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Nov 02 2022
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Pharmacies Agree to Pay $13.8 Billion in Opioid Lawsuit Settlements
CVS, Walmart and Walgreens have tentatively agreed to pay about $13.8 billion to resolve state opioid suits, according to reports across the political spectrum.
Key Quotes: The settlements with the pharmacies "will bring billions of additional dollars to communities that are desperate for funds to combat the epidemic" of opioid addiction, said Paul Geller, one of the lawyers who
Reuters Fox Business CNN (Online News)Feb 21 2024
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Chicago City Council approves new restrictions on dollar stores
CHICAGO (CBS) -- The City Council on Wednesday approved an ordinance that will place new regulations on dollar stores in Chicago. The ordinance prohibits so-called "small-box retailers" from opening within one mile of another such store owned by the same company. It passed by a vote of 42-7. The restrictions apply to any store between 4,000 and 17,500 square feet that "continuously offers or
CBS News (Online)Feb 26 2024
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Health package talks break down amid broader spending feud
Lawmakers who hoped to address price transparency and lower drug costs are instead negotiating a smaller health care package after talks broke down again amid a broader stalemate over government funding.
They are now working on a pared-down deal that could exclude the vast majority of health proposals previously in the works, including legislation to codify and strengthen price
Roll CallJan 24 2024
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Walgreens settles with state for $275,000 over alleged violations
The Vermont Office of Professional Regulation and Walgreens have settled for $275,000 over claims that the company’s policies caused unsafe conditions for patients and staff at pharmacies around the state between 2020 and 2022. The Vermont Board of Pharmacy unanimously approved the fine Wednesday morning, resolving charges state regulators brought against Walgreens in June 2022. “I am proud of
VT DiggerFeb 01 2024
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Far-left Rep. Ayanna Pressley accuses Walgreens of racism over Boston store closure
The recent closure of a Boston-area Walgreens is tied to racism, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) claimed earlier this week. The member of the far-left “Squad” of congressional Democrats accused the Illinois-based company of engaging in a “life-threatening act of racial and economic discrimination” over its decision to shutter a pharmacy Wednesday in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, a
New York Post (News)Feb 12 2024
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Glendale man, his girlfriend arrested and accused in baby's death
A Glendale man and his girlfriend have been arrested on suspicion of murder charges in the death of her one-year-old son. Officers took Francisco Higuera and Maria Machado-Perez into custody on Friday, Feb. 9. They say she ran into a CVS Pharmacy with her son on Thursday and asked for help because he wasn't breathing. Paramedics took the child to Banner Thunderbird Medical Center where he was
FOX 10 PhoenixFeb 11 2024
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Florida father fends off kidnapper who snatched four-year-old son; suspect in custody
Miami prosecutors charged a man Friday accused of attempting to kidnap a boy in broad daylight — only to be thwarted by the boy’s father. Authorities said they took Nicolas Sternaman, 26, into custody on aggravated child abuse charges after he was accused of snatching a four-year-old boy at a CVS Pharmacy in Miami Beach. Police said the incident took place just before noon Thursday in the
Washington TimesFeb 07 2024
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Suspect shot by officer in Fayetteville armed robbery charged, police say
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — A suspect who was shot by an officer on Monday after an armed robbery at a Fayetteville pharmacy has been charged, according to the Fayetteville Police Department. Police said that Christopher Eaton. 28, has been charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, second-degree kidnapping and possession of stolen goods. Around 12:39 p.m. Tuesday, police said officers
CBS 17Feb 07 2024
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Man shot by Fayetteville police charged in armed robbery
A man shot by police after an armed robbery at a Ramsey Street pharmacy Tuesday has been charged in the heist, the Fayetteville Police Department announced Wednesday. Christopher Eaton, 28, is charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, second-degree kidnapping and possession of stolen goods in the hold-up at CVS about 12:40 p.m., according to a news release. Police said Tuesday that the
The Fayetteville ObserverFeb 01 2024
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‘Walgreens Isn’t A Welfare Agency’: Jesse Watters Mocks ‘Squad’ Member Who Called Store Closure Racist
Fox News host Jesse Watters roasted Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts Thursday for claiming the closure of a Walgreens in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston was due to racism. Walgreens closed the store, citing changes in consumer buying habits and the market, according to NBC Boston. Watters called out Pressley after she blasted the drug store chain in a Tuesday speech on the
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