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New FDA chiefs stress science, better food safety, credibility

WASHINGTON - The huge salmonella outbreak from peanut butter represented a failure of the Food and Drug Administration, that agency's new chiefs declared Tuesday - one they hope to fix.

Federal surveys detail scope of illegal drug use

Some statistics about illegal drug use in the United States, taken from the most recent available federal data:

Test for early Alzheimer’s in late development

TRENTON, New Jersey – A research institute devoted to Alzheimer's and related diseases has teamed up with a major maker of diagnostic tests to speed development of what could be the first test to detect the mind-robbing illness in its early stages.

Book Review: ‘The Barack in Me’ makes young readers consider their future

From the title, I thought “The Barack In Me” was going to be 102 pages of praising President Barack Obama. Not that that’s a bad thing, but I’ve read those books before and heard the praises verbally to the point of it being repeti

Defender returns to community, King Drive

The Chicago Defender is back in Bronzeville. Tuesday marked the paper’s first official day at its new headquarters, 4445 S. King Dr., and the building was “blessed” by the Rev. Willie T. Barrow of Rainbow/PUSH.

Actor Wood Harris returns home

He comes home at least twice a year, especially during the holiday season and relishes in all that he misses about his hometown – the people, the food and sometimes the snow. But there are times when sadness sets in, actor Wood Harris said.

KiKi Sheard: Grown up and working in the vineyard

At age 21, she has four albums under her belt, her own youth choir, an annual faith-based conference and hits the stage on the weekends after attending school during the week. But as a child, Kierra “Kiki” Sheard had no interest in a music car

Community leaders speak out against bill to terminate some state employees

A group of Black ministers and community activists held a protest rally Friday outside the James R. Thompson Center over proposed legislation that they said could cause 3,000 state employees, many of them Black, to lose their jobs.

Leo Jackson, first Black mayor in New England, dies

NEW LONDON, Conn. – Former New London Mayor Leo Jackson, credited with being the first Black mayor in New England, has died. He was 83.

Ransom Notes: The Defender is home

We’re home! As of this writing, the Chicago Defender newspaper, 104 years young, has moved to its new offices at 4445 S. King Dr.

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