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Justice Department data show that the amount of drug-related assets confiscated since 2004 has tripled, from $567 million to $1.6 billion. Critics claim some law enforcement agencies have become "addicted to drug money" in their quest to fill their own coffers.

Dr. Kenneth Ngure, president-elect of the International AIDS Society, says, "We have had very good scientific advances ... yet the funding cuts have also taken us back."

New government data released Thursday showed an economy that is growing again for the first time in a year. But the economy is receiving much support right now, and no one knows whether it is capable of growing on its own.

High inflation and the resulting crackdown by the Federal Reserve are fueling worries that the U.S. could be headed for a recession.

A new $7.4 billion opioid settlement for Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family has been approved by all U.S. states and territories

In recent weeks, NPR's Uri Berliner took money from his personal savings account that was losing value to inflation and sought out various investments. What did he learn?

JPMorgan agreed to the settlement on the same day a federal judge granted class-action status to the lawsuit, saying the number of plaintiffs involved could be "well over 100 people."

The Blackwater security firm, subject of headlines related to deadly shootings in Iraq, would like to get more business working on natural disasters in the United States. In fact, it already has: its employees provided security to FEMA staff after Hurricane Katrina. But its future plan has made some people edgy.

Since NPR reported on soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder at Fort Carson, more soldiers and their families have reported neglect at their bases, too. Mental health specialists who work with military families say that the problem is widespread and common.

Actor Mary-Louise Parker has written a memoir, Dear Mr. You, in the form of letters to important men in her life — among them her beloved father and the accountant who had to tell her she was broke.