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'Horrific' figures as DV services given funding boost

Frontline services supporting women and children fleeing domestic violence won't get an immediate funding boost, as Australian leaders agree to a new package.

AAP · Sep 5, 2024

Shoplifting is now at record levels. Here’s how it went from a crime punishable by death to police ‘turning a blind eye’

Wherever you are on the political spectrum, shoplifting has come to symbolise today’s “broken Britain”. On the left, it is an inevitable product of the cost of living crisis and poverty, fuelled in part by growing levels of drug and alcohol addiction. On the right, it is a damning symptom…

The Conversation · Sep 5, 2024

Wild yeast could mean new beer flavors

"The hybrid lager yeast was domesticated hundreds of years ago and has since been optimized for brewing"

Salon · Sep 4, 2024

Open Alcohol Violation On Interstate Leads To Federal Charges Against 3 Alleged Weapons Traffickers

Tucson police officers stopped a Jeep Gladiator for speeding on Interstate 10 on Aug. 4 and noticed an open alcohol container in the cupholder. When they searched the vehicle, the officers found 16 AK-47s, an AR-16 style rifle, three other guns and $12,000, according to court records.

Latin Times · Sep 2, 2024

Are people more honest when they're drunk?

Drinking can change the brain in a way that makes people more likely to speak their mind, but the effects aren't always straightforward.

LiveScience · Sep 2, 2024

Mandoob (Night Courier) review – Saudi crime thriller delves into the secrets of Riyadh

Director Ali Kalthami shows the city as never before, through the eyes of a desperate delivery man negotiating a world of gangsters and illegal alcohol

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2024

Johnny Gaudreau’s wife breaks silence after NHL star and brother killed by suspected drunk driver

Sean Higgins, 43, was allegedly under the influence of alcohol at the time and has been charged with two counts of vehicular homicide

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2024

California To Bend Last-Call Law for Elite Clippers Fans

If you want to drink alcohol in California after 2 a.m., it helps to be the billionaire owner of the L.A. Clippers.

Reason · Aug 31, 2024

Will Labour resist the ‘killer tactics’ of industry’s enemies of public health?

A new report lays down a challenge to Keir Starmer to take on vested interests of food, drink and tobacco companies

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2024

UK MPs urged to give up freebies from tobacco, alcohol and junk food firms

Health groups challenge Keir Starmer to ban firms behind ‘unhealthy products’ from lobbying by giving gifts

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2024