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The FDA's decision to approve a new painkiller has met with fierce opposition. Judy Foreman, author of A Nation in Pain, tells NPR's Scott Simon why pain relief is such a highly polarized subject.

Hundreds of Lee County residents remain in a shelter more than three weeks after Hurricane Ian swept through the region. Some are hopeful of getting jobs and places to live, but those who were homeless before Ian face an even tougher recovery.

Ayesha Rascoe asks Kathleen Belew, author of "Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America," why white supremacists target the people and events they do.

Researchers from University College London followed thousands of people over the age of 52 for seven to eight years to assess the effect of loneliness and isolation. Isolation, not loneliness, may actually shorten people's lives regardless of health or income.

People of color will become a majority of the U.S. by 2055, according to Pew. But, in recent years, some people have been asking a provocative question: Could Latinos someday be considered white?

A new post-election poll finds that people regard the overall election campaign in a favorable light, and that more Republicans than Democrats were satisfied with the candidates. Robert Siegel talks to Andrew Kohut of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.

In Iraq, the bodies of at least 41 people -- some headless -- have been found at two separate sites. Meanwhile, a massive truck bomb exploded in the center of Baghdad, killing three people including the bomber.

Four people are confirmed dead and state emergency officials say more than 1,200 people have not been heard from, amid massive flooding in Colorado.

Host Scott Simon talks with Tom Olbrich of the Jefferson Center for Mental Health in Denver about some of the lessons learned about treating patients post-Columbine shooting.

So far, 3,400 people have died from Ebola in West Africa as burial teams in Sierra Leone have gone on strike, leaving bodies in the streets of the capital.