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Bills have been approved by the House to combat the nationwide problem on the misuse of prescription opioids including heroin addiction. Millions of people abuse these painkillers leading to overdose and eventually death. The government put much effort to address the issue.

A man who hopped a fence near the White House grounds Tuesday, prompting a security lockdown, was fleeing after stealing a woman's purse.

A bipartisan bill that allows families victimized by the 9/11 terrorist attacks to sue Saudi Arabia ran into sharp setbacks, as the White House threatened a veto and a GOP senator privately sought to block the measure.