Doctor who helped supply Matthew Perry ketamine pleads guilty to drug charge LOS ANGELES (AP) — A San Diego doctor charged in connection with Matthew Perry's fatal overdose has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute the surgical anesthetic ketamine. Dr. Mark Chavez entered the plea Wednesday in a Los Angeles federal court.
The “Friends” star died last year of an overdose of the powerful anesthetic. Chavez and two others have now pleaded guilty in the case and agreed to cooperate. Prosecutors’ two main targets are a doctor allegedly supplied by Chavez who is accused of selling the drug to Perry, and a woman who prosecutors say is a drug dealer who sold him the lethal dose.
Online voting in Alaska's Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestant ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Voting has started in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve. Starting Wednesday, viewers could pick their favorite among a dozen brown bears fattened up to survive the winter. The contest is in its 10th year.
It celebrates the resiliency of the 2,200 brown bears that live in the preserve. The animals gorge on the abundant sockeye salmon that return to the Brooks River, sometimes chomping the fish in midair as they try to hurdle a small waterfall. Organizers introduced this year’s contestants a day late because one anticipated participant was killed by another bear.
Second fan files lawsuit claiming ownership of Shohei Ohtani's 50-50 bas.
