Tag: responsible

Is systemic racism responsible for the increase in child mortality rates?

How is it that in the richest country on Earth, life expectancy has been falling? This is the question that many policymakers and consumers of news have been asking themselves of late. Between COVID-19, drugs and the consequences of obesity (including high blood pressure and cardiovascular problems), we are digging ourselves an early grave. Still, […]

Russia says U.S. is responsible for deadly Ukrainian attack on Crimea

By Guy Faulconbridge and Filipp Lebedev MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Sunday that the United States was responsible for a Ukrainian attack on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula with five U.S.-supplied missiles that killed at least five people including three children and injured 124 more. The Russian Defence Ministry said four of the U.S.-delivered Army Tactical […]

Aroostook woman found not criminally responsible for deadly apartment fire

May 29—An Aroostook County woman was found not criminally responsible by reason of insanity after a fire at her apartment last year killed her boyfriend and displaced their neighbors. Superior Court Justice Stephen Nelson committed Susan Kochanowski to the custody of state health officials during a plea hearing on May 22 based on testimony from […]