NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say an estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year. That’s a total the nation has never seen. Experts say it’s tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and a more dangerous drug supply. Overdose deaths have been rising for more than two decades. But they accelerated dramatically…
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (AP) — There is a ray of hope for the vanishing orange-and-black Western monarch butterflies. The number of creatures wintering along California’s central coast is bouncing back after the population reached an all-time low last year. An annual winter count last year by the Xerces Society recorded fewer than 2,000 butterflies, a…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Mark McCloskey, a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Missouri, has been photographed outside the courthouse where Kyle Rittenhouse was on trial for murder with two people flashing a sign associated with white supremacists. McCloskey and his wife were both in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Monday and Tuesday to show support…
1 of 8Arizona Coyotes goaltender Scott Wedgewood dives for the puck as St. Louis Blues’ James Neal (81) tries to poke it free, while Coyotes’ Jakob Chychrun (6) helps defend during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021 in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam) ST. LOUIS (AP) — Arizona center…