Trump's high-risk, low-reward trip to Mexico is sort of baffling; Supreme Court won't let North Carolina use strict voting law; Risky alone, deadly together; 3.7-billion-year-old fossils may be the oldest signs of life on Earth, scientists say; Brazilian President Rousseff ousted in impeachment vote; Attendance fraud at patent office cheated taxpayers out of millions, watchdog finds; Tropical Storm Hermine could trigger dangerous storm surge and flooding in Florida; Trump repeatedly claims more Hispanics are in poverty under Obama. He's repeatedly wrong.; A record number of Americans now dislike Hillary Clinton; Most young people don't vote. Condescending to them isn’t helping.; Latino influx is upending GOP politics in Florida ; Russia claims responsibility for airstrike that killed senior Islamic State militant; The largest-ever survey of elephants in Africa reveals startling declines; Mother of three survives a car crash — only to be gunned down by the other driver, police say; Here’s how scientists got dogs to lie still in a brain scanner for eight minutes; I'm a woman who dines alone. How do I make friends so I can bypass the two-person reservation minimum?; | | | | The day's most important stories | | | | Risky alone, deadly together | While death rates are falling for blacks and Hispanics in middle age, whites are dying prematurely in growing numbers, particularly white women. One reason: a big increase in overdoses, primarily from opioids, but also from anti-anxiety drugs, which are often prescribed in tandem. | By Kimberly Kindy and Dan Keating • Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071 | | | | | | | |