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David Cave, a recovery coach who is part of an addiction specialty team at Salem Hospital, north of Boston, stands outside the emergency department.

Hospitals have specialists on call for lots of diseases — but not addiction. Why not?

U.S. overdose deaths have exceeded 100,000 a year, yet few hospitals are equipped to treat patients with addiction. A new kind of treatment team connect patients with help before they're discharged.

File photo of the House select committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol meets to hold one of former President Donald Trump's allies in contempt, former strategist Steve Bannon, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 19, 2021. From left to right, Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Vice-Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va.

Hearings guide: What to know as the Jan. 6 panel goes public

The prime-time hearing is expected to offer a highly anticipated look at evidence the panel has been gathering for the last year.

Claudia and Jesús Fierro of Yuma, Ariz., review their medical bills. They pay $1,000 a month for health insurance yet still owed more than $7,000 after two episodes of care at the local hospital.

Hit with $7,146 for two hospital bills, a family sought health care in Mexico

A dad's COVID-19 and a mom's fainting spell cost thousands, so when their son dislocated his shoulder, they drove him to Mexicali, where facilities rival those in the U.S., and had him treated for $5.

Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. They later went on to break in and attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election results.

5 key questions the Jan. 6 committee will tackle in its hearings

It's been nearly a year of gathering information — via depositions, subpoenas, hearings, document dumps and court challenges — for the House select committee investigating the siege of the Capitol.

Retired two-star U.S. Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton co-authored a recent op-ed about the fear that a coup could succeed after the 2024 elections.

Retired general warns the U.S. military could back a coup after the 2024 election

Retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton says war-gaming and civics education could help assure that the military is better prepared for a contested election.

Here, a burned truck is pictured in a destroyed neighborhood in Louisville, Colo. Search teams looked for two missing people on Sunday in the snow-covered but still smoldering debris from a massive Colorado wildfire.

2 remain missing after the Colorado fire. Survivors are counting their blessings

The missing persons toll has dropped after one person was found alive. Residents who escaped the flames that destroyed some 1,000 homes returned to sort through what was left.

Lt. Col. Michael J. Regner, who was relieved of command of Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks at a memorial ceremony August 21, 2020, for the nine who died in July.

Panel hears dueling versions of fatal Marine training mishap

It was one of the deadliest Marine training accidents in decades.

Stephen Ayres (L), who entered the U.S. Capitol illegally on January 6, 2021, confers with Jason Van Tatenhove (R), who served as national spokesman for the Oath Keepers and as a close aide to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, prior to their testimony during the seventh hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday afternoon.

Live updates: Jan. 6 rioter, former Oath Keepers spokesman testify in seventh hearing

Tuesday's hearing looks at the role of groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys on the Jan. 6 Capitol attack — and the groups' possible connection to former President Donald Trump.

A cannabis joint is lit in this undated photo.

New THC variety delta-8 is growing more popular, but experts urge caution

You may not know this, but there are actually several different kinds of THC — the chemical in cannabis that makes you feel high. A new kind has emerged in the past few years — it’s called delta-8 THC.

The baptismal font inside of St. Joseph Cathedral in downtown San Diego, Feb. 16, 2022.

Baptisms by former San Diego priest presumed invalid due to error

The diocese says that if a baptism is invalid, other Catholic sacraments received by a person may have to be repeated.

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