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Experts urge better opioid rescue drug access to save lives

Access has improved across the U.S. to a rescue drug that reverses opioid overdoses, but advocates say naloxone — commonly known by its brand name Narcan — still isn't getting to everyone who needs it

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2023

Woman files suit accusing Mike Tyson of rape in early '90s

A woman has accused former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson of raping her sometime in the early 1990s in a lawsuit filed in Albany, New York

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

Mike Tyson accused of raping woman in $5m New York lawsuit

The alleged victim says the incident took place after she met the heavyweight boxing champion at a club in Albany

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

Albany aged care facility where resident was allegedly murdered missed audit, had history of non-compliance

A report seen by the ABC shows Baptistcare Bethel in Albany WA, where 70-year-old Monica Mary Stockdale was allegedly murdered, had been given an exemption for its latest audit due to "exceptional circumstance" related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABC News · Jan 9, 2023

Queensland health ombudsman investigating former Mackay obstetrician George Campbell du Toit's time in Albany, requests case information

Letters sent to patients treated by obstetrician George Campbell du Toit when he was at the Albany Hospital advise a WA health service has been compelled to produce information.

ABC News · Jan 6, 2023

NY Senate bill would bar Jan. 6 insurrectionists from holding office in the state

ALBANY, N.Y. — Participants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol would be barred from holding office in New York under a new bill being introduced by state Sen. Brad Hoylman.

Tribune News Service · Jan 6, 2023

Post-mortem led to aged-care murder charge

A post-mortem found a 70-year-old woman died of strangulation, leading to an aged care worker being charged with murder in Albany, Western Australia.

AAP · Dec 24, 2022

Police charge man, 19, with murdering aged care resident in Albany

A 19-year-old man is charged with murdering a 70-year-old woman at an aged care facility in Albany, on Western Australia's south coast.

ABC News · Dec 24, 2022

WA aged-care worker charged with murder

Baptistcare says the alleged murder of one of its aged-care residents in the West Australian city of Albany has left the community shocked.

AAP · Dec 24, 2022

New York barring political parties from using ‘independent’ or ‘independence’ in name to avoid voter confusion

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York is prohibiting political parties from using the words “independence” or “independent” in their names in an effort to avoid voter confusion.

Tribune News Service · Dec 16, 2022