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The opioid epidemic is changing how many in criminal justice experience addiction and drug crime. We profile a former New York prosecutor who lost her sister and mother to prescription painkillers.

Chris Hernandez of San Benito, Texas, tells the story of how he caught a 7-foot, 200-pound alligator gar — a type of ray-finned fish — from his kayak.

Musician Joe Henry was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. He tells NPR's Scott Simon that the news set into motion a songwriting flurry, creating a new album, The Gospel According to Water.

One of the vaccines used to prevent polio has actually been causing some people to get the disease.

Where do things stand with the Supreme Court nomination? More than 800 people are dead after a tsunami in Indonesia. After weeks of talks, Canada will stay in a trade pact with the U.S. and Mexico.

Iraqi Kurds — close allies of the U.S. — held elections Sunday. They're starting to turn away from old founding fathers to vote for new leaders with different priorities.

The World Series is tied at a game apiece after Tampa Bay's 6-4 win over Los Angeles Wednesday night.

President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden face off at 9 p.m. ET at Belmont University in Nashville.

New research has found few links between in-person K-12 schooling and COVID-19 case rates. "There is not a consistent pattern," one study author said.

The housing market is on a tear, setting all kinds of records, including prices. But it's also a reflection of the uneven economic recovery and more first-time homebuyers are getting priced out.