• News Wrap: Tokyo sees highest COVID cases since May, days before Olympic Games

    News Wrap: Tokyo sees highest COVID cases since May, days before Olympic Games

    Jul 14, 2021 10:50 PM EST

    ... Bush criticized the U.S. pullout, telling a German TV -- quote -- "The consequences are going to be unbelievably bad." There is word that the opioid fentanyl helped to drive U.S. drug overdose deaths to a record high last year. Federal figures show 93,000 deaths, up nearly 30 percent ...

  • U.S. overdose deaths hit record 93,000 in pandemic last year

    U.S. overdose deaths hit record 93,000 in pandemic last year

    Jul 14, 2021 02:31 PM EST

    While prescription painkillers once drove the nation's overdose epidemic, they were supplanted first by heroin and then by fentanyl, a dangerously powerful opioid, in recent years. Fentanyl was developed to treat intense pain from ailments like cancer but has increasingly been sold illicitly and mixed with other drugs. "What ...

  • Deaths from drug overdoses surge in some Black communities amid COVID-19

    Deaths from drug overdoses surge in some Black communities amid COVID-19

    Jun 30, 2021 10:15 PM EST

    And people are inadvertently are being exposed to fentanyl, not knowing this. We need to start educating about testing for drugs. And that's something that's unheard of when you -- in the streets. But that's one huge thing that we need to start talking about, because you just ...

  • 3 things that led to Chauvin’s conviction, and what experts say is needed for more police accountability

    3 things that led to Chauvin’s conviction, and what experts say is needed for more police accountability

    Apr 23, 2021 04:36 PM EST

    The defense team also called eye witnesses and medical experts in its attempt to claim that Floyd resisted arrest and that carbon monoxide exposure, a tumor in Floyd’s lower abdomen and fentanyl and methamphetamine in his system contributed to his death. At one point, the defense called Minneapolis Park ...

  • Prince fans headed to Paisley Park five years after death

    Prince fans headed to Paisley Park five years after death

    Apr 21, 2021 02:58 PM EST

    ... This is the first time the urn has returned to the atrium for display to the public. Prince died April 21, 2016, of an accidental fentanyl overdose at age 57, shocking fans and setting off waves of grief around the world. Since then, Paisley Park was turned into a museum ...

  • Chauvin found guilty of murder and manslaughter in George Floyd death

    Chauvin found guilty of murder and manslaughter in George Floyd death

    Apr 20, 2021 09:14 PM EST

    ... Floyd died because of an underlying heart condition and his illegal drug use. Floyd had high blood pressure, an enlarged heart and narrowed arteries, and fentanyl and methamphetamine were found in his system. Under the law, police have certain leeway to use force and are judged according to whether their ...

  • WATCH: Jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd case

    WATCH: Jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd case

    Apr 20, 2021 07:41 PM EST

    ... Floyd died because of an underlying heart condition and his illegal drug use. Floyd had high blood pressure, an enlarged heart and narrowed arteries, and fentanyl and methamphetamine were found in his system. Under the law, police have certain leeway to use force and are judged according to whether their ...

  • WATCH: Trial of Derek Chauvin, charged with killing George Floyd - Closing arguments

    WATCH: Trial of Derek Chauvin, charged with killing George Floyd - Closing arguments

    Apr 19, 2021 01:18 PM EST

    ... problems as contributing factors. Nelson also showed the jury pictures of pills found in Floyd’s SUV and pill remnants discovered in the squad car. Fentanyl and methamphetamine were found in Floyd’s system. The defense attorney said the failure of the prosecution to acknowledge that medical problems or drugs ...

  • WATCH: Trial of Derek Chauvin, charged with killing George Floyd – Day 14

    WATCH: Trial of Derek Chauvin, charged with killing George Floyd – Day 14

    Apr 15, 2021 01:39 PM EST

    ... the way he was pinned down. Dr. David Fowler, a former Maryland chief medical examiner who is now with a consulting firm, said Wednesday the fentanyl and methamphetamine in Floyd's system, and possibly carbon monoxide poisoning from auto exhaust, were contributing factors in the 46-year-old Black man ...

  • WATCH: Trial of Derek Chauvin, charged with killing George Floyd - Day 13

    WATCH: Trial of Derek Chauvin, charged with killing George Floyd - Day 13

    Apr 14, 2021 01:32 PM EST

    ... Chauvin trial in the video player above. Dr. David Fowler, a former Maryland chief medical examiner who is now with a consulting firm, said the fentanyl and methamphetamine in Floyd's system, and possibly carbon monoxide poisoning from auto exhaust, were contributing factors in the 46-year-old Black man ...