By analyzing millions of tweets, USC computer science researchers are investigating how false information about the coronavirus spreads on social media.
Apr 9, 2020
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In New York City, they've started dismantling basketball hoops to prevent people from gathering in parks and playing. In Lakewood, New Jersey, police broke up a wedding being held in violation of a ban on large gatherings. ...
Mar 27, 2020
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Hospitalizations from COVID-19 were rising faster than expected in New York as residents and leaders prepared for a peak in cases that is expected to still be weeks away. Temporary hospitals, and even a morgue in Manhattan, ...
Mar 25, 2020
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The fight against the opioid crisis is facing a growing problem: Criminals are getting better at hiding the cryptocurrency transactions they use to buy drugs online.
Oct 30, 2019
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A short walk from police headquarters in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, a cluster of bustling shops are openly selling packaging and hardware that can be used to produce counterfeit marijuana vapes that have infected ...
Sep 17, 2019
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Police in Massachusetts are testing a new database for documenting opioid overdoses they hope will help departments share information in real time and get people into treatment.
Aug 14, 2017
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For most people, cortisol, the vital hormone that controls stress, increases when they wake up. It's the body's way of preparing us for the day.
Feb 6, 2017
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More than two million citizens have been Tased by police as Taser stun guns have become one of the preferred less-lethal weapons by police departments across the United States during the past decade. But what does that 50,000-volt ...
Feb 4, 2016
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States are making it easier to get access to a drug that reverses overdoses cause by heroin and other opioids.
Mar 9, 2015
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Even when not under arrest, juvenile suspects being interrogated for a crime may be strikingly unaware of their constitutional rights and confess without legal counsel or even a parent present, according to research presented ...
Aug 8, 2014
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