Aggressive push in St Louis area targets heroin crisis
Police and prosecutors seize on tougher laws and homicide charges against dealers as heroin prices drop and availability widens. U.S. attorney Stephen Wigginton warns overdose scenes will be treated as potential homicides while suburban parents organize rallies and advocacy groups. Deaths rise across St Louis and Madison County with dozens more rumored in the pipeline, prompting rehab outreach and new arrest strategies.
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Secret Service scandal deepens with 11 put on leave
CARTAGENA Colombia additional agents and five service members at the same hotel face misconduct inquiries amid a probe into prostitutes at the Summit of the Americas. The affair prompted suspensions, hotel staff questions, and a security shakeup as Obama’s Latin America trip continued.
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