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Kevin Donaldson uses fentanyl and xylazine in Burlington, Vermont. He says more people like himself are finding ways to survive the U.S. overdose crisis. Data shows overdose deaths nationwide are falling for the first time in decades.

NPR Exclusive: U.S. overdose deaths plummet, saving thousands of lives

After decades of devastating increases driven by fentanyl and other toxic street drugs, overdose deaths are dropping sharply in much of the U.S. The trend could mean roughly 20,000 fewer deaths in 2024.

This image provided by the New York City Police Department shows a person of interest in the investigation of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel on Wednesday.

New images are released for a 'person of interest' in the CEO's killing in New York

Shell casings with the cryptic words "deny," "defend" and "depose" were found at the scene of the fatal shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO outside of a Manhattan hotel, police officials say.

Three members of the Women's March group protest in support of access to abortion medication outside the Federal Courthouse on March 15, 2023, in Amarillo, Texas.

Texas challenges shield laws by suing New York doctor who prescribed abortion pills

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit against a New York doctor who prescribed abortion pills for a client near Dallas, pitting an abortion ban against laws that protect physicians.

A part of an unexploded bomb lies on the street in front of a destroyed shopping center, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah that went into effect on Wednesday, in Tyre in southern Lebanon.

Israel and Hezbollah have a ceasefire agreement. Here's what it says

The ceasefire agreement between Hezbollah and Israel brokered by the United States and France was characterized by President Biden as an attempt to deliver a "permanent cessation of hostilities."

Safety advocates fear Tesla will face less accountability for car crashes under Trump

With Tesla CEO Elon Musk backing President-elect Donald Trump, safety advocates fear the incoming administration is poised to scrap a federal crash reporting requirement that Tesla calls unfair.

Joti, a young man who lives in Panama's Ngäbe-Buglé territory, was diagnosed with HIV 9 years ago. When he told his family, his mother banned him from the family home out of an unfounded fear that his very presence would put others at risk of infection. He asked that he be identified only by his first name to avoid further discrimination in his village for his diagnosis

Why are so many Indigenous Panamanians contracting HIV — and dying of AIDS?

The government provides HIV medicines free of charge. Yet in one Indigenous territory, cases and deaths are increasing at an alarming rate.

In 1957, Tsung-Dao Lee (third from left) became one of the youngest scientists to receive a Nobel Prize.

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Tsung-Dao Lee has died at age 97

The Chinese American physicist, who in 1957 became the second-youngest scientist to receive a Nobel Prize, died on Sunday at his home in San Francisco.

Santa Claus is seen along Central Park West during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, Thursday, Nov. 28 2024, in New York.

Once an elf, now a hottie: A brief history of Santa Claus

New advertisements from Target depict Santa Claus as fit and ruggedly handsome. We explore the many faces of Santa Claus with Christmas historian Bruce Forbes.

File photo of Adrian Perez undergoing dialysis at a DaVita Kidney Care clinic in Sacramento, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018.

How a racially biased kidney test harmed Black patients

For decades, a racially biased lab test included a "race modifier" that prevented thousands of Black patients from getting kidney transplants.

Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a holiday staple and also an earworm for many. Here, she sings at a 2014 holiday concert in New York City.

All I want for Christmas is ... help getting this song out of my head

The Earworm Eraser is a 40-second audio track specifically designed to banish "Jingle Bells," "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and other much-too-catchy seasonal tunes.

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