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A federal bankruptcy court judge said he will approve OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma's latest deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids that includes some money for thousands of victims of the epidemic.

Older men in rural areas are particularly vulnerable, says research by The Trace. Experts say isolation, access to guns are factors.

The film tax credit bill narrowly survived a procedural challenge in yesterday’s special session with a 21–21 tie. Meanwhile, Clark County launches its annual holiday toy drive, and Britpop icons Pulp make a Tiny Desk appearance.

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Robert Redfield writes in his new book that the next pandemic is coming, and it will likely be far worse than COVID-19.

Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in the extinct mammal's body just before it died.

And on Apple TV, a touching and surprisingly funny new documentary about the poet Andrea Gibson and their struggle with cancer.

The overhaul shifts funds to transitional housing requiring work and addiction treatment. The administration says it promotes "self-sufficiency," but critics warn many will risk losing housing again.

Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration's funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Sheriff Garry McFadden of Mecklenberg County, North Carolina, who says federal officials alerted him that Border Patrol agents are heading to Charlotte.