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Ed Buck, the 63-year-old Democratic political donor infamous for helping young black men overdose on meth in his West Hollywood home, is now accused of blackmail and human trafficking, recent court documents reveal. The Daily Beast reports that LaTisha Nixon, mother of Gemmel Moore, “a 26-year-old black man who died in Buck’s West Hollywood apartment on July 27, 2017,” has added two new charges to the 12-counts in the wrongful death suit she filed against Buck: “human trafficking and distribution...

After the death of two men in an apartment in West Hollywood on May 5, the city as well as two local non-profits have banded together to provide tests of drugs to make sure they aren’t laced with fentanyl. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office confirmed that 21-year-old Devon Jacob Lopez-Bergman was found dead in the apartment due to the effects of a combination of cocaine, MDMA (aka ecstasy), and fentanyl.  Fentanyl is a potent pain reliever. A synthetic opioid usually...

The scandal-ridden former Representative Aaron Schock (R-IL) appears to be preparing to run for office again. Schock served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 2009 to 2015, when he resigned in disgrace after being accused of misusing campaign and public funds. He was the subject of a congressional ethics investigation and was indicted by a federal grand jury. Federal prosecutors dropped charges earlier this year in exchange for paying $110,000 in restitution and taxes. He has also been photographed making out...