At Purdue Pharma’s launch party for OxyContin in 1996, one of the company’s owners, Dr. Richard Sackler, told the audience to imagine a series of natural disasters — an earthquake, volcanic eruption, hurricane — before gleefully predicting that the opioid painkiller would generate “a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury …
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From where we sit,Dr. Deathresoundingly wins the award for most disturbing podcast of 2018. Produced by Wondery, the network behindDirty John,this gripping series manages to make an extreme case of medical malpractice addictively compelling. Hosted and reported byscience journalist Laura Beil,Dr. Deathtells the story ofDr. Christopher Duntsch, a now-47-year-old neurosurgeon …
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Once producer Harvey Weinstein exited a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday, after learning that he would stand trial on sexual assault charges, the group of women —sitting all in a row, breaths held under their identical black T-shirts — finally could exhale. Standing up, the sweaters and blazers they were required …
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Update: Amazon has announced that it chose Queens, New York and Arlington, Virginia to both be home to company headquarters. The search for a new Amazon headquarters may be nearing its end, as the tech giant is reportedly close to closing deals to set up two new offices in Long …
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Neil Simon, the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning playwright behind more than 30 plays including The Odd Couple, Barefoot in the Park and Biloxi Blues, died Sunday at the age of 91. Simon’s family confirmed his death in a statement, adding that Simon died of complications from pneumonia at a Manhattan …
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Update: A previous version of this article states that Drayton met the woman in Los Angeles on the dating app Tinder. According to aNew York Times report, they met when they shared a ride from Uber. Last week, Los Angeles County prosecutors charged Danueal Drayton, 27, with sexually assaulting and …
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Lebron James said neither his Cleveland Cavaliers, nor the Golden State Warriors would accept an invitation to visit President Donald Trump’s White House should they win the NBA Championship, ESPN reports. “I know no matter who wins this series, no one wants an invite anyway,” James said during a news …
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Barack and Michelle Obama penned a heartfelt letter to survivors of the Parkland, Florida school shooting earlier this month. In the March 10th handwritten letter, a copy of which was obtained by Mic, the former president and First Lady commended the teenagers’ “resilience, resolve and solidarity that you have all …
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Matt Damon backtracked on his controversial comments last month about there being a “spectrum of behavior” when it comes to sexual misconduct, apologizing for speaking in haste and hurting many people in the process. “I really wish I’d listened a lot more before I weighed in on this,” he told …
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Sonja Farak is in the grip of a rubbed-raw depression that hasn’t responded to medication. It’s been like this forever, or at least since girlhood. She attempted suicide in high school and was hospitalized in college, but somehow soldiered through to graduate with high distinction from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. …
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