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On Tuesday, November 2, 2021, personnel from the Cabazon Station conducted a traffic stop in the 50000 Block of Main Street for a California Vehicle Code Violation. A probation search of the vehicle yielded multiple firearms and narcotics. Jeremy Abshear, 46, of Desert Hot Springs was taken into custody without further incident.

Deputies conducted a traffic enforcement stop of a vehicle in the area of Lake Park Drive and Ramona Expressway.  Mark Anthony McKay was located inside the vehicle and immediately identified himself was a wanted felon.  Mark Anthony McKay was arrested for his felony warrants and will be booked into a Riverside County Jail.

Investigators from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department Central Homicide Unit have been working toward developing leads on the death and disposal of the infant in this case. Evidence obtained through this investigation identified the parents of the infant. The investigation is ongoing, and the specifics of the case cannot be released at this time.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is taking action to close health equity gaps by providing Medicare patients living with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) with greater access to care. Through the ESRD Prospective Payment System (PPS) annual rulemaking, CMS is making changes to the ESRD Quality Incentive Program (QIP) and the ESRD Treatment Choices (ETC) Model, and updating ESRD PPS payment rates.

Hundreds of laws aimed at reducing inappropriate prescription opioid dispensing have been implemented in the United States, yet due to the complexity of the overlapping programs, it has been difficult to evaluate their impact. A new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health uses machine learning to evaluate the laws and their relation to prescription opioid dispensing patterns.