff Tim Albin resigned from the Tulsa Police Department. Undersheriff Tim Albin resigns following release of report on Reserve Deputy Robert Bates | Tulsa World Apr 24, 2015: Earlier this week, an … Continue reading Volunteer Police Deputy Shoots and Kills Black Suspect in Tulsa Oklahoma
Apr 16, 2015: President Obama signed H.R.2 - Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. The bill was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives (by a vote of 392 to 37) on March … Continue reading Medicare "Doc Fix" Bill Signed into Law by President Obama
Apr 10, 2015: In southern California, NBC Channel 4 video shot from a helicopter shows several San Bernardino County deputies beating 30-year old Francis Jared Pusok when arresting him at the end of a chase … Continue reading San Bernardino County Deputies Beat Man After Chase
Dec 7, 2017: U.S. District Judge David Norton sentenced Michael Slager to 20 years in prison, deciding that Slager had in fact committed second-degree murder in the shooting death of Walter Scott. Former S.C. Officer … Continue reading South Carolina Police Officer Charged with Murder in Shooting of Black Man
May 5, 2015: The California State Water Resources Control Board unanimously approved the water restrictions announced by California Governor Jerry Brown on April 1, 2015. Emergency 25% cut in California cities' water use approved | … Continue reading California Governor Jerry Brown Orders Mandatory Water Restrictions