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FDA Approves A Nasal Spray To Treat Patients Who Are Suicidal

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a fast-acting nasal spray to treat suicidal patients. The spray contains a chemical cousin of the anesthetic and party drug ketamine.

Six states have an agreement to acquire fast-result antigen tests for the coronavirus. Here, a medical worker collects a sample after a patient self-administers a nasal swab test.

After 'Severe' Delays, 6 States Band Together To Buy Coronavirus Tests

Six states will purchase 3 million rapid tests, and more states may join the consortium. Maryland, Virginia, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio and Massachusetts want to stem a severe testing shortage.

Photos: Explosion Leaves Beirut In Shatters As Cleanup Begins

Tuesday's blast has killed dozens and injured thousands in Lebanon's capital. Search-and-rescue missions continue on Wednesday as residents assess the damage and begin cleaning up debris.

Some 1,892 American flags are installed on the National Mall in Washington, DC in 2014. The Iraq and Afghanistan veterans installed the flags to represent the 1,892 veterans and service members who committed suicide this year as part of the "We've Got Your Back: IAVA's Campaign to Combat Suicide."

White House Plan Breaks Taboo: A Focus On Guns And Veteran Suicide

The Trump Administration's new suicide prevention strategy mentions the touchy subject of gun-safety. It will aim to fight the stigma around people seeking help during a mental health crisis.

A law enforcement officer raises a baton and tear gas is fired during protests near the White House on June 1.

Amnesty International Documents 125 Incidents Of Police Violence Against Protesters

The instances spanned 40 states and the District of Columbia, and allege excessive force by state and local police, and National Guard troops and federal agents against racial justice protesters.

What 'Mulan's' Disney+ Premiere Means For The Film Industry

Disney announced it would stream the live action Mulan film on Disney+. The movie industry has been watching Mulan as a bellwether for the reopening of theatrical business.

An aerial view of demolished structures at the port, damaged by Tuesday's explosion in Beirut, Lebanon on Wednesday. The enormous blast, which officials said was driven by thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate, killed at least 137 people and injured thousands more.

Beirut Death Toll Rises After Enormous Explosion

In Lebanon's devastated capital, at least 137 people are dead and some 5,000 injured. A question looms over the stockpile of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate believed to have exploded: Why was it there?

Nika Cotton recently opened Soulcentricitea in Kansas City, Mo. When public schools shut down in the spring, Cotton had no one to watch her young children who are 8 and 10. So she quit her job in social work — and lost her health insurance — in order to start her own business.

Missouri Voters Approve Medicaid Expansion Despite Resistance From Republican Leaders

Missouri is the second state to expand the health care program via ballot measure during the pandemic. Nearly a quarter-million people could get health insurance thanks to the measure.

Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach talks to the media after announcing his Senate candidacy on July 8, 2019.

Senate Republicans Face Uphill Fight To Hold Majority

A key victory in a Senate GOP primary on Tuesday offers a mild reprieve to Republicans working to hold their narrow majority in 2020.

Aboubakar Soumahoro speaks at a protest in Rome last month. "If the workers lack dignity and rights, the food they provide is virtually rotten," he says in a new short documentary, <em>The Invisibles.</em>

In Italy, A Migrants' Advocate Fights For The 'Invisibles'

"The reality is that laborers work at the limit of human dignity," Aboubakar Soumahoro tells NPR. He's the subject of a new documentary, The Invisibles, shot at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

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