A classic Hispanic-American novel is the selection for next year’s Wichita Big Read. Wichita Public Library officials announced Thursday that “The House on
My first foray into audiobooks was on a road trip with a friend, when we popped a CD into the car’s player only to be bombarded with jarring music that
‘Ground zero of the opioid epidemic’: West Virginia puts drug giants on trial Chris McGreal
The trial of the three biggest US drug distributors for illegally flooding West Virginia with hundreds of millions of prescription opioid pills, and driving the highest overdose rate in the country, is due to open on Monday.
The city of Huntington and surrounding Cabell county are suing McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health, among the largest corporations in the US, as part of a series of federal cases over the pharmaceutical industry’s push to sell narcotic painkillers which created the worst drug epidemic in American history.
Brett Hubbard
Last year, during the quarantine, I read that Dolly Parton donated $1 million for the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. It was just one more reason to love this extraordinary woman.
Epic songwriter, beloved singer and performer, philanthropist, and a voice for poor, working-class women everywhere, Dolly Parton is adored by legions of diverse fans. She is beloved for her generosity as well as her talent. Her literacy program, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, is currently providing books to almost 850,000 children. When her childhood home of Sevier County was hit hard by wildfires, the Dollywood Foundation donated $1,000 per month to families who had lost their homes, as well as college scholarships to students affected by the fires. And these are just a few examples of her generosity!