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Optimizing Health Resource Allocation in Deprived Communities: U-M Study

TL/DR - A University of Michigan study has highlighted the importance of properly measuring socioeconomic deprivation to optimally allocate public health resources. Dr. Kimberly Rollings, who led the study, explained the differences between the Area Deprivation Index (ADI), which quantifies deprivation at a neighborhood or block level, and the…

Raleigh Resident Found Guilty in Nationwide Drug Trade: USDOJ

TL/DR - Lawrence Levon Jones, a Raleigh man and leader of a local drug organization, has been convicted on charges of drug trafficking, conspiracy, and illegal firearm possession by a federal jury. Jones was found to regularly travel to Newark and Los Angeles to collect money and buy large amounts of cocaine and marijuana which were then…

Homicide Verdict in GRPD Case: Man Found Dead at Plaster Creek

TL/DR - A man found dead in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has been ruled a homicide victim by the Kent County Medical Examiner following an autopsy. The man, identified as 26-year-old Pacifique Uwimana, was discovered near Plaster Creek in Roosevelt Park. The Grand Rapids Police Department is calling for anyone with information to contact them or the…

Feds Pursue Charges Against 28 Suspected Clients: NBC Boston

TL/DR - The US Attorney's Office in Massachusetts is seeking complaints against 28 alleged clients of a high-end brothel network that was busted recently. Three people, Han Lee, Junmyung Lee, and James Lee, have been charged with violating federal sex trafficking law for allegedly running the brothel. The brothel, which offered clients a menu of…