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Bryan McDonel and his father, Mike, both served multiple tours in Iraq with the National Guard. Bryan was first prescribed painkillers before his deployment, and his dependence on medication prompted a downward spiral. Quil Lawrence/NPR hide caption
Justice Dept. Declines To Step Into Dispute Between CIA And Senators
Intrepid pizza purveyors in action: Frontier Airlines flight attendants pass out pies to the delighted passengers. Logan Marie Torres/AP hide caption
A man looks at the painting Better To Have Only One Child at the China National Art Museum in Beijing. More than three decades after China's one-child policy took hold, some bereaved parents are suffering an unintended consequence of the policy: The loss of a child leaves them with no support in their old age. Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The Conundrum Of The Cup-Deprived: Brazilians Wonder Who To Root For
Between Eli and Zarina (Greg Keller and Nadine Malouf), a family's Muslim faith undergoes rupture and renewal. Erin Baiano/Courtesy of Lincoln Center Theater hide caption
In Stories Of Muslim Identity, Playwright Explores Fault Lines Of Faith
Bryan McDonel and his father, Mike, both served multiple tours in Iraq with the National Guard. Bryan was first prescribed painkillers before his deployment, and his dependence on medication prompted a downward spiral. Quil Lawrence/NPR hide caption
A Growing Number Of Veterans Struggles To Quit Powerful Painkillers
Marquise Lamberto Frescobaldi (right), of the winemaking dynasty, talks with prisoners Brian Baldissin (left) and Francesco Papa at his vineyard on Gorgona island in June 2013. Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters/Landov hide caption
In A Unanimously Passed Law, The Seeds Of An Immigration Controversy
Government health workers administer blood tests to check for the Ebola virus in Kenema, Sierra Leone, June 25. Reuters/Landov hide caption
Picketers supporting independent truck drivers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach stand outside a container terminal. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
Picketing Truckers Raise Tensions At LA Port Amid Dockworker Talks
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