Artie Villasanta
Senior Reporter
The Latest
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Johnson & Johnson Loses Bid To Reverse $4.7 Billion Award to Women With Ovarian Cancer
Embattled healthcare and consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson lost its motion to overturn a $4.7 billion jury verdict awarded to women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in the company's baby powder and other talc products. 
Embattled healthcare and consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson lost its motion to overturn a $4.7 billion jury verdict awarded to women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in the company's baby powder and other talc products. -
Chinese Scientists in U.S. Develop Small, Implantable Weight Loss Device
A team consisting mainly of Chinese and Chinese-American scientists working in the United States has developed a simple implantable device that has the potential to combat obesity by simply fooling the brain. 
A team consisting mainly of Chinese and Chinese-American scientists working in the United States has developed a simple implantable device that has the potential to combat obesity by simply fooling the brain. -
Oil Prices Plummet To Lowest In A Year Despite Planned Production Cutbacks
Oil prices plunged to their lowest in over a year Tuesday, despite a pledge two weeks ago by OPEC+ to scale-down oil production by 1.2 million barrels per day in a new bid to hike prices to $70 per barrel. 
Oil prices plunged to their lowest in over a year Tuesday, despite a pledge two weeks ago by OPEC+ to scale-down oil production by 1.2 million barrels per day in a new bid to hike prices to $70 per barrel. -
New U.S. LRASM Missile Can Sink Enemy Warships 370 Km Away
The U.S. Air Force has received its first AGM-158C LRASMs (Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles), a stealthy anti-ship cruise missile whose autonomous targeting capabilities allow it to select and sink a maneuvering warship target on its own without the need of any kind of external guidance. 
The U.S. Air Force has received its first AGM-158C LRASMs (Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles), a stealthy anti-ship cruise missile whose autonomous targeting capabilities allow it to select and sink a maneuvering warship target on its own without the need of any kind of external guidance. -
Only Total Communist Party Control Can Solve China’s Economic Woes, Says Xi
Only by affirming the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) can China overcome the punishing economic challenges -- especially Trump's trade war -- pounding its economy. 
Only by affirming the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) can China overcome the punishing economic challenges -- especially Trump's trade war -- pounding its economy. -
Largest Diamond in North America Discovered in Canada
Canada has yielded the largest diamond ever discovered in North America -- a 552 carat gemstone unearthed close to the frigid wastes of the Arctic Circle. 
Canada has yielded the largest diamond ever discovered in North America -- a 552 carat gemstone unearthed close to the frigid wastes of the Arctic Circle. -
North Korea Threatens No Denuclearization Over Latest U.S. Sanctions
North Korea has reacted angrily to the United States imposing sanctions on three of its top officials, saying this move by the Trump administration could "block the path to denuclearization on the Korean peninsula forever." 
North Korea has reacted angrily to the United States imposing sanctions on three of its top officials, saying this move by the Trump administration could "block the path to denuclearization on the Korean peninsula forever." -
California Housing Shortage Spawning Huge Economic and Social Ills
California's unprecedented success in creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs is worsening an already acute and chronic housing crisis while hurling more people into poverty and boosting the ranks of the homeless. 
California's unprecedented success in creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs is worsening an already acute and chronic housing crisis while hurling more people into poverty and boosting the ranks of the homeless. -
Trump’s ‘White House of Horrors’ Claims Another Victim: Ryan Zinke
Trump's White House, which critics deride as the "White House of Horrors" because of its high staff turnover and maddening tension, claimed its latest victim with the ousting of scandal-ridden Ryan Zinke, former Secretary of the Interior. 
Trump's White House, which critics deride as the "White House of Horrors" because of its high staff turnover and maddening tension, claimed its latest victim with the ousting of scandal-ridden Ryan Zinke, former Secretary of the Interior. -
Cancer-Causing Asbestos Was in Johnson’s Baby Powder Since 1970s
Johnson & Johnson, the brand best known in Asia for its baby powder, continues to deny allegations it knew as early as the 1970s that the talc in its baby powder contained asbestos, a known carcinogen. 
Johnson & Johnson, the brand best known in Asia for its baby powder, continues to deny allegations it knew as early as the 1970s that the talc in its baby powder contained asbestos, a known carcinogen.
