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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Los Angeles Angels and the family of Tyler Skaggs reached a settlement in the family’s wrongful death lawsuit against the team. Skaggs died in 2019 after taking fentanyl-laced oxycodone supplied by the team’s former communications director, Eric Kay, mixed with alcohol. Kay is serving 22 years in prison. The terms of …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cannabis has been linked to some significant medical benefits, but recent research calls those into question. A major new analysis published in JAMA examined more than 2,500 scientific papers from the last 15 years, including other reviews, clinical trials and guidelines focused on medical marijuana. “While many people turn to cannabis seeking …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As the U.S. ramps up attacks on alleged drug-trafficking boats, blowing up vessels and killing their crews, American allies across the Atlantic are waging their own at-sea fights with suspected narcotics smugglers. “Europe is literally being flooded with cocaine,” Artur Vaz, Portugal’s narcotics police chief, told Fox News. “Criminal organizations… acquire the …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Honduras’ attorney general is calling for the arrest of former President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was recently pardoned by President Donald Trump.  Johel Antonio Zelaya Alvarez said Monday that he ordered Honduran authorities and asked Interpol to execute a 2023 arrest order against Hernández for alleged fraud and money laundering charges. Hernandez, …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Certain people who use cannabis tend to drink less alcohol, a new study found. Researchers from Brown University’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies set out to determine whether cannabis use has an effect on alcohol craving and consumption — specifically, whether smoking marijuana can reduce alcohol use in heavy drinkers. The …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The biggest shopping day of the year may be Black Friday, but the cannabis equivalent happens the day before Thanksgiving. Despite potential health risks, “Green Wednesday” has been named the second-highest day of the year for pot sales, according to various reports, second only to April 20 (4/20) as the leading day …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The wrongful death trial of former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs has reached its sixth week, and his widow and mother took the stand on Monday. Carli Skaggs, who began dating the MLB pitcher in 2014, testified that she knew Skaggs battled a previous addiction to Percocet before they dated but …

< div class=”featured featured-video video-ct” data-v-324c3b57> < div class=”contain” data-v-324c3b57> <!–> Texas woman rescues baby bird by keeping it warm in tortilla A Mississippi kite was rescued by Katie Adlong in Amarillo, Texas when she found it on the ground near her home and kept it warm by wrapping the small bird, now named Taquito, in a warm tortilla before …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. military has launched another strike on what it calls a narco-terror vessel in the Caribbean, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday, underscoring a widening campaign against drug-linked militants. The attack killed three suspected smugglers, Hegseth said, adding that it was carried out “at the direction of President Trump.” “Today, the …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth announced the U.S. military on Wednesday struck another boat carrying people he claims were narco-terrorists. The strikes were carried out in the Eastern Pacific region at the direction of President Donald Trump, killing four men on board, according to Hegseth. The military “carried out a lethal kinetic strike …