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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.

Blinken calls for an end to the violence in Ethiopia, during news conference

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday called for the preservation of democracy during his visit to Africa amid worsening crises in Ethiopia and Sudan.

The proposed state purchase includes most of Ocklawaha Groves, which is highlighted on the aerial map. Image: Marion County Property Appraiser

Conservation bill would turn citrus groves into park land, reduce nutrients affecting Lake Weir

Ocklawaha Groves is on the western shore of Lake Weir. Its rows of citrus trees are surrounded on three sides by the county park. The proposed acquisition includes 65 of the property's overall 85 acres.

Over the past three months, passengers have returned to Orlando International Airport in numbers that exceed pre-pandemic levels. Read the latest data.

Domestic flights to Florida topped pre-pandemic levels this July through September.

Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., was censured by the House of Representatives and lost his committee assignments after posting a violent video on social media of a character with his image murdering a character with New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's image.

Rep. Gosar is censured over an anime video depicting him killing AOC

The mainly party line vote of 223-207 came after GOP Rep. Gosar posted a video on social media with an animated scene of him murdering Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Democrats launch a nationwide drive to sell the public on President Biden's plans

President Biden and congressional Democrats are trying to show voters the benefits of the infrastructure bill that's now law, and the Build Back Better plan they are trying to pass.

News brief: Pfizer booster, Democrats promote Biden's plans, Blinken's Africa trip

All vaccinated adults could soon be eligible for a Pfizer COVID-19 booster. Democrats begin a nationwide drive to try to sell President Biden's agenda. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Africa.

A health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

All vaccinated adults could soon be eligible for a Pfizer or Moderna booster

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce later this week that it is authorizing boosters for people 18 or older, even if they aren't at risk for severe disease.

Migrants are at the border checkpoint at Bruzgi, Belarus, and Kuznica, Poland, on Wednesday. They are caught in a border crisis between Belarus and its EU neighbors that began to escalate earlier this month.

Here's what it's like for migrants trapped between Belarus and Poland

Thousands of migrants are camped along the border of Belarus and Poland, trapped between the countries. EU officials accuse Belarus of luring them across the border.

Nursing assistants at long-term care facilities in Central Florida rally against Senate bill that could replace them with untrained workers

A bill introduced in the Florida Senate would drastically reduce the amount of licensed nursing care long-term care facilities would have to provide residents in the Sunshine State.

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