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  • 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.

  • 'Ketamine Queen' gets 15 years in prison for selling Matthew Perry the drugs that killed him

    'Ketamine Queen' gets 15 years in prison for selling Matthew Perry the drugs that killed him

    Apr 08, 2026 08:05 PM EDT

    ... about her self-improvement. The 42-year-old became the third defendant sentenced of the five people who have pleaded guilty in connection with the overdose of the 54-year-old actor. His role as Chandler Bing on NBC’s “Friends” in the 1990s and 2000s made him one of ...

  • People in recovery find a fresh start by crafting Troublesome Creek instruments

    People in recovery find a fresh start by crafting Troublesome Creek instruments

    Apr 06, 2026 10:15 PM EDT

    ... Creek Stringed Instrument Co.: Opioids, methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, I have done it all. Went into this rehab that got me into this place on a overdose, prison, back, prison again. Jeffrey Brown: After landing in rehab, he pushed hard to start learning guitar making at Troublesome Creek. Brian Owens: I ...

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