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Nevada heroin overdose deaths have nearly tripled since 2010

Overall opioid-related overdose deaths have decreased slightly in Nevada since 2010, but data presented Thursday show that heroin and synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, are responsible for a sharply higher share of the deaths.

California scientists catch 2 rare Sierra Nevada red foxes

California wildlife biologists have caught two rare Sierra Nevada red foxes in three weeks, a feat they say it’s a “huge” step to understanding the animal listed as threatened in the state in 1980.