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Longtime DEA informant charged in alleged scheme to extort high-level cocaine traffickers

MIAMI (AP) — A drug informant who helped the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration build some of its biggest cases has been arrested and charged with scheming to extort major cocaine traffickers facing extradition from Colombia and the Dominican Republic. Jorge Hernández, 57, was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday with one count of conspiring…

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Russia's Vladimir Putin cautions Germany over any Taurus missile supplies to Ukraine | World News

Russia’s Vladimir Putin cautions Germany over any Taurus missile supplies to Ukraine | World News

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday cautioned Germany that Moscow would consider it to be directly involved in the war in Ukraine if Berlin supplied Kyiv with Taurus cruise missiles, but said he was ready to speak to Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Russian President Vladimir Putin (via REUTERS) German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said earlier this…

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City cuts ribbon on streetscape project | News

City cuts ribbon on streetscape project | News

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‘We are still here, yet invisible.’ Study finds that U.S. government has overestimated Native American life expectancy

Official U.S. records dramatically underestimate mortality and life expectancy disparities for Native Americans, according to a new, groundbreaking study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The research, led by the Boston University School of Public Health, provides compelling evidence of a profound discrepancy between actual and officially reported statistics on the health…

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