Brian Mann
Stories By
Brian Mann
Story Archive
Thursday
Scientists in the Adirondack Mountains monitor Canadian wildfire smoke
Wednesday
U.S. skies in the Northeast and the Midwest are hazy with smoke from Canada
Friday
The settlement deal with Indivior, which makes an addiction treatment medication called Suboxone, ends a legal battle with 41 states and the District of Columbia. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
You'll need a boat to navigate the flooded forest at this Vermont bird sanctuary
Tuesday
Appeals court clears the way to shield Sackler family from opioid crisis lawsuits
Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
A landmark appeals court ruling clears way for Purdue Pharma-Sackler bankruptcy deal
Saturday
Paddling through the flooded forest in the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge. Brian Mann/NPR hide caption
Come along on a canoe trip through a flooded forest in a Vermont bird sanctuary
Friday
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram speaks during a news conference in April. On Friday, the DEA announced it will strip one of the nation's largest drug distributors of its license to sell highly addictive painkillers after determining it failed to flag thousands of suspicious orders at the height of the opioid crisis. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
DEA moves to revoke major drug distributor's license over opioid crisis failures
Tuesday
Former President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his legal team in a Manhattan court on April 4. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
Trump instructed to obey court rules ahead of Manhattan criminal trial
Thursday
Two men smoke fentanyl in an alley in Los Angeles on April 18, 2022. The latest federal data show more than 109,000 drug deaths in 2022, many from fentanyl. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
U.S. drug overdose deaths hit a record in 2022 as some states see a big surge
Tuesday
Critics say U.S. government training videos like this one from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exaggerate fears of fentanyl exposure among police. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hide caption
Cops say they're being poisoned by fentanyl. Experts say the risk is 'extremely low'
Thursday
Rep. George Santos of New York calls federal fraud charges a witch hunt
Wednesday
Rep. George Santos is in custody after facing a federal criminal charge
U.S. Rep. George Santos leaves the Capitol Hill Club as members of the press follow him on Jan. 31 in Washington, D.C., amid ongoing investigations into his finances, campaign spending and false statements on the campaign trail. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
N.Y. Rep. George Santos pleads not guilty to federal fraud charges
A visitor at the Connections Museum works the kind of switchboard system that first connected American phone users. Brian Mann/NPR hide caption
Remembering America's first social network: the landline telephone
Tuesday
Rep. George Santos, a Republican from New York, during a joint meeting of Congress with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Capitol on April 27. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Friday
How Jordan Neely's death fits into issues of health, homelessness and public safety
Thursday
There have been no arrests after an NYC subway commuter killed a Black man on a train
Fentanyl is flooding U.S. communities. In statehouses around the country there's a "contest" over how to respond. U.S. Justice Department hide caption
Tuesday
As fentanyl deaths rise, state legislatures resist 'harm reduction' method
Friday
New U.S. Justice Department indictments contain this image of armed gang members allegedly associated with the Chapitos network of the Sinaloa cartel. U.S. Justice Department hide caption
U.S. says it 'infiltrated' the Sinaloa drug cartel in the fight against fentanyl
U.S. officials say they're poised to deal a 'crushing blow' to fentanyl traffickers
Friday
Wednesday
Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, speaks at a press conference at the Superior Council of the Judiciary in Bogota, Colombia on Aug. 23, 2022. Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption