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The speaker of the House said she stayed home and raised money for fellow Democrats while streaming Netflix and cheering on her team, the Golden State Warriors

The Black-ish series finale airs Tuesday, April 19, on ABC

"Unfortunately, they're very dynamic and change over time," Dr. Tim K. Mackey tells PEOPLE

"It has hit home hard," says Desilynn Smith, whose husband Hamid Abd-Al-Jabbar died of a fentanyl overdose in 2021

Amanda Eubanks says her 13-year-old boy didn't know what drug he was taking, and got a counterfeit pill containing enough fentanyl to fatally poison him

Mom-turned-activist Virginia Krieger, and other bereaved parents, tell families what they need to know about the deadly opioid epidemic sweeping the nation

"This is what I signed up for," one service member tells PEOPLE

"I'd just lay on my stomach and read those books 'til they ran me off," the Call Me Kat star told PEOPLE at the 2021 National Celebration of Reading event on Thursday

"The word 'can't' didn't exist in his vocabulary because if he wanted something bad enough — like being a Marine — he was going to get it," Shana Chappell says of her son

"This is what I signed up for," one service member tells PEOPLE

"I'd just lay on my stomach and read those books 'til they ran me off," the Call Me Kat star told PEOPLE at the 2021 National Celebration of Reading event on Thursday

"The word 'can't' didn't exist in his vocabulary because if he wanted something bad enough — like being a Marine — he was going to get it," Shana Chappell says of her son

Hunter Lopez's family remembers his loyal, "life of the party" spirit: the dedication to serve that brought him to the Marines and the job he was doing when he died last week

“COVID killed my son but not how you think,” says Brad Hunstable, who opens up to PEOPLE about his family's devastating loss

This time was different

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

"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

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