VICE
- Fentanyl Speedballs Are the Latest Disturbing Trend in America's Opioid Crisis April 25, 2019Deliberately mixing the powerful and deadly drug with stimulants like coke and meth is one (dangerous) way users are adjusting to a new market.Maia Szalavitz
- Oh God, It Looks Like NBC Might Pull 'The Office' off Netflix April 24, 2019It's not a sure thing, and it wouldn't happen until 2021—but the streaming service is at risk of losing its most-binged shows.River Donaghey
Signs of the Times
- Wild wind and hail batters students in Zhejiang Province, China April 25, 2019Wind, hail and heavy rain battered the city of Wenzho in the eastern Zhejiang province of China on April 24. Laundry was ripped into the air, people were sent flying and a student job fair was utterly destroyed. The storm occurred at 3pm on April 24 as large convection clouds formed leading up to the […]
- Texas storms bring deadly flash floods April 25, 2019Severe thunderstorms hit northern and central Texas from 23 April, 2019, bringing strong winds, hail, heavy rain and flash floods. National Weather Service (NWS) Fort Worth said wind gusts of 60 mph / 96.5 km/h were measured at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (KDFW). Associated Press reported that a warehouse near Bryan in Central Texas was […]
News from Africa
- Uganda: Paediatric Neurologist Get Recognition for Work on Malaria, Nodding Disease April 25, 2019[East African] Dr Richard Idro, a Ugandan consulting paediatrician and paediatric neurologist at Mulago Hospital, has received the inaugural Greenwood Africa Award 2019 in recognition of his outstanding research on the nodding disease syndrome and malaria.