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EPISODE · May 13, 2026 · 2 MIN

U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Fall to Near Prepandemic Levels

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Plus: Vice President JD Vance threatens states’ Medicaid funding if they don’t address fraud. McDonald’s strikes its first naming-rights deal for a professional sports venue in the U.S. And SoftBank’s bet on OpenAI earned it $25 billion in its most recent quarter. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor.

Plus: Vice President JD Vance threatens states’ Medicaid funding if they don’t address fraud. McDonald’s strikes its first naming-rights deal for a professional sports venue in the U.S. And SoftBank’s bet on OpenAI earned it $25 billion in its most recent quarter. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor.

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