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Ritz cracker recall raises allergy concerns nationwide
FoodChain Magazine - Florida
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July 10, 2025
Subscribe to our free newsletter today to keep up to date with the latest food industry news. In a significant food safety alert, Mondelēz Global LLC has issued a voluntary recall of select Ritz Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches due to a packaging...
Attorneys general reach $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma over opioid crisis
Palmetto State News - South Carolina
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June 16, 2025
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that all 55 attorneys general from eligible states and U.S. territories have agreed to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The agreement aims to...
State to receive up to $105.6 million from settlement with Purdue Pharma
Tacoma Weekly - Washington State
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SEATTLE 6/16/2025 – Attorney General Nick Brown today announced that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler...
Charley Hull’s Amundi Evian Championship run ends in heartbreak as she is taken off course due to illness: Reports
Sportskeeda
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July 10, 2025
Charley Hull withdrew from the 2025 Amundi Evian Championship on Thursday after experiencing a medical issue during the opening round at the Evian Resort Golf Club in France. The 29-year-old English golfer completed just three holes before...
South Dakota to receive $10.1 million as part of $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma
Mitchell Daily Republic - South Dakota
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June 16, 2025
PIERRE — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced Monday that South Dakota is expected to receive an estimated $10.1 million as its share of a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The...
Alabama joins $7.4 billion opioid settlement with major pharmaceutical company
AL.com - Alabama
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June 16, 2025
Attorney General Steve Marshall on Monday announced Alabama is part of a nationwide $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The Sackler family has informed 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible...
AG Marshall announces $7.4 billion national opioid crisis settlement with Purdue Pharma, Sackler family
1819 News
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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Monday announced a nationwide $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The Sackler family has informed the 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and...
Purdue Pharma reaches $7.4 billion settlement over opioid crisis
Buckeye Reporter - Ohio
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June 16, 2025
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. | https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/About-AG/Dave-YostOhio Attorney General Dave Yost. | https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/About-AG/Dave-Yost Attorney General Dave Yost has announced that 49 states, the...
Ohio joins Purdue Pharma settlement with all but 1 state, D.C., 5 territories
Journal News - Ohio
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ExploreOhio Bureau of Workers’ Comp. drops Oxycontin, cites safer alternativeYost said that the attorneys general of every state but Oklahoma, along with the District of Columbia and American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Northern...
55 attorneys general sign on to $7.4B Purdue Pharma, Sackler family settlement
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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Attorneys general across the country are uniting in a historic opioid settlement. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin and Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that all 55 attorneys general, representing all states and U.S....
MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – July 7, 2025
I News Cayman
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July 8, 2025
Big wins for USVI in federal tax bill Teri Helenese While portions of the new federal tax bill have sparked concern, the U.S. Virgin Islands secured several long-sought victories — thanks to determined, bipartisan advocacy led in part by Virgin...
Operation Maverick's Armistice: A collaborative Air National Guard exercise in agile combat training
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 10, 2025
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES 07.10.2025 JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. -- In a formidable display of readiness and collaboration, more than 800 mission-ready Air National Guard members gathered at the Air Dominance Center in...
HHS Regional Office Shutdowns Threaten Public Health From The Ground Up
Black Enterprise
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June 13, 2025
Medicare is a federal health program governed by statutes and regulations, said Andrew Tsui, a partner at Arnall Golden Gregory who has co-written about the regional office closings. ‘All public health is local’: Experts sound alarm on...
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists share studies on reef mapping with NUWC Division Newport workforce
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 10, 2025
NEWPORT, R.I. – Dr. T. Aran Mooney, Dr. Seth McCammon and Dr. Yogesh Girdhar from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Massachusetts shared their studies on coral reefs, mapping sounds and the use of autonomous underwater vehicles...
Flying? See TSA list of banned, permitted items. Some may surprise you
The Palm Beach Post - Florida
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The Transportation Security Administration has a very long list of items not permitted if you're flying. Some items are obvious, although people do still try to bring loaded firearms onto a plane. Some items allowed in a carry-on or checked bag...
USDOE cuts PSS grant by 24%
Marianas Variety
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Jacqueline Che THE U.S. Department of Education has reduced federal grant funding to the CNMI Public School System by $4.5 million, or 24%, for school year 2025-2026. The funding cut is part of more than $6 billion withheld nationwide after many...
Can you buy weed with a credit card? It's complicated.
Yahoo Finance
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Whether you regularly purchase cannabis edibles or dabble in tinctures, it feels like weed is everywhere now. About 75% of Americans live in a state where marijuana is legal for recreational or medical use, and 79% of Americans live in a county...
USVI: Trump signs bill to keep rum tax rate @ $13.25 benefiting U.S. Territories
Virgin Islands News Online
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Diageo USVI. Photo: VIC VI CONSORTIUM WASHINGTON D.C., USA- President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” into law on July 4, securing a historic victory for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands by permanently...
Officers ambushed at Texas ICE facility
Longview News-Journal - Texas
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Tensions over the federal government’s immigration agenda erupted into violence 25 miles from downtown Fort Worth. A group of 10 to 12 people ambushed corrections and police officers July 4 outside the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado,...
Guest Oped: EPA is Cleaning Up Trenton’s Historic Potteries Site
The Trentonian - New Jersey
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July 9, 2025
By Michael Martucci, Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Region 2 If you grew up in Trenton, you may remember the tall brick smokestacks and kilns that dotted the skyline. The East Trenton and Top Road neighborhoods were...