Federal authorities investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students have charged a store clerk and his son with selling an illegal kratom product.
A drug task force in Mississippi had previously urged people to avoid kratom, an herbal substance that acts as a stimulant at low doses and a sedative at high doses, after authorities found packages of kratom derivatives while investigating the deaths on Sept. 21.
A drug task force in Mississippi had previously urged people to avoid kratom, an herbal substance that acts as a stimulant at low doses and a sedative at high doses, after authorities found packages of kratom derivatives while investigating the deaths on Sept. 21.
NPR – US Christa Pike, 50, convicted of the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer, was left unconscious and on a ventilator after a botched execution attempt in Tennessee, her attorneys said. The failed execution, which would have been Tennessee's first of a woman in 200 years, prompted Governor Bill Lee to order an independent review.
Ken Urker, 34, the on-and-off partner of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and father of her daughter, was found dead inside his Louisiana home on Thursday, his 34th birthday. Authorities discovered him during a welfare check. One report described the death as an apparent drug overdose, while others said he was found unresponsive.
NPR – US New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed state Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor to take over the case of an alleged 2024 gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house. The accuser, identified as Jane Doe, alleges she was raped by seven students and has filed a lawsuit. Hochul said the woman was failed by officials and the system.
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