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  • Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as DEA watched and took no action, records show

    Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as DEA watched and took no action, records show

    Jun 22, 2026 06:52 PM EDT

    ... trafficked. A whistleblower forced the debate into the open Howell became so unnerved by his agency’s failure to seize fentanyl that he began flagging overdose deaths that might have been caused by the very pills the DEA permitted to flow to dealers. One of those cases included a 15 ...

  • U.S. kills 3 in strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific Ocean

    U.S. kills 3 in strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific Ocean

    Jun 19, 2026 01:45 PM EDT

    ... cartels in Latin America and has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States and fatal overdoses claiming American lives. But his administration has offered little evidence to support its claims of killing “narcoterrorists.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JZm3ZdAUMQ ...

  • News Wrap: Former Trump adviser John Bolton to plead guilty over classified information

    News Wrap: Former Trump adviser John Bolton to plead guilty over classified information

    Jun 04, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    ... victims included two women and two children. A court in Colorado reversed the homicide convictions today for two paramedics who'd been sentenced in the overdose death of Elijah McClain. The 23-year-old Black man had been forcibly restrained by police as he walked home from a convenience store ...

  • Fact-checking U.S. military boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific as death toll passes 200

    Fact-checking U.S. military boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific as death toll passes 200

    Jun 03, 2026 07:40 PM EDT

    ... to know how many lives were saved as a result of drug seizures, drug experts told PolitiFact. There were over 68,000 U.S. drug overdose deaths from January 2024 to December 2025, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If Trump’s statement were accurate, five boat ...

  • Devastating wildfire and homelessness loom over Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' bid for second term

    Devastating wildfire and homelessness loom over Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' bid for second term

    May 29, 2026 05:05 PM EDT

    ... Pratt told CNBC on Thursday. The city “is not safe. It’s disgusting. We pay with our money to give needles to drug addicts to overdose in front of kids.” Raman has promised to speed up housing construction, bring back entertainment industry jobs and improve street paving and other basic ...

  • 'How to Rule the World' exposes Stanford's complex relationship with Silicon Valley power

    'How to Rule the World' exposes Stanford's complex relationship with Silicon Valley power

    May 21, 2026 10:30 PM EDT

    ... all college freshmen, anyone navigating the real world, the very low lows. And you write very honestly about a harrowing experience in which you essentially overdose on opiates that were prescribed to your grandfather. Tell us about why you wanted to be so honest about that moment and what it ...

  • 3 dead and first responders decontaminated in New Mexico after exposure to unknown substance

    3 dead and first responders decontaminated in New Mexico after exposure to unknown substance

    May 21, 2026 12:13 AM EDT

    MOUNTAINAIR, N.M. (AP) — Three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders had to be quarantined and assessed Wednesday for possible exposure to an unidentified substance after being called to a suspected drug overdose at a rural New Mexico home, authorities said. New Mexico State Police said ...

  • Pentagon watchdog to evaluate U.S. military’s boat strikes in Latin America

    Pentagon watchdog to evaluate U.S. military’s boat strikes in Latin America

    May 20, 2026 09:21 PM EDT

    ... administration says the U.S. is at war against the Latin American drug cartels, which it says are responsible for the scourge of fatal drug overdoses plaguing many American communities. The administration’s campaign of blowing up small boats accused of drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean ...

  • U.S. kills 2 during latest strike on alleged drug boats traveling in the Caribbean

    U.S. kills 2 during latest strike on alleged drug boats traveling in the Caribbean

    May 05, 2026 05:11 PM EDT

    ... cartels in Latin America and has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States and fatal overdoses claiming American lives. But his administration has offered little evidence to support its claims of killing “narcoterrorists.” Critics, meanwhile, have questioned the overall legality ...

  • Judge postpones Purdue Pharma criminal sentencing so opioid victims can attend in person

    Judge postpones Purdue Pharma criminal sentencing so opioid victims can attend in person

    Apr 21, 2026 03:06 PM EDT

    ... victims or their survivors. Together, the settlements are worth more than $50 billion, and most of the money is to be used to address the overdose epidemic. Under the Purdue deal, members of the Sackler family would be shielded from lawsuits over opioids from those who agree to the payments.

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