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A number of measures that U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly has either introduced or supported to combat the opioid abuse epidemic were signed into law by President Trump Friday as part of the bipartisan government funding bill. The law includes funds to support the addiction treatment workforce through National Health Service Corps, which Donnelly advocated for a part of his Strengthening the Addiction Treatment Workforce Act, bipartisan legislation he introduced with Senator Lisa Murkowski .
The federal government will spend a record $4.6 billion this year to fight the nation's deepening opioid crisis, which killed 42,000 Americans in 2016. But some advocates say the funding included in the spending plan the president signed Friday is not nearly enough to establish the kind of treatment system needed to reverse the crisis.
Construction workers help excavate and widen Brays Bayou as part of a nearly $500 million flood control project Thursday, March 22, 2018, in Houston. The project, which will widen 21 miles of the bayou and build stormwater detention basins, has proceeded in fits and starts for more than 20 years due to inconsistent funding.
A huge, swirling pile of trash in the Pacific Ocean is growing faster than expected and is now three times the size of France. According to a three-year study published in Scientific Reports Friday, the mass known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is about 1.6 million square kilometers in size -- up to 16 times bigger than previous estimates.
It's hard not to focus on the fact that Trump has picked the 100th anniversary of the first Armistice Day celebration for his weaponry parade . But there was another parade a month and a half before the armistice that cries out for comparison because of its remarkable stupidity.
Severe storms that spawned tornadoes damaged homes and downed trees as they mo... . Clouds and wind move through the Atlanta area, Monday, March 19, 2018.
In March, the Kenyan government declared the region a 'National Emergency' as the severe drought takes hold. Credit: Giles Clarke/Getty Images for UNOCHA Almost half of the world's population - some 3.6 billion people - currently live in areas vulnerable to water scarcity.
President Donald Trump, targeting the US opioid epidemic, has called for the execution of drug dealers, a proposal that so far has gained little support in Congress, amid criticism from some drug abuse and criminal justice experts. "This is about winning a very, very tough problem, and if we don't get tough on these dealers, it's not going to happen."
Add Hurricanes as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Hurricanes news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Hurricane Maria shredded the electric poles in this plantain farming town high in the mountains of central Puerto Rico, leaving tens of thousands of people without power or running water.
Overdose deaths in Native American communities have skyrocketed in the time the opioid epidemic has swept the U.S. and federal officials are looking for solutions. Native Americans and Alaska Natives saw a fivefold increase in overdose deaths between 1999 and 2015, Dr. Michael Toedt told the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Wednesday.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should act immediately to make flood control the top priority on the Missouri River, an attorney for hundreds of farmers, landowners and business operators said Wednesday after a federal judge ruled the agency was responsible for recurring flooding. Judge Nancy B. Firestone's ruling Tuesday in Washington cited river management changes initiated by the Corps of Engineers starting in 2004, including efforts to aid endangered fish and birds, that led to damages estimated to exceed $300 million in four states: Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa.
Yemen is being destroyed by war, and America is complicit. The United States has no boots on the ground, but our military is providing arms and logistical support to the Saudi-led military coalition battling Houthi rebels for control of Yemen.
The first bay is opened at the Bonnet Carre Spillway as it is opened by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Norco, La. Thursday, March 8, 2018, to relieve flooding risk down river in New Orleans where the Mississippi River is expected to reach flood stage at 17 feet later in the week.
The world's largest generic drug maker, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, has refused to fully cooperate with a Senate investigation into whether major opioid manufacturers contributed to the deadly drug epidemic, according to Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who is leading the Senate probe. Teva has answered some of McCaskill's questions, providing the Senate committee with general information about its efforts to track and report suspicious orders for its opioid prescriptions, according to a series of letters between McCaskill and the company.
It's amazing what unprincipled people will admit to when goaded. A petition has been posted on the parliamentary website calling on prime minister Theresa May to withdraw her invitation to the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad bin Salman, to visit the UK.
The Latest on the nor'easter that's battering coastal areas from Maryland to Maine : 9:30 p.m. Police in Andover, New Jersey say a man was killed by downed power lines during the storm that rampaged up and down the East Coast. NJ.com reports that the 41-year-old man came in contact with live power lines at about 6:45 p.m. Friday.
Minrose Gwin's new novel, "Promise," was inspired by the April 1936 tornado that ripped through her native Tupelo, Miss., leaving an official death toll of 233. Years later, she discovered that what her family referred to as "our tornado" took the lives of uncounted African-Americans as well.
A powerful nor'easter morphed into a "bomb cyclone" Friday as it hammered the East Coast with a ferocious mix of howling winds, drenching rain, some snow and surging waves. "Take this storm seriously!" the National Weather Service in Boston warned via Twitter.
Washington, March 3 - At least seven people were killed and over one million left without power as a massive storm continued to pummel the US East Coast on Saturday with drenching rain, howling winds and surging waves. The nor'easter also brought travel services to a halt.