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US Overdose Deaths Fell 27% Last Year, the Largest One-Year Decline Ever Seen

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded. An estimated 80...
Signs are displayed at a tent during a health event on June 26, 2021, in Charleston, W.Va. (AP File)

US Overdose Deaths Fell 27% Last Year, the Largest One-Year Decline Ever Seen

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded. An estimated 80...

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Pacers Eliminate Top-Seeded Cavaliers, Advance to the Eastern Conference Finals

CLEVELAND — Indiana coach Rick Carlisle put it best in summing up his team’s finishing punch in the Eastern Conference semifinals. ...

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Netanyahu Says There Is ‘No Way’ Israel Halts the War in Gaza Until Hamas Is Defeated

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there is “no way” Israel will halt its war in Gaza, even if a ...

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Cassie Testifies in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Sex Trafficking Trial. What to Know About the Star Witness

NEW YORK — Casandra Ventura, the R&B singer and actor known simply as Cassie, began testifying Tuesday in Sean “Diddy” Combs...

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Jayson Tatum Carried off Floor With Right Leg Injury and Celtics Star Will Have MRI

NEW YORK — The Boston Celtics are used to seeing Jayson Tatum get up when he goes down, like he did after a hard fall that caused a wrist in...

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Dallas Mavericks Win the NBA Draft Lottery, Eye Cooper Flagg for No. 1 Pick

CHICAGO — The ping-pong balls have spoken: Cooper Flagg might be headed to Dallas to start his NBA career. And a fan base that lost Luka Don...

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Shoppers outside a Costco in Manhattan on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Inflation held steady in April in what economists warn could be a final lull before a likely surge in consumer prices because of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. (Graham Dickie/The New York Times)

US Inflation Stable Before Expected Jump From Tariffs

U.S. inflation held steady in April in what economists warn could be a final lull before a likely surge in consumer prices because of Presid...

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The motorcade of U.S. President Donald Trump is parked next to a 12-year old Qatari-owned Boeing 747-8 that Trump was touring in West Palm Beach, Florida, February 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Trump Plans to Accept Luxury 747 From Qatar to Use as Air Force One

(Reuters) – President Donald Trump‘s administration intends to accept a Boeing 747-8 airplane as a gift from the Qatari royal fa...

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‘The Studio’ Knows the Real Reason Movies Are Bad

The satirical comedy about Hollywood is as much a send-up of the audience as it is of the industry. “The Studio,” the Hollywood satire from ...

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India and Pakistan Agree to a Ceasefire After Their Worst Military Escalation in Decades

ISLAMABAD — India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire Saturday after U.S.-led talks to end the most serious military confrontation between th...

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The World Is Wooing US Researchers Shunned by Trump

Mexican social media influencer, Valeria Marquez, 23, who was brazenly shot to death during a TikTok livestream in the beauty salon where she worked in the city of Zapopan, looks on in this picture obtained from social media. @v___marquez/via Instagram/via REUTERS
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Mexican Beauty Influencer Shot to Death During TikTok Livestream

Cassie Ventura, left, and Sean "Diddy" Combs appear at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating "China: Through the Looking Glass" in New York on May 4, 2015. (AP File)
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Cassie Testifies That Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Raped Her and Threatened to Release Sex Videos

Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University scholar from India, speaks after he was released from immigration detention facility Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Alvarado, Texas. (AP/Kendria LaFleur)
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Georgetown University Student Released From Immigration Detention

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Teens Accused in Caleb Quick’s Murder Appear in Juvenile Court

Jose Flores was arrested in connection with an April 30 shooting in central Fresno after police say he fired multiple rounds at a victim’s vehicle during a dispute, striking the car and fleeing the scene. (Fresno PD)
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Fresno Police Arrest Suspect in Drive-By Shooting

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Newsom Reveals His Weaknesses When He Needs Political Hardball to Get His Way

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Wired Wednesday: Fresno Youth Buck California Jobs Loss Trend

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