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A bag of assorted pills and prescription drugs dropped off for disposal is displayed during the Drug Enforcement Administration's 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day earlier this year in Los Angeles. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100,000 people died of a drug overdose from April 2020 to April 2021.

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. have topped 100,000 for the first time

The Biden administration scrambles to respond as new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show overdose deaths surged to more than 100,000 fatalities.

Week in politics: Russia and China align; RNC justifies Jan. 6; job growth

The leaders of Russia and China solidified their ties, and the Republican National Committee suggested the Jan. 6 riots were "legitimate political discourse."

Almanac - Tuesday 6/16/20

Happy Bloomsday! James Joyce's (pictured) epic "Ulysses" - a day in the life of Dubliner Leopold Bloom - is set on this day: June 16, 1904. Traditionally,…

Jan. 6 panel must invite Trump to testify, committee member Rep. Lofgren says

The House investigation of the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol is in its final stages. NPR's A Martinez talks to Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a member of the Jan. 6 panel, about what's next.

Almanac - Monday 6/15/20

Today is Fly A Kite Day...It's Monday, the 15th of June of 2020It is the 167th day of the year.199 days remain until the end of the year.5 days until…

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, sworn in last week as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, says she will focus on improving Americans' access to health care. Any discussions of shoring up Medicare funding, she says, should also entail strengthening the program's benefits.

Expanding Health Coverage Is Top Priority For New Head Of Medicare/Medicaid

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the new head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, says she'll focus her time in charge on getting more Americans insured.

Members of Trump's inner circle gave bombshell testimony in 2nd public Jan. 6 hearing

The Jan. 6 panel heard testimony from former President Donald Trump's campaign manager in a hearing on Trump's awareness that he lost in 2020 and his effort to push the lie that he won in spite of it.

Neera Tanden, nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget, is sworn in to testify during a Senate hearing.

Top Positions In Biden Administration Unfilled As Nominees Await Confirmation

Nearly two dozen of the president's nominees await confirmation in the deeply divided Senate.

Almanac - Thursday 6/11/20

Today is Corn On The Cob Day...It's Thursday, the 11th of June of 2020.It is the 163rd day of the year.203 days remain until the end of the year.9 days…

A year later, a 6-year-old girl is reunited with her teddy bear

The bear was lost along a trail in Glacier National Park. Months later a family friend spotted it in a ranger's truck. The ranger who had found it said he just couldn't bear to throw Teddy away.

Almanac - Wednesday 6/10/20

Today is Maurice Sendak's birthday...It's Wednesday, the 10th of June of 2020 It is the 162nd day of the year. 204 days remain until the end of the…

Almanac -Tuesday 6/9/20

Today is Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day...It's Tuesday, the 9th day of the month of June of the year 2020It is the 161st day of the year205 days remain until…

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