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Last year, more than 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses. Advocates and family members marked the tragic toll with cardboard grave markers on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 23.

States are getting $50 billion in opioid cash. And it's an issue in governor's races

Some candidates for governor are sparring over bragging rights for their state's share of opioid settlement funds. Some are attorneys general who pursued the lawsuits that produced the payouts.

A pickled pepper maker knows exactly how hard it is to switch to natural food dyes

The MAHA movement loves the idea of getting rid of synthetic dyes in foods. But manufacturers face challenges that could drive prices higher.

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Neal talks with reporter Jennifer Griffin [f] about what the refugees returning to Southern Lebanon.

Gaza:

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on the dangers and hardships facing one Palestinian family caught up in the ongoing violence in the Gaza Strip.

People walk along Wall Street near the New York Stock Exchange, in New York City. The stock market has been volatile as the war in Ukraine and high oil prices continues to worry investors. Americans' stress about global uncertainty is high, according to a new survey.

Americans' stress is spiking over inflation, war in Ukraine, survey finds

The annual survey finds Americans more on edge than ever, triggered by financial issues, the war overseas and the cumulative pressure of living through the pandemic.

Students walk by a sign that reads "Knowledge is Power" on Miami University's Oxford campus

Director of Miami University's 'intellectual diversity' center shares details ahead of opening

Flagg Taylor says he expects students and the campus community to embrace the college's Center for Civics, Culture, and Society once they see what he's been working on.

How a video game about grief became a breakout hit

Jennifer Svedberg-Yen, lead writer of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, explains how the team made a grief-centered story resonate with a wide audience.

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The transplantation of a baboon's bone marrow into an AIDS patient apparently has not succeeded in bolstering the man's devastated immune system. Researchers have been unable to find any evidence that the baboon's bone marrow took root and began functioning inside Jeffrey Getty, the patient received the highly controversial, highly experimental procedure in San Francisco. Critics had been concerned that the transplant, and others like it, could transmit new diseases from animals to humans. But Getty's doctors say they've found no evidence of that either. Getty's prognosis remains uncertain. David Wright reports from member station KQED.

50 years of preserving Cincinnati's past - the Cincinnati Preservation Association

As the Cincinnati Preservation Association is celebrating its 50th anniversary, the organization'?s original mission to save Native American and early…

Traveling To Cuba Getting Easier, But Expect Turbulence On The Way

Miami businesses expect an upsurge in trade and travel to Cuba under new rules, but travel for tourism is still prohibited and the island has only a limited number of hotel rooms.

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