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3 PM ET: US embassy in Lebanon tells Americans to leave, Floridians weary of battling climate change, opioid overdose deaths fall & more
CNN 5 Things
Oct 14, 2024

The US wants Americans in Lebanon out as Israel’s aerial and ground offensive against the Hezbollah militant group there continues. Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign has new proposals targeting Black male voters. Fewer than 5% of homeowners in many Central Florida counties have flood insurance. A new study by the CDC reports that overdose deaths involving opioids fell by 3% in 2023. Plus, this year’s Nobel Prize in economics goes to three men who studied why some countries are richer than others.