The lungs Will Thompson was born with told a gruesome, harrowing and unmistakable tale to Dr. Anthony Szema when he analyzed them and found the black spots, scarring, partially combusted jet fuel and metal inside.This story also ran on . It can beThe retired Army staff sergeant had suffered catastrophic lung damage from breathing incinerated waste burned in massive open-air pits and probably other irritants during his tour of duty in Iraq.“There’s black spots that are burns, particles all over; there’s metal. It was all scarred,” said Szema, who studies toxic exposures and examined...…The lungs Will Thompson was born with told a gruesome, harrowing and unmistakable tale to Dr. Anthony Szema when he analyzed them and found the black spots, scarring, partially combusted jet fuel and metal inside.This story also ran on . It can beThe retired Army staff sergeant had suffered catastrophic lung damage from breathing incinerated waste burned in massive open-air pits and probably other irritants during his tour of duty in Iraq.“There’s black spots that are burns, particles all over; there’s metal. It was all scarred,” said Szema, who studies toxic exposures and examined...WW…

AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsMar 18, 2021 at 4:00 pmWASHINGTON — A Queens Democratic congresswoman ripped into her Texas Republican colleague Thursday for defending GOP descriptions of COVID as the “China virus,” and arguing that efforts to combat hate crimes might stifle free speech.The heated exchange happened at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the surge of COVID-linked attacks against Asian Americans, where 21-year-old gunman Robert Long killed eight people, including six Asian women.AdvertisementRep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) took offense to a point from subcommittee Chairman...…AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsMar 18, 2021 at 4:00 pmWASHINGTON — A Queens Democratic congresswoman ripped into her Texas Republican colleague Thursday for defending GOP descriptions of COVID as the “China virus,” and arguing that efforts to combat hate crimes might stifle free speech.The heated exchange happened at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the surge of COVID-linked attacks against Asian Americans, where 21-year-old gunman Robert Long killed eight people, including six Asian women.AdvertisementRep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) took offense to a point from subcommittee Chairman...WW…

AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsMar 10, 2021 at 12:11 pmShe’s stalling again!Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Wednesday mounted a last-ditch procedural effort to delay passage of the $1.9 trillion COVID stimulus package, which she denounced as a “massive woke progressive Democrat wish list.”AdvertisementThe QAnon conspiracy-supporting congresswoman moved to adjourn the House of Representatives and demanded a roll-call vote.The delaying tactic failed by a 235-149 vote, with 40 Republicans voting with Democrats against adjourning the session.Advertisement“40 Republicans voted with...…AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsMar 10, 2021 at 12:11 pmShe’s stalling again!Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Wednesday mounted a last-ditch procedural effort to delay passage of the $1.9 trillion COVID stimulus package, which she denounced as a “massive woke progressive Democrat wish list.”AdvertisementThe QAnon conspiracy-supporting congresswoman moved to adjourn the House of Representatives and demanded a roll-call vote.The delaying tactic failed by a 235-149 vote, with 40 Republicans voting with Democrats against adjourning the session.Advertisement“40 Republicans voted with...WW…

AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsJan 31, 2021 at 3:21 pmWASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is throwing cold water on a Republican offer to give President Biden less than a third of what he wants in a COVID relief package.The Biden administration rolled out a sweeping $1.9 trillion plan in its first week in office, to a poor reception from the GOP. A group of 10 more moderate Republicans responded Sunday with a $600 billion proposal.AdvertisementIn an interview with the Daily News on Sunday, Schumer (D-N.Y.) said they should go back to the drawing board, and come talk with...…AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsJan 31, 2021 at 3:21 pmWASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is throwing cold water on a Republican offer to give President Biden less than a third of what he wants in a COVID relief package.The Biden administration rolled out a sweeping $1.9 trillion plan in its first week in office, to a poor reception from the GOP. A group of 10 more moderate Republicans responded Sunday with a $600 billion proposal.AdvertisementIn an interview with the Daily News on Sunday, Schumer (D-N.Y.) said they should go back to the drawing board, and come talk with...WW…

AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsDec 21, 2020 at 4:43 pmAOC rolled up her sleeve — and now she’s punching back at Republican Twitter critics about her decision to get the coronavirus vaccine.Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) for saying she should go to the back of the vaccine line since she’s young and healthy.AdvertisementThe progressive firebrand reminded the Twitterverse that President Trump and his right-wing allies like Paul spent months downplaying the pandemic and undermining public health response.Gee, maybe if the GOP hadn’t spent so much time...…AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsDec 21, 2020 at 4:43 pmAOC rolled up her sleeve — and now she’s punching back at Republican Twitter critics about her decision to get the coronavirus vaccine.Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) for saying she should go to the back of the vaccine line since she’s young and healthy.AdvertisementThe progressive firebrand reminded the Twitterverse that President Trump and his right-wing allies like Paul spent months downplaying the pandemic and undermining public health response.Gee, maybe if the GOP hadn’t spent so much time...WW…

