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The horrors of ‘xylazine,’ the ‘zombie drug’ roiling Chicago and New York

These days, drug use in New York’s Washington Square Park is very much out in the open. On the park benches, you can see people smoking, injecting themselves and their be...

April 27, 2023 Other Voices

Keep your child safe from online predators

Do you know what your children are up to online right now? A story the Eagle published Wednesday stresses the importance of parents keeping a watchful eye on the social ...

April 27, 2023 Our Opinion

Editorial Cartoon

April 27, 2023 Editorial

China’s economy might not be headed toward either ascendancy or decline

Something about China encourages grandiose predictions. Just a few years ago, the U.S. Intelligence Community forecast China would emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic econo...

April 26, 2023 Other Voices

Xylazine spreads faster than officials can act

The Drug Enforcement Administration recently issued a warning about a drug that’s making the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic even deadlier. It’s xylazine, a powerful vete...

April 26, 2023 Other Voices

Remember to vote

Our primary election coverage is underway, featuring a significant number of contested races from all over Butler County — and a significant number of reasons to vote. A...

April 26, 2023 Our Opinion

Comedy clubs as free speech zones — and the antidote to cancel culture

On Nov. 24, 1964, the Illinois Supreme Court did what no other state high court had ever done — it vindicated Lenny Bruce’s free speech right to perform provocative routi...

April 25, 2023 Other Voices

At what point does AI become conscious? And what do we owe it once it gets there?

A.I. has become proficient at recognizing faces, understanding speech, reading and writing, and diagnosing diseases, and it has potential to discover new medicines. Hanso...

April 25, 2023 Other Voices

Organ donation a literal lifesaver

A recent story about a 9-year-old Cranberry Township girl who underwent two liver transplants before she entered kindergarten and another about a 70-year-old Summit Towns...

April 25, 2023 Our Opinion

Search and rescue training imperative to safety

In Sunday’s edition of the Butler Eagle, we learned that the Pennsylvania Search and Rescue Council hosted its annual training summit the weekend of April 21 through 23 a...

April 24, 2023 Our Opinion

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