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Ridgway Drug Bust Uncovers Lab

Monday, December 2 by wcednews

RIDGWAY - Two Ridgway residents are facing several charges after police allegedly discovered multiple drug paraphernalia items and an indoor lab during a mid-November warrant search.On November 13th police performed a warrant search at 35 year-old Johnathan Sadlowski’s Garfield Avenue...

Escaped primates open can of worms for South Carolinas Alpha Genesis research lab

Tuesday, November 19 by ABC News

(YEMASSEE, SC) -- With four primates still on the loose after 43 of them escaped on Nov. 6 from the Alpha Genesis Inc. research laboratory in South Carolina, the Low Country facility has come under intense scrutiny.Animal rights groups have cited the company's history...

43 primates on the loose in South Carolina town after escaping from research lab

Thursday, November 7 by ABC News

(YEMASSEE, S.C.) -- At least 43 primates were on the loose Thursday in a South Carolina town where authorities "strongly advised" residents to keep their doors and windows locked after the animals escaped from a research laboratory."At this point, none have been captured," the...

US halts funding access to Wuhan lab at heart of COVID-19 origins debate

Thursday, July 20 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The virus lab at the heart of the contentious debate around COVID-19’s origins has been cut off from U.S. funding opportunities for likely violating National Institutes of Health's biosafety rules, according to a memo shared with ABC News.The Department of Health...

New report from Senate Republicans doubles down on COVID lab leak theory

Tuesday, April 18 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A new report from Senate Republicans doubles down on the theory that COVID-19 emerged from an accidental lab leak in Wuhan -- and possibly, even more than one leak.While their investigation concedes that "both hypotheses are plausible," the nearly 300-page document released...

Rep. Mike Turner doubles down on COVID lab leak theory despite uncertainty

Sunday, March 12 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner, R-Ohio, on Sunday said he thinks there is "significant evidence" COVID originated in a lab.A new assessment from the Department of Energy concluded with "low confidence" that the virus that led to the COVID-19 pandemic originated...

‘Potential lab incident’: FBI director Wray speaks publicly for first time on COVID-19 origin

Wednesday, March 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- FBI director Christopher Wray on Tuesday spoke publicly for the first time on the bureau's assessment that the COVID-19 virus "most likely" originated from a potential lab incident in Wuhan, China.He also faulted the Chinese government in an interview with Fox News'...

What the ‘lab leak’ theory report about COVID’s origins does and doesn’t mean

Tuesday, February 28 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The news that the U.S. Department of Energy now believes with "low confidence" that the COVID-19 pandemic "most likely" was the result of a laboratory leak in China, resulted in a firestorm of debate across the internet.First reported by The Wall...

COVID’s origins ‘most likely‘ lab leak, agency reportedly says

Monday, February 27 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- While no firm conclusion has yet been made among health and government officials as to where COVID-19 came from, the U.S. Energy Department has now reportedly indicated it believes the virus was most likely the result of a lab leak in China...

Home drug lab suspected in San Francisco explosion that killed one, injured two

Sunday, February 12 by ABC News

(SAN FRANCISCO) -- An explosion and fire in a San Francisco residential neighborhood that killed a disabled woman and injured her caregiver and a firefighter was allegedly caused by a clandestine drug lab, according to police.The blast on Thursday that leveled one home and...