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The share of overdose deaths involving counterfeit pills doubled between 2019 and 2021, according to the CDC. Victims were often younger, Hispanic and had misused prescription drugs in the past.

Five Blackwater Worldwide security guards were indicted and a sixth is in plea negotiations with prosecutors for a 2007 shooting in Baghdad. The shooting killed 17 Iraqis.

This semester, Sacramento State University launched a new textbook rental program. There are limited titles available, but the program is helping some students save serious cash.

An Army report that will be released on Monday reveals that major mistakes were made in the post-war planning in Iraq. The report, which will be released on Monday, finds that operations that were poorly planned and badly mismanaged.

The man accused of operating a Ponzi scheme is expected to plead guilty to charges he engineered one of the largest investment scams in U.S. history. Bernard Madoff faces more than 100 years in prison. Some of the victims of the multi-billion-dollar investment scheme will have their say at Thursday's plea hearing.

President Barack Obama's new proposals for earmarks are getting flak from his own party. Congressional Democrats — backed by some Republicans — say the Constitution gives them the power of the purse, and they'll use it as they see fit.

The civil suit filed Thursday seeks a jury trial and "punitive and exemplary damages" to recoup costs and loss of revenue from the deadly wildfires.

Holloway went to Aruba in 2005 on a high school graduation trip. She was last seen with Joran van der Sloot the night she vanished. He told Holloway's mom how she died and what he did with the body.

The indictment, unsealed in the Eastern District of Virginia, marks the first time the U.S. has brought war crimes charges in connection with the Russian assault on Ukraine.

The Ventura County Sheriff's Office has arrested a 50-year-old man on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter.