News in Numbers
Age of Brandon Wentz when he fatally overdosed on heroin and fentanyl last year. He was the mayor of the small Pennsylvania town called Mount Carbon.
Increase in homes placed under contract in the Crystal City, Va., area from last November to this November, the month that Amazon announced it would build a new headquarters there.
Employees accidentally invited to a potluck hosted by Utah's Department of Corrections. The evite was only meant for 80 people, but a technology glitch sent it to almost the entire state workforce.
Day that Pennsylvania is distributing naloxone, the drug that reverses opioid overdoses, to the public for free at 80 select locations -- mostly government health offices.
Americans with an immediate family member who has been incarcerated in jail or prison, which represents nearly half the population, according to a first-of-its-kind study.
Children who are U.S. citizens who could lose their health insurance if their noncitizen parents take them off Medicaid or CHIP because of a Trump administration proposal to penalize legal immigrants for using certain government benefits. It would hurt their chances of getting green cards or permanent residency status.
Public safety agencies in America that use drones. The latest to start is the New York City Police Department, which will use them for searches and rescues, car crash investigations and monitoring crowds at large events, among other things.
Price that Richland, Wash., pays to have its recycling hauled away. It used to receive $16 per ton for its recyclables. Since China drastically cut back this year on the used paper and plastic it buys from America, the U.S. recycling market has suffered.
Number of abortions in 2015, which is the lowest since Roe v. Wade legalized the procedure in 1973. It represents a 24 percent decline from 2006.
Children who have became uninsured in 2017, the first time the children's uninsured rate has risen since at least 2008.
Time a Georgia woman spent in jail because a drug test falsely labeled a bag of cotton candy as methamphetamine.
People still missing more than two weeks after California's "Camp Fire," which was finally fully contained on Sunday. It was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state's history, killing at least 85.
Openly gay and transgender people who will be serving in state legislatures come January, which is a record high. Before the midterms, there were only 119.
People who have become ill from consuming turkey in the past year, as of Nov. 5. Health officials have yet to pinpoint the salmonella outbreak to a single source.
Return on investment the city of Philadelphia would get from putting $3.5 million a year toward legal services for low-income renters facing eviction. It would elicit $45.2 million in annual savings, according to the Philadelphia Bar Association.
Total state spending for fiscal 2018, which is a record high. The increase is largely driven by higher income tax revenues that resulted from last year's federal tax changes.
DUI convictions that could be thrown out in New Jersey because a state trooper tampered with the sobriety tests.
Residents of Butte County, Calif., who were not signed up for emergency alerts at the time of the Camp Fire, which has become the deadliest wildfire in the state's history.
Age required to buy a semiautomatic assault rifle in Washington state, where voters passed comprehensive gun control last week. The new law also includes secure gun storage requirements, enhanced background checks and waiting periods for firearms.
State or local candidates endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America who won last week.
Politicians facing allegations of abuse or sexual misconduct who won reelection bids last week. As of Friday morning, one race was still undecided.
States where Democrats have a "trifecta" -- control of the state House, Senate and governor's office. They solidified power on Tuesday in Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Nevada, New Mexico and New York. Republicans have 22 trifectas, including in Alaska, which they captured on Tuesday.
Net worth of J.B. Pritzker, the governor-elect of Illinois. Once he takes office, he will be the richest sitting politician in the country, surpassing President Trump, whose net worth is $3.1 billion.
The last time only one state legislature was under divided control in the entire country, which is the case after Tuesday's elections.
The governors' races rated as tossups. They are in Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
People who voted early, as of Friday morning, which is more than the 27 million who voted early in 2014, the last major midterm election.
States that have added some version of the "right to live free from governmental intrusion" in their constitutions. New Hampshire could be the next, depending on the outcome of a ballot measure next week.
The number of people who could receive health coverage if Idaho voters approve Proposition 2 on Tuesday. The ballot initiative was recently endorsed by the state's Republican governor, Butch Otter.
