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After 17 overdoses — including four deaths — this spring, Indigenous leaders in Montana and surrounding states look for ways to stop the fentanyl crisis and provide more treatment and care.

"There's been a lot of things that have been said — some are correct, some are incorrect," Gov. Greg Abbott said the day after the shooting. But soon afterward, he would correct his own statements.

While a growing number of states are trying to address the increasing mental health crisis among youths, many schools are woefully short of therapists and the budget to hire them.

Since the summer concert season started, the buzz around the music industry has been about two things, neither of which is good for business: low ticket sales and canceled concerts. Last week, three shows on Rihanna's tour were canceled, adding to a list that already included canceled or postponed dates on the Lilith Fair tour and tours by Christina Aguilera, The Eagles, Simon and Garfunkel, The Jonas Brothers and Limp Bizkit.

Mental health specialists say they've seen a lot of military families who need help since soldiers have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. But many in the military don't know they can tap into therapy. One unusual couple in Fresno, Calif., is mending a marriage that was almost broken. They're the exception rather than the rule.

Pollsters work hard to find those engaged Americans who are almost sure to vote on Election Day. But in a fast-changing political world, old methods to identify them may be falling short. If pre-election polls are skewed because of that, turnout could be affected.

For the most part, these are grim days for Catholic nuns. Convents are closing, nuns are aging and there are relatively few new recruits. But in Nashville, Tenn., the conservative Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia are seeing a boom in young recruits. The average age of new entrants is 23.

It was a momentous day in American political history as the Democrats lost the House of Representatives and barely kept their hold on the Senate. When the dust settled, what exactly did we learn about our leaders and ourselves? We turn to scholars and strategists for some answers.

As the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth nears, Scott Simon has a tribute for the Great Emancipator.

Univision, the U.S. Spanish-language media giant, is the fifth most popular television network in the country. Much of its popularity comes from its signature telenovelas, or soap operas, that air each weeknight. But Univision is now caught in a legal battle, the focus of a federal trial underway in Los Angeles. Laura Martinez, of Hispanic Television Update newsletter, tells why the network's future could be in jeopardy.