A shop worker was threatened by a man with a knife during a robbery in, police have said. The incident happened at the Spar convenience store at the junction of Bear Street and Boutport Street, in Barnstaple before 21:50 BST on Saturday. Devon and Cornwall Police said the offender fled the store taking four bottles...
Kelly Smith, a 57-year-old New York City resident, is part of the Nonviolent Medicaid Army (NVMA), a growing national movement of poor people who are organizing to stop proposed cuts to Medicaid and promote health care as a human right. “The need for health care unites us all,” Smith told Truthout. “Right now, I’m terrified...
Treatment for those struggling with opioid addiction in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is about to get a lot worse, warn a former BOP case manager and a medical professional who recently left the agency. The BOP directed staff about a month ago to require all participants in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs to switch...