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Arrow, a heroin user since the 1970s, is a client of Florida's first clean needle exchange, a pilot program in Miami that has proved so successful that conservative Republicans want to expand it.

Key Florida Republicans Now Say Yes To Clean Needles For Drug Users

Florida has struggled for years with opioid overdoses — and the highest rate of HIV infection in the U.S. Lawmakers now hope needle exchanges and a "harm reduction" approach could help save lives.

Regina Campbell holds her paperwork for knocking on doors to tell residents about issues on the ballot in the fall, including a potential constitutional amendment on reproductive rights, in Pontiac, Mich., on August 6, 2022.

The Michigan supreme court set to decide whether voters see abortion on the ballot

Michigan's Board of Canvassers rejected an abortion rights initiative on Wednesday after its Republican board members voted against putting the proposed constitutional amendment on November's ballot.

5 films we can't wait to see: Here's Hollywood's holiday bounty

Avatar returns, Will Smith stars in a Civil War epic and Bill Nighy is Living. Also, a compelling novel adaptation and three hours of Jazz-era decadence. Find out what else the studios have in store.

Claudia and Jesús Fierro of Yuma, Ariz., review their medical bills. They pay $1,000 a month for health insurance yet still owed more than $7,000 after two episodes of care at the local hospital.

Hit with $7,146 for two hospital bills, a family sought health care in Mexico

A dad's COVID-19 and a mom's fainting spell cost thousands, so when their son dislocated his shoulder, they drove him to Mexicali, where facilities rival those in the U.S., and had him treated for $5.

Laurie's mother, Stephanie, 75, died of COVID-19 in December. "I don't believe she was supposed to die," Laurie says. "I blame the misinformation." Stephanie had been wrapped up in a world of conspiracy theories online, which led her to refuse treatments for COVID.

Their mom died of COVID. They say conspiracy theories are what really killed her

Stephanie was usually careful about her health and regular vaccinations. But then she got into sharing far-out videos and fringe ideas. When COVID hit, misinformation put her and her husband at risk.

Chabad Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn and his wife Raizy

Hanukkah is a busy week for Wyoming's only rabbi

On the last night of Hanukkah, Chabad Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn wraps up a busy week. He is currently the only ordained rabbi serving in Wyoming.

A U.S. Army soldier unloads a shipment of water provided by FEMA as a resident walks past in San Isidro, Puerto Rico.

FEMA To End Food And Water Aid For Puerto Rico

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has delivered millions of meals and gallons of water since Hurricane Maria devastated the island. Four months later, it says that help is no longer needed.

"You have the proportions of a model," the fitter tells cleaning lady Ada Harris (Lesley Manville). Her reply: "Model railway, more like."

Dreaming of Dior, a charwoman follows her bliss in 'Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris'

A widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London sets her heart on a designer dress in this charm-filled adaptation of Paul Gallico's 1958 novel.

Margarita Ahuanari, left, and Karina Ahuanari look at posters of their mother. The images were placed where they think she was buried at the mass grave that was later renamed the COVID-19 Cemetery in Iquitos.

A mass COVID grave in Peru has left families bereft — and fighting for reburial

More than 400 people who died of COVID were secretly interred in a mass grave on the outskirts of the city of Iquitos. Families are demanding a proper burial for their loved ones.

I Can't Work With You! How Political Fights Leave Workplaces Divided

Amid impeachment and the 2020 election, surveys show political fevers running high at work, undercutting trust and productivity. And workers and employers are bracing for those dynamics to get worse.

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