• US overdose deaths fell again in 2025, but some worry about policy and drug supply changes
    NEW YORK (AP) — About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data. It was the third straight annual drop, making it the longest decline in decades, according to federal data released Wednesday. The 2025 total is about the same as the […]
  • Louisiana advances plan to eliminate majority-Black US House district after court ruling
    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican senators in Louisiana advanced a plan Wednesday to eliminate one of two majority-Black, Democratic-held congressional seats following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down the state’s U.S. House map as an illegal racial gerrymander. The early morning Senate committee vote came after hours of impassioned testimony from Black […]
  • Former private prison executive David Venturella will become ICE’s acting leader
    WASHINGTON (AP) — David Venturella, a former executive at a private prison operator, will serve as the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Trump administration says, after the agency’s current leader steps down at the end of the month. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said late Tuesday that Venturella […]
  • Producer prices shot up 6%, adding to pressure on companies to raise prices for customers
    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale inflation came in hot last month. Producer prices rose 6% from a year earlier, most since December 2022, as the 10-week Iran war pushed up energy prices and put pressure on companies to pass along higher costs to consumers. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that its producer price index — […]
  • US drug overdose deaths dropped for third straight year in 2025, CDC data shows
    May 13 (Reuters) – Drug overdose deaths in the United States fell nearly 14% in 2025, federal estimates showed on Wednesday, marking a third consecutive year of declines. Here are some details: • Nearly 69,973 people died from drug overdose in the U.S. in 2025, compared with 81,313 deaths estimated a year earlier, according to […]