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AMATRICE, Italy (AP) — Italian firefighters are escorting earthquake survivors back to their homes — temporarily — to get some belongings they left behind when they fled the shaking. Many homes in the three hardest-hit central Italian towns, even if they remain standing, have been declared uninhabitable by rescue crews. More than 240 people are confirmed dead from yesterday's quake. Aftershocks continue to rattle the area today.
UNDATED (AP) — Even though the maker of the EpiPen is expanding programs that help patients pay for it, the company -- Mylan -- isn't budging on the price of the emergency allergy treatment. The price of the two-dose package topped $600 earlier this year, up from about $94 just nine years ago according to a price-tracking database. And the increase has drawn anger from Congress and from families that have to pay for it. One health researcher says insurers and employers will keep having to pay the higher price. Sabrina Corlette of Georgetown University says, "Everybody suffers, except the Mylan investors."
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say a man they were questioning about a fire that killed an infant, two children and a man has been released without charge. They say the criminal investigation into the Tuesday morning blaze continues and police still believe it was arson. Police said after the fire that it appeared to have been deliberately set by someone after a domestic dispute.
SAN SIMEON, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say more than 1,800 homes are threatened by a destructive wildfire that continues to grow on California's central coast. They say the blaze has charred more than 68 square miles of dry brush and timber and destroyed 48 homes. The fire was about 40 percent surrounded. The popular tourist attraction Hearst Castle remains closed.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio officials say accidental drug overdoses killed a record 3,050 people in the state last year, or an average of eight per day. Over one-third of those were linked to the powerful painkiller fentanyl.
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