2019

Renewable resources such as hydroelectric now supply 26 percent of New York’s energy. Photo credit: Demerzel21 / Adobe Stock. ALBANY, N.Y. – To reach clean energy goals, New York needs to maintain its existing baseline of…

Mugshot of Mohammed Omar Haji Mohammed, 36, who allegedly shouted in Arabic, captured on police body cameras that, when translated by the FBI, expressed threats towards President Trump. Photo credit: Broward County Sheriff's Office via…

Sherry Swan is one of many Californians who have filed complaints to the state’s Senior Medicare Patrol about potential fraud related to genetic tests. “It was just a scam from the minute he opened his mouth,” Swan says of a man who…

Maurice Symonette (pictured left), is a constant, enthusiastic supporter of President Donald Trump since Trump first announced his candidacy. He travels around America with Blacks for Trump to attend Trump rallies from Arizona to Miami to…

Kenny Roger's song advised to potential losers of “Know When to Fold 'Em”, should be sufficient to bring sanity back into our political discourse, but I fear, with the hatred of President Trump so intense and ingrained among Democrats,…

It’s been a month since Democratic presidential hopefuls last took to the debate stage, but Tuesday night in Detroit 10 candidates again faced off for the first of this two-night event. WASHINGTON - Here we go again. It’s been a…

Contrasting two disparate Somalis: Hirsi Ali, Somali-born, Dutch activist (left) and Congressional Representative Ilhan Omar . HOLLYWOOD, FL – Jay Greenberg, reporting in April 2019 in a column published by Neonnettle, said…

A former Seattle software engineer was arrested Monday on suspicion of criminal computer fraud and abuse of the Capital One Financial Corporation's stored data including credit scores and balances, ZIP codes, email addresses, dates of…

The the new tracking polls has findings which may give pause to Democratic presidential candidates preparing for the second round of primary debates, scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday evenings on CNN. File photo: C-SPAN. WASHINGTON -…

Glenn Greenidge, Executive Director of the Jamaica Queens based Sutphin Blvd Business Improvement District (BID). In addition to promoting a positive relationship between the police and the Sutphin Blvd. community, Greenidge’s job engages…

Former Broward Sheriff Scott Israel testifying in Tallahassee at a Florida Senate appeals hearing regarding his suspension. June, 2019. Photo credit: CBS Miami. HOLLYWOOD, FL - Scott Israel was removed from the office of sheriff by…

Tax revenue from regulated marijuana sales could help restore communities most impacted by prohibition. Photo credit: Ayehab/Adobe Stock. (https://duckysonline.com/) NEW YORK – Drug-policy reform advocates say New York’s…

Truvada, produced by Gilead Sciences, offers HIV prevention in a pill. Truvada can be used for what is called PrEP, short for pre-exposure prophylaxis, the practice of using antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV infection. Photo Source:…

US President Donald Trump with White House Physicians following his annual physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Whitehouse Photo. WASHINGTON - Last year, Dr. Ronny Jackson, then the White…

Amazon, along with a host of other technology companies, is working on ways to use its smart speaker devices to bring a range of health care services into your home.  File photo: Pixabay. SILICON VALLEY – Now that it’s upending…

The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York, was placed on Ellis Island, the primary immigration port for European immigrants. File photo: Pixabay. HOLLYWOOD, FL - America was built by immigrants. Ancestors of…

Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib speak with reporters during a press conference on July 15, 2019. Photo credit: C-SPAN. HOLLYWOOD, FL - They are called "The Squad," four darlings of the far…

President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, leave the home of Tom Fletcher, a father of eight who had been out of work for nearly two years. The president announced his War on Poverty from the Fletcher porch in 1964. Photo credit:…

Fidel Castro as he arrived at MATS Terminal, Washington, D.C. 1959. Library of Congress HOLLYWOOD, FL - A couple of decades ago, certain Venezuelans could be heard denying that Venezuela faced any danger, after being warned by certain…

Senator Ted Kennedy, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, giving a presentation on his healthcare proposal in June 1971. Six years earlier he assured us that the change in our immigration laws would not be a problem or have an adverse effect…

Registered nurse Suzanne Hsu adjusts the robotic arms of a da Vinci surgical robot before an automated calibration of the machine at the Helford Clinical Research Hospital at City of Hope in Duarte, Calif., in 2006. Hospitals around the…

A growing number of expectant mothers are among the migrants pouring in daily from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador — even Haiti — to more than 30 already overflowing shelters in Tijuana, Mexico. Photo credit: Heidi de Marco/KHN TIJUANA…

After months of closed-door meetings and high-profile hearings, the Senate Finance Committee voted 19-9 to advance legislation introduced by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to rein in drug costs in the Medicare and…

One of the most significant proposals would cap price increases on brand-name drugs and biologic drugs covered by Medicare to ensure they do not outpace inflation, and triggering rebates when they do. File photo: Pixabay. WASHINGTON -…

After reporting by KHN, NPR and CBS, Fresenius has agreed to waive Sovereign Valentine’s huge bill for out-of-network dialysis care. Photo credit: Tommy Martino for KHN. PHILADELPHIA, PA –  Fresenius, one of the two largest…

HOLLYWOOD, FL – What comes unlawfully across the porous southern border, and with whose agenda is that in line, which seems to explain their intransigent opposition to finishing the construction of the border wall? Large…

The Broward County Sheriff's Office lost its law-enforcement accreditation due to the offices botched responses to two deadly mass shootings between 2017 and 2018 when the Commission for Florida law enforcement accreditation ruled in a 13…

Sovereign Valentine and his wife, Jessica, wait for a dialysis machine to filter his blood. Before finding a dialysis clinic in their insurance network, the Valentines were charged more than half a million dollars for 14 weeks of the…

Extreme weather due to climate change can exacerbate pollution runoff and toxic algal blooms in the Great Lakes. Photo credit: Jacob/Adobe Stock. NEW YORK - A coalition of more than 160 local, state and national environmental groups…