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winds bringing travel nightmares for some. ginger zee tracking it all. and trevor ault tonight on the travel picture. also tonight, israel's war with hamas, and the breaking developments involving the hostages tonight. is there a deal to release up to 50 hostages? potentially releasing women and children. how soon could day be freed? and as part of this deal, will the red cross get access to the hostages who will remain in captivity? matt gutman in israel with late reporting for us. here in the u.s., the israel war bringing heightened alerts for this thanksgiving holiday right he...

The Interfaith Ministries of Lorain County, Lorain Interfaith Association, civic and community leaders will host a news conference at 3 p.m., Nov. 30, at Christian Temple, 940 Fifth St. in downtown Lorain to address the recent uptick in gun violence, domestic violence and fentanyl use and to offer resources, according to a news release.

In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C. that impacts Indian Country recently. On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, led an oversight hearing titled, “Fentanyl in Native Communities: Native Perspectives on Addressing the Growing Crisis.” “Fentanyl – a potent synthetic opioid – is contributing to a rapid rise in opioid-related ...

>> having walked around the city for the past couple of days and that's just not today, it is everywhere, at least here it's on the doorways on all the stores and on the side of the street and i just cannot believe that we're not dealing with this. it's not just happening in new york, it's dc, denver, seattle, small towns in colorado that are having this problem. not as big as fentanyl, but certainly homelessness. when i say we are going to do this topic it may not be terrible idea to put all the fentanyl use on one island. let them be that island and let them hash that out. i couldn't believe...

He is the chief of general medicine. thank you so much for joining us. drug overdose deaths are at record levels right now according to cdc data. how big of a problem is fentanyl use specifically and the resulting deaths in america. >> it is a huge issue. we have more than 100,000 dying every year. more than 1 million since the turn-of-the-century. with the focus on young people in particular, people under the age of 19, overdoses are the third leading cause of death. killing more people in the u.s. in cancer. most of the debts are caused by fentanyl. it is 50 times more potent than heroin. >>...