- Four defendants have reached a tentative settlement in a landmark federal opioid trial that was slated to open this morning in Ohio.(Image credit: Darron Cummings/AP)
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Opioid Trial: 4 Companies Reach Tentative Settlement With Ohio Counties
Four defendants have reached a tentative settlement in a landmark federal opioid trial that was slated to open this morning ...
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Mulvaney Walks Back Ukraine Remarks, Admits It Wasn’t A ‘Perfect Press Conference’
The acting White House chief of staff denied what he previously said: that defense funding to Ukraine was frozen in ...
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3 Soldiers Killed In Training Accident On Fort Stewart In Georgia
The tragic early morning training exercise also resulted in three other soldiers being hospitalized. The incident involved the Bradley Fighting ...
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Partisan Divide Grows Over Opioid Settlement Plan
While most Republican attorneys general embrace Purdue Pharma’s structured bankruptcy plan, all but two Democratic attorneys general reject it. “This ...
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Poll: Number Of Americans Who Favor Stricter Gun Laws Continues To Grow
The overall percentage of Americans who support tougher gun laws is on the rise, even as the partisan divide remains ...
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Boeing Pilots Detected 737 Max Flight Control Glitch 2 Years Before Deadly Crash
One pilot messaged that the problem was “egregious” and he had “basically lied to the regulators (unknowingly)” when he had ...
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New Orleans Will Use Explosives To Topple Cranes At Hard Rock Hotel Collapse Site
A tropical storm will bring gusty winds to the area, threatening the stability of two towering cranes that remain unstable ...
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The Long, Strange Journey Of ‘Gung-Ho’
The word “gung-ho” used to mean “industrial cooperative.” So, how did it come to describe that over-eager middle-schooler taking high ...
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He Traded Single Life To Be Foster ‘Pop’ To More Than 50 Kids
Guy Bryant has fostered dozens of children over the past 12 years. At StoryCorps, he told one of his foster ...
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Drone Delivery Is One Step Closer To Reality
Walgreens is testing out delivery from store to door by drone in Virginia, and UPS won approval to expand air ...
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City Council Votes To Close New York’s Notorious Rikers Island Jail Complex
The city expects to reduce its jail population by more than half by 2026 and plans to relocate prisoners in ...
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Energy Secretary Rick Perry To Resign
As the country’s 14th secretary of energy, Perry leads an agency he once vowed to eliminate. He has emerged as ...
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New England Nor’easter Storm Shuts Power Off For Hundreds Of Thousands
A powerful and intense coastal storm has pummeled several states with heavy rain and strong winds, downing power lines and ...
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4th Defendant Arrested In Alleged Campaign Contribution Scheme Linked To Giuliani
David Correia, who was listed as one of four defendants in a grand jury indictment issued last week, has surrendered ...
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Chicago Teachers Will Go On Strike, Capping Years Of Social Justice Activism
For the second time in seven years, Chicago Public Schools teachers will be on strike starting Thursday, walking out of ...
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Veteran enterprise exec Bob Stutz is heading back to SAP
Bob Stutz has had a storied career with enterprise software companies including stints at Siebel Systems, SAP, Microsoft and Salesforce. He announced on Facebook last ...
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Should we rethink the politics of ‘blocking’?
Jillian C. York Contributor Share on Twitter Jillian C. York is the director for international freedom of expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Years ago, ...
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The Los Angeles Fire Department wants more drones
As it looks to modernize its operations, the Los Angeles Fire Department is turning to a number of new technologies including expanding its fleet of ...
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