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The Opioid Epidemic: What Premeds Should Know and How to Help 01/16/2024 07:00pm • Since the late 1990s, there has been an increase in the number of deaths from opioid overdoses in the U.S., resulting in an epidemic. The opioid crisis is a major public health issue that premedical students should be familiar with. Premeds may see patients who take opioids or overdose on opioids. P How Roth IRA Taxes Work 01/16/2024 07:00pm • A Roth IRA allows you to pay the taxes on your retirement savings while you are still working, but there are rules regarding contributions and eligibility for tax-free withdrawals in retirement. If you don't carefully follow the rules, you may have to pay taxes or penalties on the investment earnin 9 Best Growth Stocks for the Next 10 Years 01/16/2024 07:00pm • After the S&P 500 rose by about 26% in 2023, many investors are starting to get over previous trepidation about interest rates or inflation and once again pursue "risk-on" investing. Generally, there are two kinds of companies: value-oriented companies that are characterized by stability and low How much snow fell in the DC region during the wintry blast? 01/16/2024 06:27pm • The unofficial results are in and between 2 to 6 inches of snow blanketed the D.C. region, with some parts of Northern Virginia getting 5 inches and Montgomery and Howard counties just shy of 6 inches. One part of Northeast D.C. totaled 4.1 inches, according to National Weather Service unofficial Cocaine residue was found on Hunter Biden's gun pouch in 2018 case, prosecutors say 01/16/2024 06:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors urged a judge on Tuesday to reject Hunter Biden’s efforts to dismiss the gun charges against him, revealing that investigators last year found cocaine residue on the pouch the president’s son used to hold his gun. In pressing for the case against President Mike Tomlin and the Steelers are stuck in NFL purgatory. There appears to be no quick way out 01/16/2024 05:52pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin doesn't change much game to game. Week to week. Year to year. That almost maniacal consistency is one of the reasons the NFL's longest-tenured head coach has kept the Pittsburgh Steelers competitive in a league where parity is the norm. The problem, of late anyw The Biden administration escalates its border dispute with Texas after 3 migrants drown 01/16/2024 04:50pm • McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The drowning deaths of three migrants have brought new urgency to an extraordinary showdown between the Biden administration and Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who has seized a city park in a major corridor for illegal crossings and denied entry to Border Patrol agents. T Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state confronts flood damage after heavy rain kills at least 12 01/16/2024 04:24pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Neighborhoods in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state remained flooded Monday more than a day after torrential rains that killed at least 12 people. The heavy downpour wreaked havoc over the weekend, flooding peoples’ homes, a hospital, the metro line in the city of Rio and a main New York governor wants to spend $2.4B to help deal with migrant influx in new budget proposal 01/16/2024 04:13pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday that she wants to spend $2.4 billion to help deal with the massive influx of migrants who have overwhelmed New York City's homeless shelters — addressing a damaging political issue for Democrats in her proposed state budget. The migran Boeing picks a retired admiral to lead a team that will review safety in manufacturing planes 01/16/2024 03:03pm • Boeing named a retired Navy admiral as a special adviser on matters including quality of work done at suppliers as the aircraft maker responds to a midflight blowout aboard one of its planes this month. Boeing CEO David Calhoun said he asked Kirkland Donald to a team that will make recommendations t Book Review: Scholars analyze extremist white supremacy’s grip on U.S. politics and culture 01/16/2024 02:14pm • Amid threats to elections officials, disinformation about the security of U.S. voting systems and ongoing fallout from the Jan. 6 insurrection, scientists who study social movements have a lot to teach us about how we got here. In “Out of Hiding: Extremist White Supremacy and How It Can Be Stopped 10-year-old bitten by shark in Bahamas airlifted back to U.S. 01/16/2024 01:51pm • ▶ Watch Video: U.S. boy airlifted home after Bahamas shark attack A young boy from Maryland who was bitten by a shark at a resort in the Bahamas has been airlifted back to the U.S., officials said on Thursday.The boy was bitten at the Atlantis Paradise Island B Former Blue Jays star Jose Bautista buys second tier Las Vegas Lights 01/16/2024 01:45pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former Toronto Blue Jays star Jose Bautista bought the majority stake in the Las Vegas Lights of the second tier United Soccer League Championship. “Las Vegas is the place to be and has emerged as a big professional sports town, and I will do everything I can to push this club f Ground collision of two planes in Chicago sparks FAA investigation 01/16/2024 01:35pm • CHICAGO (AP) — A plane taxiing for departure clipped another aircraft at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Sunday evening, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday. No injuries were reported, both planes were of Boeing design, and the FAA says it will investigate the incident. The le Grammy-nominated for tunes with Miley Cyrus and Reneé Rapp, Justin Tranter writes hits by talking 01/16/2024 01:34pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Sit down and talk to Justin Tranter for just a while and likely a hit song will emerge. The Grammy-nominated songwriter credited with some of the biggest bangers of the past decade — “Sorry” by Justin Bieber and “Believer” by Imagine Dragons, among them — usually begins