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News Wrap: Overdose deaths hit record high during pandemic

In our news wrap Wednesday, new numbers show COVID-19 is pushing drug overdose deaths to record highs. Two men convicted of assassinating Malcolm X in New York in 1965 will have their names cleared. An Arizona man at the center of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault now faces 41 months in federal prison. Severe air pollution forced schools in New Delhi, India, to close today — indefinitely.

News Wrap: Overdose deaths hit record high during pandemic

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