U.S. giant companies took secret payments to allow free flow of opioids: report

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- For years, the U.S. pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) took payments from opioid manufacturers, in return for not restrict…[More]

U.S. California fails to shut down colonies where captive dogs supply blood for veterinary care

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- The closed colonies produced more than 97 percent of canine blood products, including whole blood, red blood cells and f…[More]

U.S. Navy wastes 2 bln USD to maintain older guided missile cruisers: GAO

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Navy mismanaged a program to keep in service 11 older cruisers designed primarily for air defense, "wasting" ne…[More]

5 injured after collision between school bus, SUV in Southern California

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Five people were seriously injured on Monday after a school bus and an SUV collided in Southern California, local aut…[More]

Authorities identify suspect in U.S. Wisconsin school shooting

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- A teenage student shot dead a teacher and another teenage student on Monday at a Christian school in Wisconsin, the Unit…[More]

New York judge denies Trump's bid to throw out hush money conviction

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- A judge in New York denied on Monday U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's motion to throw out a jury's conviction of him …[More]