Eric Shanteau didn’t know he was about to create a viral pandemic meme when he made a cutout of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s head with two fingers pointing at his eyes, photographed the smiling visage in various strategic, comedic locations around the Toledo suburb of Maumee, and then posted the images online.This story also ran on . It can beHe also didn’t know that the Republican governor was that day in mid-November visiting Toledo after announcing new coronavirus restrictions to counter an alarming surge in the state’s infection rates.Shanteau, a graphic artist, was hoping to give a few...…Eric Shanteau didn’t know he was about to create a viral pandemic meme when he made a cutout of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s head with two fingers pointing at his eyes, photographed the smiling visage in various strategic, comedic locations around the Toledo suburb of Maumee, and then posted the images online.This story also ran on . It can beHe also didn’t know that the Republican governor was that day in mid-November visiting Toledo after announcing new coronavirus restrictions to counter an alarming surge in the state’s infection rates.Shanteau, a graphic artist, was hoping to give a few...WW…

AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsDec 02, 2020 at 11:11 amPresident Trump is threatening to veto a must-pass bipartisan military spending bill unless Congress revokes libel protection for social media companies.On Twitter Tuesday night, Trump took aim at Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, which protects companies including Twitter, Facebook, and other social media companies that host trillions of messages from being sued into oblivion by anyone who feels wronged by something someone else has posted — whether their complaint is legitimate or not.AdvertisementThe Republican...…AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsDec 02, 2020 at 11:11 amPresident Trump is threatening to veto a must-pass bipartisan military spending bill unless Congress revokes libel protection for social media companies.On Twitter Tuesday night, Trump took aim at Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, which protects companies including Twitter, Facebook, and other social media companies that host trillions of messages from being sued into oblivion by anyone who feels wronged by something someone else has posted — whether their complaint is legitimate or not.AdvertisementThe Republican...WW…

For a dad whose infant son was afflicted with a rare seizure disorder, a drug invented in 1952 was indispensable for his boy. It was also indispensable to executives at the pharmaceutical firm that acquired the drug in 2014 — not because it was a cure, but because it was a “cash cow,” according to documents released at a House hearing Thursday.The firm, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, got ahold of the venerable drug called by buying the company that owned it before, Questcor, for $5.8 billion in 2014.According to the documents obtained and released by the House Oversight Committee in a broad...…For a dad whose infant son was afflicted with a rare seizure disorder, a drug invented in 1952 was indispensable for his boy. It was also indispensable to executives at the pharmaceutical firm that acquired the drug in 2014 — not because it was a cure, but because it was a “cash cow,” according to documents released at a House hearing Thursday.The firm, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, got ahold of the venerable drug called by buying the company that owned it before, Questcor, for $5.8 billion in 2014.According to the documents obtained and released by the House Oversight Committee in a broad...WW…

This story is from a reporting partnership that includes , , , KHN and .Nils Hase, a retiree who lives in Tarpon Springs, Florida, is wearing a mask and loading his Home Depot haul into his car on a recent weekday afternoon. In the store, because Home Depot insists customers and staff across the country wear masks, most faces were covered. But out here in the parking lot, in a state with a serious infection rate but no mask mandate, plenty of those masks hang down around people’s chins.“It bothers me. They are being defiant,” Hase said. “And most of the people I see that walk in without a...…This story is from a reporting partnership that includes , , , KHN and .Nils Hase, a retiree who lives in Tarpon Springs, Florida, is wearing a mask and loading his Home Depot haul into his car on a recent weekday afternoon. In the store, because Home Depot insists customers and staff across the country wear masks, most faces were covered. But out here in the parking lot, in a state with a serious infection rate but no mask mandate, plenty of those masks hang down around people’s chins.“It bothers me. They are being defiant,” Hase said. “And most of the people I see that walk in without a...WW…

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Friday planned to roll out what could be the most ambitious attempt ever tried to treat American war fighters poisoned in deployments overseas.This story also ran on . It can beThe bipartisan bill, modeled on both Agent Orange legislation and the 9/11 health act, aims to help unknown thousands of veterans who got sick after being exposed to toxic substances from massive open fire pits where the military burned its garbage, as well as other sources.The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates some 3.5 million service members were exposed to the toxic trash plumes...…Lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Friday planned to roll out what could be the most ambitious attempt ever tried to treat American war fighters poisoned in deployments overseas.This story also ran on . It can beThe bipartisan bill, modeled on both Agent Orange legislation and the 9/11 health act, aims to help unknown thousands of veterans who got sick after being exposed to toxic substances from massive open fire pits where the military burned its garbage, as well as other sources.The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates some 3.5 million service members were exposed to the toxic trash plumes...WW…