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Young urbanites at Brooklyn Kura are not toasting with Chardonnay, but sake—the traditional Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice. But this sake is brewed on site in the trendy New York borough from American rice and New York City tap water. The first sake to debut from the Big Apple, the brew is the brainchild […]

DAYTON, Ohio—Billy Brokschmidt can’t remember the number of times he overdosed and stopped breathing, but it was “probably several dozen.” “When I was down in Florida, I was staying with this girl named Amy—she was letting me sleep on her couch—and I overdosed at her house many, many times. And she would just breathe for […]

Take a stroll through your local food co-op and you’re likely to find plenty of folks who don’t react so well to the concept of “free market capitalism.” You might get a couple of lectures on social justice and an earful on the industrialization of global food production and the havoc it wreaks on society. […]

President Donald Trump said on March 13 that space has become a warfighting domain, and that to face this threat, the U.S. military may need a “Space Force.” Trump, speaking with troops at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, stated: “My new national strategy for space recognizes that space is a warfighting […]

WASHINGTON—Human trafficking—whether sex or labor, adult or child—has devastating consequences on the victims. “We see an extraordinary amount of physical and mental health effects from child and adult trafficking,” said Dr. Jordan Greenbaum, medical director of the Child Protection Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, at a human trafficking event at the Department of Justice […]

When holding her baby, Michelle Root could never have known that she would only have her for 21 years, 8 months, and 30 days. Her daughter, Sarah, was at a stop light on Jan. 31, 2016—the night of her college graduation—when a drunk, unlicensed driver, who was traveling almost 70 miles per hour in a […]

WASHINGTON—The opioid crisis is ravaging the ranks of the tiniest Americans every day. Thousands of babies are born addicted to opioids and are suffering withdrawal after birth, known as neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). By 2014, one infant was born almost every 15 minutes with signs of drug withdrawal, according to Dr. Stephen Patrick, pediatrician and […]

WASHINGTON—Sex trafficking is a supply answer to a demand problem. But the least attention is paid to the demand side. “Obviously the demand for sex isn’t something new. But the increasing insatiable desire for sex with children in our society is something new, and it’s running rampant in our society,” said Geoff Rogers, CEO of […]

WASHINGTON—The only thing more devastating than losing a child to an opioid overdose is losing two—on the same night. Nick, 19, and Jack, 18, were like any other kids. “They were athletes, had a great circle of friends, and had dreams and aspirations in life,” said mother and nurse Becky Savage at a Senate hearing […]

DAYTON, Ohio—On any given day, there are about 750,000 people in jails across America. Most of them are connected to the opioid crisis in some way, says Jonathan Thompson, executive director and CEO of the National Sheriffs’ Association. “It’s hard to put it into terms that words can even express the magnitude,” he said. “It’s […]

Since late October, more than 9,000 sealed indictments have been filed in districts across the United States. Sealed indictments are typically used in prosecuting individuals or criminal networks in cases where revealing names could lead individuals to flee or destroy evidence. As of Dec. 22, 2017, there were 9,294 sealed indictments, according to data collected by […]

WASHINGTON—Wounds of history, however long ago inflicted, can begin to heal as soon as they are acknowledged. World War I ended 100 years ago. Many of the conflicts the United States is engaged in around the world can be traced back to the country’s most forgotten war. Its unlearned lessons, traumas, and repercussions continue to haunt […]

WASHINGTON—Border Patrol agents routinely face drug traffickers, cartel and gang members, human smugglers, and other criminals crossing illegally into the United States. They get rocks thrown at them; they’re shot at, punched, kicked, and beaten. The agents are the first line of defense against the illegal flow of people and contraband—most of which crosses the […]

Mirand Buzaku was going through some grainy old family holiday snaps of his fiancé, when his eye was drawn to a boy on an inflatable in the background who looked familiar. On closer examination of the clothes the boy was wearing, and after talking to his family, he realized his hunch was right—it was himself. […]

WASHINGTON—Three of the 13 surviving Navajo Code Talkers of World War II met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Nov. 27. Speaking at the event, Peter MacDonald, 90, president of the surviving code talkers, said he enlisted in the Marine Corps to become a code talker in 1944, when he was 15. […]

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump formally nominated Thomas Homan to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Nov. 14. Homan has served as acting director since Jan. 30, after former director Sarah Saldaña stepped down when Trump came into office. Homan worked for 33 years in immigration enforcement, starting as a Border Patrol agent in 1984. He […]

WASHINGTON—A typical scenario looks like this: A 911 call comes in, then emergency services arrive on the scene, determine it’s an overdose, and administer the opioid-blocker Narcan. The patient is then transported to the emergency room. Once in the hospital, it’s common for emergency physicians to keep an eye on the patient while busy taking […]

NEW YORK—A group of journalists at Project Veritas, led by James O’Keefe, has made waves over the years with undercover videos that have covered corrupt officials, voter fraud, and, more recently, media bias at CNN and The New York Times. “We take the approach we take, a sort of guerrilla approach, because we live in […]

WASHINGTON—It’s a piece of knowledge that may gnaw away at them forever: The death of their loved one was preventable. Preventable because the person who killed them was in the United States illegally. The election of President Donald Trump has given victims of illegal alien crime a bigger stage to voice their appeals, and they […]