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National

Activists Injured In 2017 Charlottesville Rally File Civil Lawsuit Against Organizers

5:29pm August 27, 2019

by Hannah Allam

Ten individuals impacted by the violence of the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., have filed a federal civil suit against two dozen organizers of the rally.

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Meek Mill addresses supporters outside of a Philadelphia courthouse on Aug. 27 following a hearing in which the 12-year-old criminal case against him was finally resolved.

Meek Mill Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor Gun Charge, Ends 12-Year Legal Case

4:54pm August 27, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

By taking a misdemeanor plea deal, Meek Mill officially closed the books on his long-running legal case Tuesday, nearly a decade after the rapper was arrested as a teenager in North Philadelphia.

Politics & Government

Is America Near The End Of Its Longest War?

4:50pm August 27, 2019

What will happen if the United States signs a peace deal with the Taliban?

Pharmaceutical Company Johnson & Johnson To Pay 4.6 Billion Dollars To 22 Women Over Baby Powder Ovarian Cancer Lawsuit

Health & Safety

Could A $572 Million Fine Help Halt The Opioid Epidemic?

4:50pm August 27, 2019

Pharmaceutical company Johnson and Johnson was ordered to pay the state of Oklahoma because of its part in the opioid epidemic.

Police officers talk to an employee at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills in Hollywood, Fla., in 2017. A number of patients died after the air conditioning stopped following Hurricane Irma, authorities said.

4 Former Staffers Face Charges Over Nursing Home Deaths After Hurricane Irma

4:18pm August 27, 2019

A dozen patients' deaths were ruled homicides. They died after Irma knocked out power to the air conditioning system at the South Florida center in 2017.

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National

Oklahoma Judge Orders Drugmaker To Pay For Its Role In Opioid Crisis

11:31am August 27, 2019

NPR's David Greene talks to attorney Sabrina Strong, who represented Johnson & Johnson, and Jackie Fortiér of State Impact Oklahoma about the verdict. The drugmaker says it will appeal.

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National

Oklahoma Is Successful In Its Suit Against Opioid Manufacturer

7:43am August 27, 2019

by Jackie Fortier

An Oklahoma judge has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million to help cover the treatment, overdose prevention and other costs of abating the opioid epidemic in the state.

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News Brief: Oklahoma Opioid Ruling, Iran Sanctions, Newark's Water

6:24am August 27, 2019

Oklahoma judge rules Johnson & Johnson is partly to blame for the state's opioid crisis. President Trump may meet with Iran's president. Protesters rally against lead in Newark's drinking water.

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State's attorney Brad Beckworth lays out one of his closing arguments in Oklahoma's case against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson at the Cleveland County Courthouse in Norman, Okla. in July. The judge in the case ruled Monday that J&J must pay $572 million to

Health & Safety

Oklahoma Wanted $17 Billion To Fight Its Opioid Crisis: What's The Real Cost?

8:18pm August 26, 2019

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The $572 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson will cover one year of addiction treatment and prevention the judge says. But health economists predict it will take decades to abate the problem.

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Death row inmate Marcus Robinson listens in 2012 as a judge concludes that racial bias played a role when he was sentenced to death. Robinson was resentenced to life, but he was sent back to death row years later after the state's Racial Justice Act was r

National

N.C. Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Racial Bias In Death Penalty Cases

7:03pm August 26, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

In 2009, the state passed a law allowing inmates to challenge their sentence if race was a "significant factor." Nearly all inmates filed claims, but the law was later repealed and the cases voided.