A 90-day state of emergency has been declared by officials in Portland as part of an effort to tackle the use of fentanyl in Oregon’s largest city. A synthetic painkiller 50 times more powerful than heroin, fentanyl has been blamed for a rise in US drug deaths.In Oregon, the rise coincided with a move to […]
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State of emergency declared over migrant swell
The mayor of a Texas border city declared a state of emergency Saturday over concerns about the community’s ability to handle an anticipated influx of migrants across the Southern border. El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser issued the state of emergency declaration to allow the city on the U.S. border with Mexico to tap into additional […]