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On March 29, 2015, the 60 Minutes program on CBS aired an episode entitled Killing Cancer. The episode follows the experimental cancer immunotherapy treatments for four patients, all with cancerous Glioblastoma brain tumors, participating in … Continue reading CBS 60 Minutes | Killing Cancer | Immunotherapy
Mar 26, 2015 Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed into law House Bill 2578 which makes it more challenging for homeowners to sue home builders for construction defects. The new law states that both sides in … Continue reading Arizona Governor Doug Ducey Signs Construction Defect House Bill 2578
Mar 27, 2015 Attorneys for Debra Milke filed a civil lawsuit in federal court against Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery, former Phoenix Police Detective Armando Saldate, several Phoenix police officers, sergeants, and lieutenants, a forensic … Continue reading Debra Milke Murder Case
May 12, 2015: In Madison, Wisconsin, Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne announced that Officer Matt Kenny used "lawful use of deadly police force" and will not face charges in the March 6, 2015 shooting … Continue reading Unarmed Nineteen-Year-Old Shot and Killed by Madison Wisconsin Police Officer
Mar 3, 2015 By a vote of 257-167, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a "clean" DHS funding bill, with no provisions for Obama's immigration reform executive order, which funds the U.S. Department of Homeland … Continue reading 2015 U.S. Department of Homeland Security Funding
Get information about the Affordable Care Act or enroll in a plan on the official ACA website here. Get additional information about the Affordable Care Act here. Get detailed information about the effort to repeal … Continue reading ACA | Affordable Care Act | PPACA | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Obamacare
CRE (carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae) are a family of germs, difficult to treat because they are highly-resistant to antibiotics. Because of this, the death rate of people who become infected with CRE is high (maybe as high … Continue reading CRE | Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae | Superbug
Jan 17, 2015: Bridger Pipeline announced that an unknown amount of crude oil spilled into the Yellowstone River near Glendive, Montana. Source: (January 17, 2015). "Bridger Pipeline Press Release". Bridger Pipeline, LLC. Retrieved 2015-01-20. The … Continue reading January 2015 Oil Pipeline Spill on Yellowstone River in Montana
Feb 6, 2015: The Canadian Supreme Court ruled unanimously that doctor-assisted suicide is legal for "competent adults who are suffering intolerably from a grievous and irremediable medical condition", which overturns a ban established in 1993. … Continue reading Canada Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Doctor-Assisted Suicide
Feb 5, 2015: A grand jury in Philadelphia charged Philadelphia Police Officers Sean McKnight and Kevin Robinson with aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy, reckless endangerment, lying to authorities, falsifying records and obstructing justice in the May, … Continue reading Philadelphia Police Officers Charged with Aggravated Assault