The San Jose City Council has approved a pair of policy reforms – a temporary moratorium on tobacco retailers and a ban on ...

As soon as Necia said she had a mask for me, I was certain she was going to pull out the DareDevil mask. Something didn’t feel quite right though. This mask felt a little…off. Thankfully a surfer who ...

A 30-year-old woman’s arrest reportedly turned combative Oct. 8, as St. Cloud police tried to take her into custody. Shortly before 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, a St. Cloud police officer responded to ...

Amy Louise Leonard spoke out about the dangers of nitrous oxide balloons in her final social media post, warning, “you’ll only end up like me" Catrina Proctor / SWNS Amy Louise Leonard, a 20-year-old ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — District Attorney Summer Stephan issued a public safety warning this week about a concerning rise in DUI cases involving nitrous oxide, also known as “whippets,” after an ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan has issued a warning about the increasing dangers of nitrous oxide abuse, particularly in relation to driving under the influence (DUI) ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile mother is sharing a warning after her son was hospitalized in critical condition from what she says was long-term nitrous oxide abuse. Mobile County sheriff’s wife ...

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EDWARDSVILLE — Local business owner Zachariah Yinger of Alton was indicted Thursday by a Madison County grand jury over the sale of nitrous oxide at a Collinsville business. Yinger, 37, of Alton, was ...

Nitrous oxide (N₂O) is used in medicine for analgesia and anesthesia. It is also used as a propellant for whipped cream canisters. Legally available in many jurisdictions with few restrictions, ...

Mattydale, N.Y. — A man who fatally shot the owner of a Mattydale convenience store Sunday was trying to shoplift two canisters of nitrous oxide, deputies said. The man, Alec Grieger, 30, had walked ...