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Nashville mayor opens up about son's overdose

"I'm speaking today as a mom, but as a mayor I have a responsibility to make sure that we're doing things in our community so that other children and other parents don't have this same fate," she told Tapper. The state of Tennessee had the 10th highest number of drug-related deaths in 2015.

Barry is still waiting for a toxicology report, and wasn't able to confirm the exact cause of Max's death, or which drugs may have been involved. She spoke about how his problems with drugs began.

"His drug

Crews working on L.A.'s subway lines keep finding prehistoric fossils

They just keep popping up. Mammoths, mastodons, bison.

Dave Sotero, the spokesman for the city's Metropolitan Transit Authority's (MTA), summed it up best:

"The prehistoric past is leading the subway future."

The fact that crews are finding fossils isn't surprising. The "project goes through the most interesting parts of L.A. where previous fossils have been discovered," Sotero told CNN. Placing found fossils in plaster so they can be safely removed from the construction site In November, cre

Injured vet: My son got me through everything

Given a standing ovation, Del Toro accepted the award for his dedication to service and sports at Wednesday evening's 25th Annual ESPY Awards.

The Pat Tillman Award was named after the football player who gave up his NFL career after 9/11 to serve his country, a decision Del Toro described as "the true meaning of "service before self." Tillman, who gave up a lucrative contract with the Arizona Cardinals, was a member of the Army's elite Rangers force when he was killed in Afghanistan in 2004.

Senator: US at risk of military conflict with Russia and Iran in Syria

"I think we're getting closer and closer to open conflict with Iran and Russia, and the American public needs to know that we're moving very fast toward what could be another war inside the Middle East," Murphy told anchor Alisyn Camerota on CNN's "New Day," "something by the way that Donald Trump promised he wouldn't do when he ran for office."

Murphy's remarks came two days after a US Navy fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane for the first time , prompting Russia to issue a threat against

Calgary Mayor Nenshi gets 81% approval rating, council gets 65%: poll - Calgary

CALGARY – A recent lpsos survey reveals positive public approval ratings for both Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Calgary’s city council members.

The mayor received an approval rating of 81 per cent for his overall performance – 36 per cent strongly approved, 44 per cent somewhat approved, and 19 per cent strongly or somewhat disapproved.

Nenshi’s approval rating was the highest in the northeast at 94 per cent. His approval rating was the lowest in the northwest at 73 per cent. The mayor rated higher