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A group of people walk on Castro Street, in the downtown portion of the Silicon Valley town of Mountain View, California, August 24, 2016. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).

When Policing And Race Cross Paths In Silicon Valley

12:12pm March 16, 2017

by Vignesh Ramachandran

In California, officers undergo cultural diversity and discrimination training, which includes understanding the cultural composition of the state and discussing the impact of racial profiling.

Opana ER was reformulated to make it harder to crush and snort, but people abusing the drug turned to injecting it instead. And that fueled an HIV outbreak in Indiana.

Dangers Of Opana Opioid Painkiller Outweigh Benefits, FDA Panel Says

9:37am March 16, 2017

by Tom Dreisbach

Opana ER has been linked to an HIV outbreak in rural Indiana among people who abuse the opioid painkiller. An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration says the drug is too risky.

The Oxford Comma Goes To Court

4:49am March 16, 2017

A court sided with delivery drivers in a labor dispute, after the drivers argued that the lack of an Oxford comma in Maine's overtime rules entitled them to overtime pay.

Ex-LA County Sheriff Lee Baca, with attorneys David Hochman, left, and Nathan Hochman, talks to the media as he leaves federal court in Los Angeles on Wednesday, after being convicted of obstructing an FBI corruption investigation of jails he ran and of l

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Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca Convicted In Jail Corruption Case

4:49am March 16, 2017

by Annie Gilbertson

Lee Baca, 74, who's in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, headed the nation's largest sheriff's department for 15 years before resigning in 2014 as the jail abuse scandal grew.

Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke (left) and Republican Rep. Will Hurd stream their road trip from Texas to Washington, D.C., on Facebook Live.

Politics & Government

Bipartisan 'Bromance' Blossoms As 2 Texas Congressmen Make D.C. Road Trip

9:38pm March 15, 2017

by Jessica Taylor

When flights from Texas to Washington were canceled because of snow, GOP Rep. Will Hurd and Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke decided to make the trip by car — together.

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Demonstrators gathered near the White House on March 11 to protest President Trump's travel ban on six Muslim countries.

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Trump Travel Ban Blocked Nationwide By Federal Judge In Hawaii

9:14pm March 15, 2017

by Joel Rose

The judge issued a temporary restraining order that prevented the president's revised executive order from taking effect at midnight and barring refugees and visitors from six mostly Muslim countries.

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Michael Botticelli, former director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on attacking America's epidemic of heroin and prescription drug abuse.

Former Drug Czar Says GOP Health Bill Would Cut Access To Addiction Treatment

6:30pm March 15, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

The director of National Drug Control Policy under President Obama, Michael Botticelli, says the proposed GOP health bill would decrease access to treatment in the middle of an opioid crisis.

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A colored magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the brain of a 76-year-old patient with dementia shows the brain has atrophied and the dark brown fluid-filled spaces have become enlarged.

Cancer Drug That Might Slow Parkinson's, Alzheimer's Headed For Bigger Tests

6:30pm March 15, 2017

by Jon Hamilton

In a preliminary study, the cancer drug nilotinib seemed to help patients with Parkinson's and dementia. Now two larger and more rigorous studies of the drug are under way.

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California Officials Pledge Not To Roll Back Fuel Efficiency Standards

5:21pm March 15, 2017

by Lauren Sommer

California officials have said they will not back off the fuel efficiency standards established under Obama, despite the Trump administration's plan to revisit those standards.

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A colored scanning electron micrograph of two human retinal stem cells, shown in brown and red.

3 Women Blinded By Unproven Stem Cell Treatments

5:06pm March 15, 2017

by Rob Stein

Three patients were blinded after getting stem cells from fat at a Florida clinic. But another patient shows promise after treatment in Japanese study using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.