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Addiction activist Ryan Hampton holds a rally in Spokane, Wash., where many of the people in the crowd were in recovery from drug or alcohol use.

In close races, Republicans attack Democrats over fentanyl and the overdose crisis

Many Republicans have recast the debate over drugs and fentanyl as a crime and border security problem. Often their attacks are based on conspiracy theories and discredited ideas about addiction.

In this still from SDPD's critical incident video, a SDPD officer points a gun at Yan Li in the Little Italy neighborhood of San Diego, Calif. March 3, 2022.

Video of fatal law enforcement shooting in Little Italy released

Authorities Friday released uniform-worn-camera footage of the fatal shooting by law enforcement personnel.

Central VPA High School student Isabella Alamo, 16, in a tight embrace with her mother as people gather outside the school in south St. Louis on Monday following a shooting.

Police: 3 killed, including gunman, in shooting at St. Louis high school

A gunman broke into a St. Louis high school Monday morning, fatally shooting a woman and a teenage girl and injuring six others before police killed him in an exchange of gunfire.

Police officers respond to a call that an active shooter had reportedly injured 24 students at Chillicothe High School in Chillicothe, Ohio, in September. The call turned out to be a hoax. Similar scenes have played out at schools across the country in recent weeks.

Those fake active shooter calls to schools? A similar thing happened before

As schools across the U.S. are targeted by false calls about active shooters, NPR has found evidence that a similar scheme took place in the spring.

A person rides on a zip line in the mountains of the La Jolla Indian Reservation, August 2015.

Pauma Valley zipline company facing $25K in penalties over worker's fatal fall

According to an OSHA investigation, the zipline company "failed to install a guardrail, safety net or personal fall arrest system" and also did not train employees on how to recognize fall hazards.

Fentanyl pills pictured from a seizure in San Diego, Sept. 14, 2018.

Man charged in Carlsbad fentanyl death, first prosecution of new task force

The man's prosecution is the first brought by the Fentanyl Abatement and Suppression Team — or FAST — a multi-agency effort created in September and led by Homeland Security Investigations.

File photo of Chinese American actor Anna May Wong, whose first film appearance was in 1922 was "Chinese Parrot," appears on Jan. 22, 1946. More than 60 years after her death, Wong will be the first Asian American to grace U.S. currency. INSET: Anna May Wong quarter.

'Momentous': Asian Americans laud Anna May Wong's US quarter

More than 60 years after Anna May Wong became the first Asian American woman to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the pioneering actor has coined another first, quite literally.

Two new books challenge the sense of inevitable permanence of the Chinese party state

China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower and Never Turn Back: China and the Forbidden History of the 1980s offer a look at the future of China's Communist Party.

Lately, more and more people have been getting axolotls as pets.

It seems like everyone wants an axolotl since the salamander was added to Minecraft

The axolotl has captured hearts thanks to TikTok and the popular video game Minecraft. More and more people have been getting them as pets, which is impacting how they're bred and sold.

Protestor in Iran's Kurdish region describes government crackdown

As protests in Iran continue into their fifth week, we hear from a protester in the country's Kurdish region where the government has been violently cracking down on dissent.

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