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US ambassador to Russia, Jon Huntsman, stepping down

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. is resigning after a two-year stint during what he called a historically difficult time in relations between the two countries.

Sales of overdose-reversing drug jump as opioid deaths finally fall

Prescriptions of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone are soaring, and experts say that could be a reason overdose deaths have stopped rising for the first time in nearly three decades.

CCSD hires new spokeswoman, government affairs director

Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara has selected Maria Marinch as the district’s new chief communications and government relations officer.

Maduro regime makes Venezuela a rogue state, Bolton warns

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton pressed his case Tuesday for sweeping action against Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, warning foreign governments and companies that they could face retaliation in the U.S. if they continue to do business with his socialist administration.

 
Author Toni Morrison dies at 88

Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in “Beloved,” ”Song of Solomon” and other works, has died at 88.

Prosecutor recalls ‘circus’ Manson case over 50 years

Stephen Kay was a fresh-faced prosecutor just 27 years old and three years out of law school when circumstances handed him the Charles Manson “family” murder case.