This hour: pain, pharma, and the birth of a nation plagued by opioid abuse and overdose. We talk to Beth Macy , author of Dopesick , about her investigation into the development, marketing, and widespread effect of OxyContin -- a prescription drug produced by Stamford, Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma . To what extent is the company responsible for America’s ongoing opioid addiction crisis? We take an in-depth look and we also hear from you.

Nearly ninety-percent of Americans own a smartphone. On average, we spend more than four hours a day on our phones, which adds up to about 56 full days a year. That's like sealing yourself in a room on the first day of summer and not emerging until the kids head back to school.

Editors Note: Some of the documents linked in this report contain terms that readers may find offensive. Owen Lynch likes to keep to himself, even when he's playing a video game against 100 other players. His survival strategy in games is much like his strategy in life -- avoid other people.

After Naomi Osaka won the first set against Serena Williams during Saturday's U.S. Open Women's Final, chair umpire Carlos Ramos gave Williams a warning for receiving help from her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, who was sitting in the stands. She asked Ramos to take it back. She told him she doesn't cheat. Ramos didn't take it back. After that, it got ugly.

From self-driving cars to all-electric Teslas, Silicon Valley is imagining an automobile beyond the internal combustion engine and steering wheel we all grew up with. Meanwhile, app-based companies like Uber and Lyft are radically shifting the way we interact with cars.

With school in session and safety top of mind for parents, students, teachers and politicians, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is demanding clarity and accountability from U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

Here's the money quote from a recent Washington Post story on entertainment in the Trump era : "People look at politics when deciding how they feel about a host or actor. Pop culture has now become one more thing that divides us, just like cable news and social media." The Nose couldn't pass that up, and this not-quite-The-Nose show can't pass it up either.

A new exhibit at the New Britain Museum of American Art celebrates the history of the Farmington arts scene, a little known but influential chapter in American art. "Art in Farmington Village” spans over 100 years, from the late 18th century to the early 20th century. The art produced in Farmington during that time reflects overarching trends in American and European fine art, like Hudson River School, Impressionism, Pre-Raphaelite and Barbizon School. The first artists to come to Farmington,

Sitting in his tidy apartment in Bridgeport, Jose Zabala, 38, described crossing the U.S. border in 2001 when a major earthquake hit El Salvador. The disaster allowed him to receive legal protection known as Temporary Protected Status or TPS.

When you put your recycling into those big blue bins on the curb for garbage night, do you ever think about where all that trash goes?