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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Experts on Staten Island and nationwide are warning that drug traffickers are mixing potentially lethal fentanyl with veterinary sedatives — including one powerful enough to immobilize elephants. Illicit fentanyl, an opioid that, by itself, is 50 to 100 times stronger than heroin, remains a factor in the majority of accidental drug overdoses on Staten Island, in …

China’s Snub of U.S. Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers  The New York Times Farmers are being squeezed – it’s testing their loyalty to Trump  BBC North Dakota soybean growers anxiously await sales to China  North Dakota Monitor The American Farmers China Is Using as a Trade-War Bargaining Chip  The Wall Street Journal US misses out on billions of dollars of China soybean …

Ever since a massive immigration raid on a Hyundai manufacturing site swept up nearly 500 workers in southeast Georgia this month, Rosie Harrison said her organization’s phones have been ringing nonstop with panicked families in need of help. “We have individuals returning calls every day, but the list doesn’t end,” Harrison said. She runs a nonprofit called Grow Initiative that …

Ever since a massive immigration raid on a Hyundai manufacturing site swept up nearly 500 workers in southeast Georgia, Rosie Harrison said her organization’s phones have been ringing nonstop with panicked families in need of help. “We have individuals returning calls every day, but the list doesn’t end,” Harrison said. She runs an apolitical non-profit called Grow Initiative that connects …

The chief executive who led Goldman Sachs during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of markets thinks the US economy may be due for a crisis. Lloyd Blankfein, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs who helmed the bank during the Great Financial Crisis, says he’s watching for another big economic event to materialize. Historically, the US has …

“The latest PPI report shows there is no inflation — wholesale prices fell and smashed economists’ expectations. President Trump has defeated Joe Biden’s inflation crisis while successfully implementing powerful tariffs, which haven’t hiked prices like the so-called ‘experts’ claimed. This is yet another reason for Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell to cut the rates immediately to make everyday life more affordable …

Did the Universe have a beginning? Will it eventually come to an end? How did the Universe evolve into what we can see today: a ‘cosmic web’ of stars, galaxies, planets and, at least on one pale blue planet, what sometimes passes for intelligent life? Not so very long ago, these kinds of existential questions were judged to be without …

For decades, US firms have enjoyed a strong foothold in Germany, particularly in the country’s western regions, which were under the control of the Western Allies after World War II. In the immediate postwar years, US cigarettes were so highly prized on the German black market that they effectively served as currency. Sports stars often played a role in cementing trans-Atlantic brand …

The sudden death of a Microsoft engineer at work has reignited scrutiny on an overworking crisis plaguing America’s high-stress jobs. The family of Pratik Pandey, 35, slammed the tech firm for running the ‘bright, hardworking young man’ into the ground, and said he was often made to work well into the night. Initial reports from the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner …

Supreme Court’s Barrett says US not in constitutional crisis  Reuters Justice Barrett dismisses concerns of a constitutional crisis  CNN Amy Coney Barrett: Reports of a constitutional crisis have been greatly exaggerated  Politico Justice Barrett says Supreme Court hasn’t bowed to political pressure  Axios Justice Barrett Calls Trump Barbs a ‘Dance We’ve Seen Before’  Bloomberg.com Source link