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W.S. Merwin, prize-winning poet of nature, dies at 91

By Hillel Italie, Jennifer Kelleher, Associated Press

A Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. poet laureate, Merwin completed more than 20 books.

Will fewer opioid prescriptions help kick the crisis?

By Laura Santhanam

Of all physicians, primary care doctors most frequently doled out first-time opioid prescriptions, suggested a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.

51 women sue U.S. Olympic Committee for failing to stop Nassar abuse

By Eddie Pells, Associated Press

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Denver, details abuse dating to the late 1990s. One of the victims was 8 years old.

WATCH: Trump issues first veto after rebuke of border emergency order

By Jill Colvin, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

Flanked by law enforcement officials as well as the parents of children killed by people in the country illegally, President Donald Trump maintained that he is not through fighting for his signature campaign promise, which stands largely unfulfilled 18 months…

North Korean official says Kim rethinking U.S. talks, launch moratorium

By Eric Talmadge, Associated Press

Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said Pyongyang now has no intention of compromising or continuing talks unless the United States takes measures that are commensurate to the changes it has taken — such as the 15-month moratorium on launches…

U.S. to restrict visas for International Criminal Court staff

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. will revoke or deny visas to ICC personnel who attempt to investigate alleged abuses committed by U.S. forces.