Opioid overdose epidemic comes into focus for NE governors

Opioid overdose epidemic comes into focus for NE governors

BOSTON – Sharing a table at Harvard Medical School in Boston, New England's six governors pledged Tuesday to crack down on drug trafficking and share data from state prescription-monitoring programs.

Levels of optimism varied among the four Democrats and two Republicans on the panel, as did the finger of blame, shifting alternately between illegal drug dealers, the pharmaceutical industry and federal drug regulators.

Trump unrepentant, claims judge comments ‘misconstrued’
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Trump unrepentant, claims judge comments ‘misconstrued’

Evan Lips

NEW YORK – Donald Trump isn't backing down from his fiery and controversial claim that a Latino federal judge's Mexican heritage means he can't be impartial overseeing a lawsuit that accuses the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's Trump University of fraud.

On Tuesday, Trump doubled down on his rhetoric, issuing a statement in which he continued to stick by his criticisms of U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is presiding over a federal lawsuit concerning the defunct university's real estate seminar program.

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