According to final figures reported by the CDC, 106,699 people died as a result of an overdose, up from 92,000 people who died in 2020.
Author: Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY
‘Don’t worry about me’: NASA Mars InSight lander signs off with poignant message
Launched in 2018, NASA’s InSight lander was the first robotic explorer to study in depth the “inner space” of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core.
‘You think you’ve seen it all’: 8 teen girls charged with murder in man’s stabbing death in Canada
Toronto police arrested three 13-year-old girls, three 14-year-olds and two 16-year-olds, charging them with second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing.
2 dead, 12 injured after magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocks parts of Northern California
The U.S. Geological Survey said an earthquake struck Northern California, at 2:34 a.m. about 7 miles west of Ferndale near the Oregon border.
31 sailors missing, rescue search underway after warship capsizes in Thailand
The warship, which carried more than 100 crew members, capsized after water flooded its power controls Sunday during a storm in the Gulf of Thailand.
Did Elon Musk just fire himself? Twitter users vote in poll to expel CEO from his position
There was no immediate announcement from Twitter, or Musk, about whether he would step down, though he said that he would abide by the results.
Gunman in Canadian mass shooting had feud with condo board; 3 of 5 victims board members, police say
Police responded to a report of a gunman who had shot several people at a condo building late Sunday in Vaughan, a city just north of Toronto.
2-year-old boy swallowed by hippo, man stones animal to save boy’s life, police say
The boy was playing by a lake near his home in Uganda when the animal grabbed him, authorities say.
Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin sues IRS after tax details leaked to ProPublica
The hedge fund manager is seeking damages from the government after the disclosure of his tax records.
Lawmakers announces bipartisan legislation that would ban TikTok in the US
If approved, the legislation would block all transactions from any social media company in or under the influence of China and Russia.