Crime Statistics Match the ‘Weird Year’

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The first half of 2020 has proven to be unlike anything else in recent years. Americans are confined to their houses and cities are reporting crime trends that haven’t been seen in twenty years.

Trump Signs into Law an Animal Cruelty Act with More Teeth

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PACT not only makes it a federal offense to engage in the act of animal crushing, or creating visual depictions of it, but the language of the statute also makes it illegal for a person to knowingly sell, market, advertise, exchange, or distribute an abuse video if the conduct also involves interstate or foreign commerce.

A COVID-19 Review Pulls Talc Baby Powder from Shelves

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There have been conflicting scientific studies done on talc-based products and their link to ovarian cancer. Some researchers argue that there is an increased risk of ovarian cancer when talc-based products are used on genital regions on a regular basis.

“Cancer Cluster” found in the Fifth Ward of Houston

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A recent study conducted by the Texas Department of State Health Services revealed that specific types of cancers were more likely than average to develop within the Fifth Ward of Houston. The findings by the Department of State Health Services comes as many Fifth Ward residents allege that they developed cancer due in part to contamination from the Englewood Rail Yard.