Yearly Archives: 2021

On September 17, 2021, the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station Special Enforcement Team (SET) served a search warrant in the 21400 block of Apricot Lane, in the city of Wildomar. During the service of the search warrant, several firearms (to include a California non-compliant rifle), body armor and items commonly used to manufacture firearms, were located. Also located were items commonly used to create counterfeit money. The suspect was identified as Patrick Kirk, 30 years old, a resident of Wildomar, CA whom was arrested and eventually transported to Cois Byrd Detention Center and booked on multiple charges.

A Turkish drone base in the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus could increase safety risks for thousands of commercial flights that cross the airspace around the eastern Mediterranean island, a flight safety group warned Tuesday.

Afghanistan’s new foreign minister said Tuesday that the Taliban governing the country remain committed to not allowing militants to use their territory to launch attacks. But he refused to say when or if the country’s new rulers would create a more inclusive government.

A new chief prosecutor was sworn in Tuesday just hours after his predecessor asked a judge to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the slaying of the president and to bar him from leaving Haiti, a move that could further destabilize a country roiled by turmoil following the assassination and a recent major earthquake.

Back in 2003, the late Princeton economist Uwe Reinhardt and three colleagues penned one of the most seminal studies in the history of American health policy. In “It’s the Prices Stupid: Why The United States Is So Different From Other Countries,” they argued in Health Affairs that the U.S. “spent considerably more on health care than any other country,” and urged policymakers “to reflect on what Americans are getting for their greater health spending.” Their conclusion was right there in the title: “It’s the prices stupid.”