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Jan 18 2023
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W.Va. announces $83 million opioid settlement with Walgreens
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia has settled for $83 million with Walgreens for the pharmacy store chain's role in perpetuating the opioid crisis in the U.S. state with the most per capita overdose deaths, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Wednesday. That brings the total West Virginia dollars brought in from opioid litigation to more than $950 million, according to the
SFGATEJan 18 2023
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W.Va. announces $83 million opioid settlement with Walgreens
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia has settled for $83 million with Walgreens for the pharmacy store chain's role in perpetuating the opioid crisis in the U.S. state with the most per capita overdose deaths, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Wednesday. That brings the total West Virginia dollars brought in from opioid litigation to more than $950 million, according to the
Yahoo NewsJan 18 2023
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Barnett kicks back, plans to testify
WASHINGTON -- When Richard "Bigo" Barnett met with FBI agents in Bentonville on Jan. 8, 2021, he propped his feet on the desk and said, "Does this look familiar?" according to testimony in his trial on Tuesday. "I didn't know how to take it," said FBI Special Agent Jonathan Willett. Barnett apparently was mimicking the famous photo of him with his foot propped on a desk in House Speaker Nancy
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteMar 11 2023
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Economists warn of costs if Medicare covers new obesity drugs
The cost of expanding U.S. Medicare prescription drug coverage to pay for expensive, new obesity medications could be catastrophic, health economists warned in a report published on Saturday.
Big-selling diabetes drugs have been repurposed as obesity treatments after demonstrating weight loss of more than 20% in clinical trials. While they are far more effective than older drugs,
ReutersApr 08 2023
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Trump Commuted His Sentence. Now the Justice Department Is Going To Prosecute Him Again.
When Philip Esformes walked out of prison in December 2020, he'd spent four and a half years behind bars, the majority of which were in solitary confinement. He reportedly weighed about 130 pounds. He was, in many ways, a broken man. But Esformes' luck was changing: He had recently received clemency from former President Donald Trump, giving him the chance to rebuild his life after paying a
ReasonFeb 15 2023
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The Michigan State University killer was previously charged with a felony but was still able to buy guns
Years before Anthony Dwayne McRae killed three Michigan State University students and critically wounded five others, he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon – a felony that would have prevented him from being able to buy a gun if he were convicted.
That felony case never went to trial. Instead, a 2019 deal allowed McRae to plead guilty to a misdemeanor – possession of a loaded
CNN DigitalJan 13 2023
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Texas Supreme Rules Against HISD, Removes Temporary Injunction to Block State Takeover
Houston ISD trustees and administrators who'd hoped to avoid a Texas Education Agency takeover of the district got some sad Friday afternoon news today.While far from a final determination, when the Texas Supreme Court voted to lift the temporary injunction that kept the TEA Commissioner from pursuing his plan to oust the HISD board and replace it with one of his own liking — instead sending
Houston PressJan 13 2023
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HISD could face state takeover after Texas Supreme Court's decision to drop temporary injunction
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Houston ISD could face state takeover after the Texas Supreme Court removed a temporary injunction that paused the trial. The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments from both Texas Education Agency and HISD in October. MORE ON HISD TAKEOVER: TEA appeals Houston ISD takeover lawsuit ruling to Texas Supreme Court The main issue argued
Houston ChronicleJan 18 2023
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Barnett didn't understand 'big city' ways when he entered Capitol on Jan. 6, attorney says
WASHINGTON — Richard “Bigo” Barnett is “a crazy man from Arkansas who got pushed into the Capitol and put his feet up on a desk,” his attorney said in federal court on Wednesday. Joseph D. McBride, one of Barnett’s attorneys, delivered his opening statement in Barnett’s U.S. Capitol riot trial, which began Jan. 9. The government finished presenting its 12 witnesses on Wednesday afternoon.
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteJan 06 2023
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FDA fast-tracks approval of early Alzheimer’s drug
The Food and Drug Administration granted a promising Alzheimer’s treatment fast-track approval on Friday, the agency said in an announcement. Early clinical trials reported that lecanemab, an experimental drug created by Eisai and Biogen, slowed the progression of the disease, as Lois M. Collins reported for the Deseret News. What is Alzheimer’s? How can lecanemab help? The disease is an
Deseret News