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Pharmacist pleads no contest to involuntary manslaughter in Michigan deaths from meningitis outbreak
A Massachusetts pharmacist pleaded no contest Thursday to involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of 11 people in Michigan, all victims of tainted steroids that caused a national meningitis outbreak in 2012. Glenn Chin, 56, will get a 7 1/2-year prison sentence in October. He will benefit by receiving credit for his current, longer sentence for separate federal crimes. “Mr. Chin…
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Mass. pharmacist blamed for deaths in US meningitis outbreak to plead no contest in MI case
A Massachusetts pharmacist charged with murder in the deaths of 11 Michigan residents from a 2012 U.S. meningitis outbreak has agreed to plead no contest to involuntary manslaughter, according to an email sent to families and obtained Friday by The Associated Press. The deal with Glenn Chin calls for a 7 1/2-year prison sentence, with credit for his current longer…
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DOJ Again Declines to Charge Former FBI Agents in Nassar Case After New Review
Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics told FBI agents in 2015 that three gymnasts said they were assaulted by Larry Nassar. But the FBI did not open a formal investigation or inform federal or state authorities in Michigan, according to the inspector general’s report.
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Time's Up for ‘Totes:' New Batch of Banned Words Is Out
Sorry, Latin teachers: Quid pro quo has got to go. The centuries-old Latin phrase, which means an exchange of favors, leads a Michigan university’s 45th annual “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness.” Quid pro quo got new life during the impeachment of President Donald Trump. He repeatedly declared there was no...
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Michigan Governor Pardoned ‘Career Drunk Driver' on Way Out
In his final days in office, Gov. Rick Snyder wiped out the felony drunken-driving conviction of a man who pleaded for a pardon so he could seek a promotion as the next president of the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants. Jim Jagger’s application for a pardon sailed swiftly: He filed in late October, got a hearing in December and...
