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The opioid epidemic continued to surge in 2022, killing record numbers of Americans, but help may be on the way in the form of more aid to communities and major reforms in opioid addiction treatment.

The Planet Money newsletter rounds up some new economics studies.

In addition to surveillance video, police say an "examination of [Joseph Michael Schreiber's] social media account also shows multiple anti-Islamic posts and comments."

The National Basketball Association says teams are no longer allowed to criticize one another on social media accounts. Two National Hockey League teams went into full mocking mode of the NBA memo.

When other users saw Stone's profile, they reported it, thinking it was an imposter. The star of Basic Instinct tweeted at Bumble, pleading: "Don't shut me out of the hive." Her account was restored.

When Lonia Haeger's camper got trapped in ice in northern Norway, she created a Tinder account and got a match. Stian Lauluten came to the rescue with a bulldozer and helped free the camper.

Born in 1900, Anna Stoehr has seen dramatic shifts in technology. But when the Minnesota woman tried to create a Facebook account, she hit a snag. The service couldn't handle her early birthdate.

Writer TOBIAS WOLFF. Terry talked with him in 1989 after the release of his acclaimed memoir, "This Boy's Life" about his unhappy upbringing in a working-class town in Washington State in the late 1950s. The book was adapted for screen; the movie version stars Robert DeNiro, and Ellen Barkin. Last month WOLFF was nominated for the National Book Award for his memoir "In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War" (Alfred A. Knopf). The book is an account of his tour in Vietnam. WOLFF also worked as a reporter for The Washington Post, and has written two highly regarded collections of short stories. (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 1/31/89).

Writer TOBIAS WOLFF has been nominated for the National Book Award for his memoir "In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War" (Alfred A. Knopf). The book is an account of WOLFF's tour in Vietnam. WOLFF is also the author of two short story collections, a novella, and "This Boy's Life," a memoir about his childhood.

HANAN MIKHAIL-ASHRAWI, former spokesperson for the P-L-O from 1991 to 1993. ASHRAWI was the chief spokesperson for the Palestinian delegation at the Middle East peace negotiations. There are two books about her life and her role in the peace process: her personal account, This Side of Peace (Simon & Schuster), and A Voice of Reason: Hanan Ashrawi and Peace in the Middle East by Barbara Victor (Harcourt Brace).