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Settlement Reached on Purdue/Sackler Lawsuit
NRV News - Virginia
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June 17, 2025
Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced that 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 family. The Sackler...
Thank you for the veto, now let’s squarely address Mukilteo’s challenges
Lynnwood Times - Washington State
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June 25, 2025
Thank you, Mayor Marine, for vetoing the councilmanic sales tax. Now let’s turn our attention to other pressing matters facing the city. We need 10% cuts immediately – as I outlined in detail last September and October, both at the dais and in...
Attorneys general in Kentucky, Indiana recover millions in opioid settlements
WDRB - Kentucky
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June 16, 2025
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita recovered millions of dollars from Purdue Pharma as part of news settlements for its role in the opioid crisis. Coleman announced a...
Mayor pays tribute to five at Gracie Mansion Caribbean-American Heritage event
Caribbean Life - New York
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July 2, 2025
On Monday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams honored four Caribbean nationals during his annual grand Caribbean-American Heritage Month Celebration at Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s official residence on East 88th St., Upper East Side, Manhattan. The...
AG Miyares Announces $7.4 Billion Purdue, Sackler Settlement
The Roanoke Star News - Virginia
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June 17, 2025
Attorney General Jason Miyares yesterday announced that 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 family. The Sackler...
Indiana Attorney General Rokita Helps Deliver $7.4B Opioid Settlement
Ink Free News - Indiana
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June 16, 2025
InkFreeNews.com Posted Jun 16, 2025 Updated: Jun 16, 2025 @ 2:26 PM News Release INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, alongside 55 other Attorneys General, has secured a landmark $7.4 billion settlement with the Sackler family and...
Tennessee Attorney General Joins 55 AG Coalition For $7.4 Billion Purdue Settlement
The Chattanoogan - Tennessee
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June 16, 2025
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti on Monday announced that 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...
First 2 Steward hospitals fetch little at auction
Vero News
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August 1, 2024
The first two hospitals of the bankrupt Steward Health Systems chain have been sold at auction for a mere pittance, and Steward is closing two other hospitals it was trying to auction in Massachusetts for lack of any bidders. But those...
Air Force brother and Army sister deliver medical transport in joint mission
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 2, 2024
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES 08.02.2024 U.S. Army 1st Lt. Sarah Krieger, Tripler Army Medical Center nurse, was coordinating an air medical transport operation for a patient when she realized her brother, U.S. Air Force Capt....
Ohio to receive up to $198 million from $7.4 billion Purdue settlement
Northwest Signal - Ohio
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COLUMBUS – The attorneys general of 49 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories recently signed on to a $7.4-billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family, its owners, according to Attorney General Dave Yost. Local...
Connecting minorities in medicine
University of Miami
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The University of Miami Center for Global Black Studies and the Cardiovascular Research Empowerment Workforce (CREW) program at the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine brought minority students together to welcome undergraduates from the U.S....
Dozens of Illegal Aliens Working at Meat Processing Plant with Stolen IDs Screened with E-Verify
JudicialWatch.org
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June 24, 2025
Corruption Chronicles | June 24, 2025 Years after Judicial Watch reported that the government’s system to verify if employees are authorized to work legally in the United States approved hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, federal...
Summer reads from the Western community
Western University
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June 24, 2025
If your summer travels aren’t taking you far this year, books from authors within the Western community have you covered – whisking you from the highlands of Scotland to a historical train ride in France or off into a mystical forest and on to the...
UVI Opens New Medical Research & Training Center in St Thomas
Virgin Islands News Online
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A group of dignitaries and invited guests, including Governor Albert A. Bryan Jr and Dr. David Hall (center left and center right, respectively) gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Orville E. Kean Campus in St Thomas on Tuesday, July 30,...
MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – June 23, 2025
I News Cayman
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June 24, 2025
June 23, 2025 Aruba shines as host of FCCA PAMAC Destination Summit Aruba hosted one of the most memorable Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) PAMAC Destination Summits last week, drawing cruise executives, destination representatives, and...
Delaware County DA joins chorus calling to leave drug program funding in place
Delaware County Daily Times - Pennsylvania
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June 24, 2025
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer is joining other elected officials across the country asking federal elected representatives to oppose sections of President Donald Trump’s proposed budget that would slash funding for a drug...
Relay for Life To Rally Local Community on St. Croix in Fight Against Cancer
St. Thomas Source
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May 22, 2025
Port Hamilton Refining and Transportation PHRT took to the track in the 2024 Relay for Life event on St. Croix. (Source photo by Diana Dias) The U.S. Virgin Islands community will come together Saturday and Sunday for the American Cancer Society’s...
EXECUTION IN ST. THOMAS: EX-BOYFRIEND CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AFTER BULLET TO EX-GIRLFRIEND’S HEAD
Times Caribbean
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May 22, 2025
EXECUTION IN ST. THOMAS: EX-BOYFRIEND CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AFTER BULLET TO EX-GIRLFRIEND’S HEAD St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – May 22, 2025 In a chilling case of domestic violence turned deadly, Dana Joseph Jr., 35, has been charged...
From Nuclear Power to Empowering People: Meet MMN1 Valdez
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 24, 2025
Machinist’s Mate (Nuclear) 1st Class Eduardo Valdez, a native of Bridgeton, New Jersey, serves as a nuclear field coordinator with Navy Talent Acquisition Group Miami. Valdez reported to the command in May and serves as the primary point of...
AARP Commits Thousands of Dollars to Strengthen 7 Communities Across Pennsylvania
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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$73,664 in grants aims to help residents of all ages, especially older adults, improve how they live, move, and stay connected in their neighborhoods through innovative local projects HARRISBURG, Pa., June 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AARP announced...