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Outer Spaces- Thursday September 6, 2012

It's nature news with Jason from Acres and garden questions with Doug.

Teva Pharmaceuticals has reached a settlement with the state of Oklahoma over its alleged role in fueling the opioid epidemic. In March, drugmaker Purdue Pharma agreed to a $270 million settlement.

Teva Pharmaceuticals Agrees To $85 Million Settlement With Oklahoma In Opioid Case

Oklahoma's attorney general had filed a lawsuit against the Israel-based company for its alleged role in fueling the opioid crisis.

Does listening to an audiobook count as reading?

One debate that's sure to draw a lot of strong opinions and hot takes — does listening to an audiobook count as reading?

Former NSA contractor Harold Martin III pleaded guilty in March after he was accused of a massive theft of classified government information.

Ex-NSA Contractor Who Stole Top Secret Documents Is Sentenced To 9 Years In Prison

Harold Martin committed the massive theft of government documents over decades, storing files in his car and Maryland home. "My methods were wrong, illegal and highly questionable," Martin said.

Israeli soldiers and armored vehicles near the West Bank town of Beita

Top U.N. court says Israel's occupation of West Bank, East Jerusalem is 'unlawful'

Top U.N. court says Israel's occupation of West Bank is contrary to international law

In Mosul, reminders of the Islamic State's brutal rule include a school wall covered with drawings showing how militants executed their prisoners. The U.N. says the area around the city holds mass graves where thousands of people were buried.

Islamic State Dumped At Least 6,000 Bodies In Mass Graves In Iraq, U.N. Says

"Victims include women, children, elderly and persons with disabilities, members and former members of the Iraqi armed forces and police," says a new U.N. report that details 202 mass graves.

Traffic is backed up on Interstate 90 after a fatal pileup where at least 20 vehicles crashed near Hardin, Mont., on Friday.

2 children were among 6 people killed in a Montana highway pileup during a dust storm

The accident occurred Friday evening when a dust storm caused blackout conditions on I-90, a major route in Montana. "What could people do? It really was just panic," a Highway Patrol official said.

Demonstrators in Los Angeles march to support a federal judge's ruling that grants a nationwide temporary restraining order against President Trump's order to ban travel to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Former Top Security Officials Criticize Trump's 'Ill-Conceived' Ban In Court Filing

A document signed by former CIA Director Michael Hayden and others backs two states who say President Trump's immigration ban "unleashed chaos."

Health care workers place a nasal swab from a patient into a tube for testing at the Brightpoint Health and UJA-Federation of New York pop-up coronavirus testing site on Friday in New York City.

Former Top Health Officials: Do More Testing And Contact Tracing Or Expect Outbreaks

Former federal health officials Andy Slavitt and Scott Gottlieb tell Morning Edition that more coronavirus testing and contact tracing are needed for U.S. businesses to reopen safely.

A bag of assorted pills and prescription drugs dropped off for disposal is displayed during the Drug Enforcement Administration's 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day earlier this year in Los Angeles. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100,000 people died of a drug overdose from April 2020 to April 2021.

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. have topped 100,000 for the first time

The Biden administration scrambles to respond as new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show overdose deaths surged to more than 100,000 fatalities.

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