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Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Tuesday that the department's investigative operation targeting fentanyl and opioid traffickers on the dark web resulted in a record number of arrests and seizures.

National

Record number of people arrested in an international fentanyl operation, DOJ says

1:47pm May 02, 2023

by Deepa Shivaram

The Department of Justice announced arrests in an international operation targeting fentanyl sales on the dark web that spanned the U.S., Europe and South America. Nearly 300 people were arrested.

Ventorina Aculu of northern Uganda sits next to her adult son, Omac Alfred, who has a rare neurological disease known as nodding syndrome.

They're trying to cure nodding syndrome. First they need to zero in on the cause

1:47pm May 02, 2023

Nodding syndrome is a rare neurological condition that can result in head nodding and violent seizures. Some researchers think they know the cause, but questions remain.

An Endangered Missing Advisory issued Monday said 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer were last spotted with Jesse McFadden, a convicted sex offender.

National

Police discover 7 bodies at the home of a sex offender on his scheduled court date

12:45pm May 02, 2023

by Emily Olson

A search for two missing Oklahoma teenagers and a convicted sex offender ended within hours on Monday when police found seven bodies, including five teenagers, on a rural property.

'The Covenant of Water' tells the story of three generations in South India

11:13am May 02, 2023

by Jenny Bhatt

Much will be written about Abraham Verghese's latest novel in the coming months and years; it's a literary feat that deserves to be lauded as much as those of the likes of Dickens and Eliot.

Miriala Gonzalez, a registered nurse in Miami, carries a monkeypox vaccine. A new survey highlights major concerns from nurses nationwide regarding future staffing levels in hospitals.

Nearly a third of nurses nationwide say they are likely to leave the profession

10:55am May 02, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Unions representing nurses say the findings from the latest AMN Healthcare survey are not a surprise. The nurses unions have long warned about problems facing the profession.

Scientists haven't unraveled the cause of long COVID. But evidence is growing that an ongoing viral infection could be driving the symptoms, at least in some patients.

Health & Safety

Why viral reservoirs are a prime suspect for long COVID sleuths

10:41am May 02, 2023

by Will Stone

Scientists are turning up more evidence that some people may harbor a viral reservoir in the wake of COVID-19. What could that tell us about long COVID?

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Members of the Writers Guild of America walk the picket line in 2007.

Arts

Writers Guild of America goes on strike

10:37am May 02, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

Members of the Writers Guild of America are asking for a larger piece of the streaming platforms' pie. The WGA said picketing would begin Tuesday afternoon.

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Cook employees Ryan and Shelby Bixler stand in front of the house they're buying from the company. They say they never could have afforded a new place like this at the full market price.

Would you live next to co-workers for the right price? This company is betting yes

9:13am May 02, 2023

Businesses like Cook Medical in Indiana say the housing shortage makes it harder to recruit and keep middle-income workers. Now, more companies are building places for employees to rent or even buy.

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This company adopted AI. Here's what happened to its human workers

7:42am May 02, 2023

by Greg Rosalsky

A group of economists conducted one of the first empirical studies of "generative AI" at a real-world company. They found it had big effects.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, shake hands following a joint news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 16th.

Japan's Kishida plans to visit Yoon in South Korea before G-7

3:19am May 02, 2023

by The Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he wants to travel to South Korea to further strengthen ties between the two countries after President Yoon Suk Yeol's March visit to Tokyo.