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CVS Pharmacist Raphael Lynne (left), D., MBA, and Stephanie Garcia, a Pharmacy tech., check the medication disposal box where people can drop off their expired, unused or unwanted medications for safe disposal.

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A landmark opioid trial puts spotlight on pharmacy chains CVS, Walmart and Walgreens

8:00am October 04, 2021

by Brian Mann

The country's biggest name-brand pharmacy chains face a high-profile civil trial beginning Monday in Cleveland, Ohio over their role in the nation's deadly opioid epidemic.

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Unpacking the contents of the Pandora Papers

7:29am October 04, 2021

A trove of documents, known as the Pandora Papers, have been leaked and reveal how the world's most powerful and wealthy hide huge sums of money overseas.

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Morning news brief

4:55am October 04, 2021

The pandora papers reveals how the rich and powerful hide their money. A whistleblower speaks out against Facebook. And, what does Biden have planned for the trade war against China?

For many veterans, finding treatment for mental wounds proves difficult

4:55am October 04, 2021

by Steve Walsh

KPBS' Steve Walsh reports on the mental health struggles veterans face and the lack of support they receive from the military.

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Museum tracing legacy of slavery in America marks moment for 'truth-telling'

6:07pm October 03, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, about the newly expanded "Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration."

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How to get holiday ready while minding pandemic risks

5:32pm October 03, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Atlantic editor Caroline Mimbs Nyce about how to prepare for the holidays this year.

Anxiety hangs over Arizonans facing impending climate disasters

5:29pm October 03, 2021

by Melissa Sevigny

It's easy to measure physical damage from natural disasters made worse by climate change, less so their lingering psychological impacts. But experts say they're no less real.

Oil is seen on the beach in Huntington Beach, California on October 3, 2021, after a pipeline breach connected to an oil rig off shore started leaking oil, according to an Orange County Supervisor.

A massive oil spill in the Pacific Ocean has reached the Southern California coast

1:31pm October 03, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

Federal, state and local agencies are racing to determine the cause of the spill, which is at least 13 square miles in size.

Who do Americans honor most? The National Monument Audit wants to find out

9:34am October 03, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Paul Farber, co-director of the National Monument Audit, about the report's findings on monuments in the United States.

A photo provided by the FBI depicts a masked militant from an ISIS propaganda video from 2014. The individual pictured has allegedly been identified as Mohammed Khalifa.

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A Canadian, the alleged voice behind ISIS videos, could face life in prison

12:56am October 03, 2021

by Dustin Jones

Mohammed Khalifa produced propaganda videos for ISIS, many depicting murder and used to recruit Westerners, prosecutors say. He was captured in 2019 and recently turned over to the U.S.