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Dart to the ongoing devastation the synthetic opioid fentanyl has brought to so many lives in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control confirmed on Wednesday what first responders have suspected for some time: Fentanyl is America’s deadliest drug.

SALISBURY — Through emailed statements, tweets and other means, local public figures took pause this weekend to reflect on the passing of former President George H.W. Bush.

Two Aberdeen residents were among the U.S. service members killed by a roadside bomb Tuesday in Afghanistan.

Capt. Andrew Patrick Ross, 29, and Sgt. 1st Class Eric Michael Emond, 39, were fatally injured by the blast. Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, a 25-year-old from Pennsylvania, was also killed.

The Department of Defense has identified two Fort Bragg soldiers and an Air Force airman who were killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.

They are Capt. Andrew Patrick Ross, 29, of Lexington, Virginia; Sgt. 1st Class Eric Michael Emond, 39, of Brush Prairie, Washington; and Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, 25, of Hookstown, Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX 46 WJZY) - After telling his story to FOX 46, Sfc. Richard Stayskal is now telling it directly to members of Congress.

"My government is basically, to me, in my opinion, telling me, 'You're less than everybody else,'" Stayskal told Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA).

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term exposure to a chemical compound currently used for making nonstick coatings appears to be dangerous, even in minute amounts, according to draft findings released Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency.