US Opioid Crisis At Epidemic Proportions

Many US communities are facing an epidemic of opioid and heroin abuse that is straining resources from police, to jails, to emergency medical personnel and treatment centers. West Virginia, a mountainous state of less than two million people, is among the hardest hit, given the economic hardship in an area once dominated by coal mining, … Read more

Michelle Obama ‘ape In Heels’ Facebook Post

A woman suspended after calling First Lady Michelle Obama an “ape in heels” in a Facebook post is set to return to work in West Virginia, local media say. Pamela Ramsey Taylor, who runs a local non-profit group in Clay county, will resume work on 23 December, the Charleston Gazette-Mail said. The screen grab of … Read more