CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – Prosecutors in Missouri have accused a Texas woman of causing the death of another woman with an illegal cosmetic injection into the victim’s buttocks. St. Louis County prosecutors charged 44-year-old Nitica Deonte Lee of Dallas with first-degree involuntary manslaughter, alleging she recklessly caused Daysha Phillips’ death in July by injecting her…
SEATTLE (AP) – Many voters don’t have the money to donate to political candidates or don’t care enough to bother. But what if the government gave them $100 to dole out as they saw fit? That’s the experiment underway in Seattle after voters adopted the nation’s first voucher system for campaign contributions. The idea is…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says the United States must commit U.S. ground forces to the Middle East to fight the Islamic State. In a speech in South Carolina, Bush says “air power is essential” but cannot by itself rid Syria and Iraq of the extremist Islamic group. He says: “The…
Dr. Rupa Patel, Infectious Disease Specialist at Wash U School of Medicine, joins the Carney Show to discuss HIV in depth as well as Charlie Sheen.
Paris, France (AP) – Authorities say the suspected ringleader of the Paris attack and a fugitive wanted over the deadly rampage were not arrested in a massive police raid north of the capital, but could be among those killed. Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins says that authorities know that suspected ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud or wanted fugitive…
Senior Associate Editor at The Atlantic Russell Berman joins John Carney to discuss Syrian refugees and the future of their migration to the U.S.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – University of North Dakota backers have selected Fighting Hawks as the school’s new nickname. School officials announced the new name Wednesday. University of North Dakota students, staff and alums were eligible to vote. UND has been without a nickname since 2012, when the state retired the Fighting Sioux moniker after the…
