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What I Saw Feet Away from Biden's Swearing In: A PEOPLE Writer's Diary of Inauguration

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This time was different

Two Fla. Moms Are Helping Fight the Rise in Opioid Deaths: 'We're Facing a Disaster'

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Cindy Singer and Staci Katz founded Our2Sons after seeing their sons struggle with substance abuse

3 Transgender Women Attacked in Los Angeles While 'Callous' Bystanders Watched and Filmed

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Victims Joslyn Allen, Jaslene Busanet and Eden Estrada — all social media influencers with sizable followings — have spoken out about the attack

Parents of 10 Give 'Great Life' to 6 Adopted with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

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"We figured, if we’re already doing this for one kid, what difference will another one make?” says parent and teacher Josh Dougherty

Washington D.C. Pet Rescue Pulling Dogs from Kill Shelters to Meet Demand for Foster Pets

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"We are finding there truly is a silver lining," Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation co-founder Pam McAlwee says of COVID-19's effect on shelter pets

Friend of VA Beach Shooting Victim Ryan Keith Cox Says He Was Her 'Angel of Protection'

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During the shooting, Cox waited outside the room where his coworkers huddled on the floor beneath two desks, holding hands

A Devoted Mom, a Loving Husband, a Kind Neighbor: Remembering 12 Killed in Virginia Beach Massacre

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Twelve people were killed in a mass shooting at Virginia Beach's Municipal Center on Friday

'Super-Friendly' Arizona Woman with Down Syndrome Still Missing: 'Please Find Her'

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Sarah Galloway, 38, who vanished in March, requires help to care for herself

How the Opioid Crisis Is Changing the American Family — with Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

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More than 258,000 children are in today’s foster care system due to alcohol or drug use by parents and of those, 1 in 3 children are living with relatives, often grandparents

Woman, 21, Who Gouged Out Eyes While on Drugs Speaks Out Nearly a Year Later: 'I Can’t Give Up'

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"Accept it, analyze i, and let yourself feel what you feel," Kaylee Muthart tells PEOPLE almost a year after the incident that resulted in her blindness

Meet the Inspiring Author Who Writes Books He Wanted to Read Growing Up: 'Every Kid Knows Fear'

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“The truths are universal: Every kid knows fear. Every kid knows family and friendship. Loss, love, laughter. Everything else is just detail,” Jason Reynolds tells PEOPLE

Faces of an Epidemic: Stories of the Victims of America's Opioid Crisis — and the Fight to Save Lives

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Newlyweds, honor students and executives are just a few of the lives lost to overdoses so far in 2017

Jerry Seinfeld Empathizes with Kathy Griffin in the Wake of ‘Bad Joke’ About Donald Trump: ‘I Don’t Understand the Big Deal’

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Jerry Seinfeld is defending Kathy Griffin in the fallout of her controversial photo shoot involving a fake bloodied, severed head of President Donald Trump

'Miracle Baby' Born Addicted to Drugs: 'I Blamed Myself Every Day for What She Was Going Through,' Says Mom

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"I was terrified and worried. I know what it’s like to go through withdrawal and I never wanted that for my baby," Linda Preston tells PEOPLE

West Virginia Mom on Her Struggle with Opioid Addiction While Pregnant: 'It Was Frightening'

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"It’s just a struggle mentally and physically," Amber Clements tells PEOPLE

Inside a Mother’s Fight to Save Her Baby and Break the Cycle of Addiction: 'I Felt Guilty and Ashamed'

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When she learned her baby would be born drug-affected, Rachael Kinder was consumed by shame and guilt

My Baby Was Born Addicted to Drugs: Innovative West Virginia Clinic Nurses Newborns Through Opioid Withdrawal

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“It is still hard for me not to feel guilt, even though Kyrie is doing so great, but we’re putting that behind us and moving forward," Rachael Kinder tells PEOPLE