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by Pingping Yin | Jun 12, 2023 | Education, Featured, Topics
CHEROKEE, N.C. — When Dawn Arneach was a teenager in the ‘80s, she spent summers at her grandparents’ house next to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Cherokee, home of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Despite all the time she spent with her...
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by Pingping Yin | May 19, 2023 | Featured, Health, Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — The opioid antidote Narcan is now available at six harm-reduction vending machines in neighborhoods across Washington D.C. Installed in April, the vending machines provide free Narcan, fentanyl test strips, and other harm-reduction materials. The vending...
by Pingping Yin | May 18, 2023 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — Nationwide, increasing numbers of teens and young adults have overdosed on opioids, especially fentanyl. Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 49. Substance abuse experts say educating the public to reduce negative...
by Pingping Yin | Apr 13, 2023 | Featured, Politics
An update to this article was made on April 13, 2022: WASHINGTON – On Wednesday night, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decided to allow restricted access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Two of the major restrictions in the court’s decision include denying access...
by Pingping Yin | Nov 30, 2022 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — A nine-year-old Cherokee boy from North Carolina helped light the “People’s Tree” on the West lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. The 78-foot-tall tree, nicknamed Ruby, came from Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. Hundreds...
