An epidemic unmasked: 76 billion pain pills saturated the country
Newly released federal data provides an unprecedented look at the surge of legal pain pills that fueled the prescription opioid epidemic, which resulted in more than 100,000 deaths in a seven-year span.
Use the slider to see the change from 2006 to 2012. Darker colors represent more pills per person.
Democrats split as House to vote on whether to consider impeachment
The effort by Rep. Al Green (D-Tex.) is likely to fail as Democratic leaders are expected to use a procedural vote to table, or effectively kill, the resolution.
Campaign 2020Trump campaign makes all-out bid to protect states key to 2016 victory
The president’s campaign boasts of wanting to expand the electoral map. But so far, efforts appear aimed at solidifying his base.
Ebola outbreak in Congo declared an emergency of ‘international concern’
The outbreak is nearing its one-year mark and has killed nearly 1,700 people in eastern Congo.
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Life-threatening heat and oppressive humidity to roast much of the U.S. through the weekend
The heat poses a public health threat as temperatures reach or exceed 95 degrees across much of the Lower 48 states.
Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) used a procedural move to stall the bill, saying he wants to figure out how to pay for it. Sen. Mike Lee (Utah) also has placed a hold on the bill, advocates say.
NBC News aired the video, which it said was shot at the now-president’s Mar-a-Lago Club for a segment on the lifestyle of Trump, who was newly divorced.
Before he was sentenced, Guzmán — who ran the largest narcotics trafficking group — angrily denounced his treatment.
Wednesday’s vote comes amid soaring tensions between the White House and Congress.
One country and one strategy at a time, the region has pushed back against sugary beverages and ultra-processed foods.
FaceApp adds decades to your age for fun, but the popular, Russian-owned app raises privacy concerns
Drake, LeBron James, the Jonas Brothers and other celebrities have helped extend the future-self craze on social media.
Franklin Chang Díaz said that after traveling into space, he thinks of himself “as a citizen of the world, of the planet, and many astronauts will tell you that.”
(AP)
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Unauthorized immigrants face public backlash in Mexico, survey finds
A Washington Post-Reforma poll shows most Mexicans favor deporting Central American migrants to their home countries.
(Reuters)
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50 years after Apollo, conspiracy theorists are still howling at the ‘moon hoax’
The idea that NASA faked the landing proves as durable as the lunar rocks.
(For The Washington Post)
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