Revolving door redux: The DEA’s recently departed No. 2 returns to a Big Pharma consulting firm

Washington's revolving door kept spinning this week as the Drug Enforcement Administration's recently departed second-in-command returned for another stint with a high-powered consulting firm where he previously advised OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma Texas woman Kate Cox appeared remotely for a hearing in her lawsuit against the state. She [Read more]

An off-duty pilot who is accused of trying to shut down the engines of an Alaska Airlines jet in mid-flight from a cockpit jumpseat pleaded not guilty Thursday. [Read more]

A man was quickly arrested after he allegedly fired off a shotgun in the parking vicinity of a synagogue, Gov. Kathy Hochul said. [Read more]

DoorDash and Uber Eats have adjusted tipping policies in response to the minimum pay increase for app-based food delivery workers in New York City. [Read more]

Martin Scorsese will be honored with the prestigious David O [Read more]

Four more members of the K-pop supergroup BTS are to begin their mandatory South Korean military duties soon [Read more]

Hollywood's actors vote to ratify contract deal that ended strike, ending uncertainty and bringing relief to industry [Read more]

Chanel Miller's next book after her prize-winning memoir “Know My Name” will help fulfill a longtime dream to write and illustrate children's stories [Read more]

A 23-year-old woman who recently started her first nursing job at a New Hampshire hospital was attending a training session on cardiac arrest when she, herself, suffered the medical emergency [Read more]

A Wisconsin judge has reaffirmed her ruling this summer that state law permits consensual medical abortions, handing abortion rights advocates a massive victory [Read more]

A Kentucky child is dead and a Missouri infant has brain damage from the same kind of bacteria that sparked powdered formula recalls and shortages last year [Read more]

Authorities say dengue fever is on the rise in Mali, posing a new threat to the West African nation struggling with extremist attacks and political turbulence [Read more]

Twitch, a popular video service, will shut down its struggling business in South Korea, a decision its chief executive blamed on allegedly “prohibitively expensive” costs for operating in the country [Read more]

Google took its next leap in artificial intelligence Wednesday with the launch of project Gemini, an AI model trained to behave in human-like ways that's likely to intensify the debate about the technology's potential promise and perils [Read more]

The U.K. government says that Russia's intelligence services have targeted high-profile British politicians, civil servants and journalists with cyberespionage and “malicious cyberactivity” as part of sustained attempts to interfere in U.K. political p... [Read more]

An international team of climate scientists says the ongoing catastrophic rains in East Africa have been made worse by human-induced climate change [Read more]

Holiday travelers are starting their final sprint [Read more]

Venice authorities have rolled out a pilot program to charge day-trippers 5 euros ($5.45) apiece to enter the fragile lagoon city on peak weekends next year [Read more]

Holiday travelers are starting their final sprint [Read more]

Millions of people are expected to hit airports and highways in record numbers over the Thanksgiving holiday [Read more]

Rescuers say a man has been pulled alive out of a Zambian mine nearly a week after dozens of informal miners were trapped under landslides caused by heavy rain [Read more]

The release of Palestinian prisoners under the Israel-Hamas cease-fire agreement last week has touched nearly everyone in the occupied West Bank, where 750,000 Palestinians have been arrested since 1967 [Read more]

A renegade Ukrainian lawmaker who fled to Russia shortly after Moscow's invasion has been found dead near Moscow [Read more]

The U.K. government has published legislation that will let it ignore a part of the country's human rights laws in order to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda [Read more]

The federal government will propose to require drug and alcohol testing for employees of foreign aircraft-repair shops outside the United States [Read more]

Chanel Miller's next book after her prize-winning memoir “Know My Name” will help fulfill a longtime dream to write and illustrate children's stories [Read more]

The heads of Wall Street's biggest banks used an appearance on Capitol Hill to plead with senators to stop the Biden administration's proposed changes to how banks are regulated, warning that the proposals could negatively impact the economy at a time ... [Read more]

Members of Hollywood's actors union have voted to ratify the deal with studios that ended their strike after nearly four months [Read more]