A bill to make abortion legal throughout the U.S. was defeated in the Senate on Wednesday, amid solid Republican opposition. Democrats had sought to head off an impending Supreme Court opinion that is expected to overturn the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision that established the national right to abortion. Wednesday's effort was a protest gesture that never stood much chance of success. All 50 Republicans and Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin.voted to block the bill.

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A record number of Americans died from drug overdoses in 2021 after an estimated 100,000 were reported dead, according to a new study by the National Center for Health Statistics. On Wednesday, the NCHS published an updated study that found that approximately 107,622 Americans died as a result of drug overdoses in 2021, an increase of 15% from the estimated 93,655 deaths that were reported in 2020. 

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At the height of its powers the pocket-sized music player known as the iPod shifted tens of millions of units each year, helping Apple conquer the globe and transforming the music industry. But that was the 2000s -- a lifetime ago in the tech industry. After years of declining sales, the tech giant announced it was stopping production after 21 years. Social media was awash with tributes tagged "iPod RIP" to the iconic device.

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Who is credited for inventing the iPod (hint: it's not Steve Jobs), and what was the first song played on Apple's iTunes proprietary software?

Wednesday's answer: Joe Theismann became the first active NFL player to call a Super Bowl in 1985, joining fellow former QBs Frank Gifford and Don Meredith in the broadcast booth for Super Bowl XVIII.