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Prescriptions for naloxone are soaring, and experts say that could be a reason overdose deaths have stopped rising for the first time in nearly three decades
The band Faiyen fled to Thailand's neighbor, Laos, after a military government took power in Bangkok in 2014, but few were able to travel further because of a lack of travel documents or money
Dire water shortage threatens to undo progress in Chennai, India, one of the world's fastest-growing economies
India's former external affairs minister and a leader of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, Sushma Swaraj, died at a hospital after a heart attack in New Delhi
A Marine veteran struggling with PTSD and a woman fighting cancer became some of the first people in the state to legally purchase the therapeutic cannabis
Barneys is the latest retailer to fold as shoppers move online and real estate costs soar
A law enforcement official says the FBI is opening a domestic terrorism investigation into the shooting that killed three people and injured 13 others at a popular California food festival
A Benedictine monastery in northwestern Missouri has released the names of eight priests or brothers who it says face credible allegations of having sexually abused children during the last seven decades
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced that Morrison died Monday night at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. Morrison's family issued a statement through Knopf saying she died after a brief illness
Japan has imposed export controls on key materials for South Korea’s semiconductor industry and moved to downgrade the country’s trade status
Ugandan musician and opposition leader is urging police to investigate the death of one of his supporters who died from injuries sustained during torture by unknown abductors
The EU says its door remains open should British Prime Minister Boris Johnson want to discuss Brexit but it insists that the divorce agreement cannot be renegotiated
Each year, the Saudi king invites several hundred people to perform the hajj as his own guests, often selecting those most touched by tragedy that year
Aid groups slam Saudi-led coalition's closure of airport in Yemeni capital, call it 'death sentence' for sick civilians
Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang says if he could go back and do things differently regarding the shambolic 50th anniversary concerts, he would
After mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, Congress again is confronted with the question of what, if anything, lawmakers should do to combat the scourge of gun violence afflicting the country
Experts say global warming is changing the Pacific Northwest's climate in ways that will make even its historically wet forests more likely to burn
Juan Orlando Hernandez says that political opposition groups connected to criminal networks are trying to overthrow his government
Online message board 8chan has become a flashpoint for discussion over violent extremism online after several mass shooters posted manifestos there
Two of largest newspaper companies in US have agreed to combine in the latest media deal driven by the industry's struggles with a decline of printed editions
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