As the COVID pandemic faded in 2022, U.S. life expectancy rose by more than a year. But the virus and drug overdoses spurred by fentanyl still took nearly 300,000 lives.
Read more ...Senators push to declassify TikTok intel and hold a public hearing ahead of ban vote
Senators who attended a classified intelligence briefing focused on TikTok's influence say the public should get the same information. There's bipartisan support for a vote on a House bill on the app.
Read more ...With a federal menthol ban looming, tobacco companies push 'non-menthol' substitutes
The alternatives have a similar taste, packaging and marketing. Anti-smoking activists say this is a way to get around state and federal bans.
Read more ...One of the nation's best-known media literacy events for high school students is expanding as demand grows for skills to identify deepfake images and online conspiracy theories.
Read more ...Police track down escaped Idaho prison gang member and his accomplice
Police arrested two white supremacist gang members — an Idaho prison inmate and the accomplice who helped him escape — following an attack on corrections officers at a Boise hospital.
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