The growing calls for naloxone in schools are a response to increasing overdose deaths in young people. Source
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Why scientists are hunting for the oldest ice in Antarctica
Their work near the South Pole means camping on the ice without showers or flushing toilets for seven weeks — but what we can learn about climate change there is essential to science. Source
Anti-Hamas billboard in Worcester vandalized, message reversed
A billboard with an anti-Hamas message on a highway in central Massachusetts has been vandalized. Source
U.S. retaliates after drone attack wounded 3 troops on base in Iraq, Pentagon says
The drone attack was conducted by an Iran-affiliated militant group, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. Source
Thousands of Black children with sickle cell disease struggle to access benefits
New data show how one federal safety net program has been out of reach for thousands of children who need it most. Source
American scientists on the hunt for the oldest ice in Antarctica
Researchers from universities across the country are searching for a continuous core of ice that is 1.5 million years old — or even older. National environmental correspondent David Schechter reports air bubbles trapped inside that ice can tell scientists what the atmosphere was like then and help us understand our own changing climate today. Source
Navalny confirms he’s in Arctic penal colony and says he’s “fine”
The Russian opposition leader says he’s “relieved” that he’s “finally made it.” His whereabouts were unknown for more than two weeks before his spokesperson said he’d been located. Source
Teen’s death in sawmill highlights “21st century problem” across U.S.
The number of children employed illegally in the U.S. is soaring, Labor Department figures show. Sometimes that work kills them. Source
Multiple arrests, officer injured at pro-Palestinian protest in Manhattan
Protesters were out for hours, starting along Fifth Avenue near the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree before heading downtown. Source
Marjorie Taylor Greene targeted by attempted swatting call again, on Christmas
It was roughly the eighth time she’s been subjected to such an attempt, the conservative firebrand congresswoman from Georgia and local police say. Source