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Lawsuits ramp up pressure on family that owns opioid company

Purdue Pharma owners accused of downplaying risks

DATE: Jan 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Taking a look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press...

DATE: Jan 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Taking a look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked the...

DATE: Jan 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Investors, farmers guessing as shutdown delays crop reports

DES MOINES, Iowa – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday that it must delay the release of key crop reports because of the partial government shutdown, leaving investors and fa...

DATE: Jan 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘Ear Hustle’ host freed, but prison podcast will go on

OAKLAND, Calif. – In California, inmates typically are granted parole by doing good deeds or showing they have been rehabilitated by becoming pastors, drug counselors or youth advocates. For...

DATE: Jan 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ryan Zinke defends legacy as he leaves office

Former Interior secretary faces ethics investigations

DATE: Jan 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘The toughest year’: Immigration dominated ’18

NEW YORK – Children torn from parents, refugees turned away and a relentless stream of changes to immigration regulation and enforcement. To those who champion President Donald Tr...

DATE: Dec 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Richard Overton, 112, was America’s oldest man

Richard Overton was in his mid-30s when he began serving in World War II. It was perhaps the most important thing he did with his life, but it was far from the last. Overton, who ...

DATE: Dec 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

EPA targets Obama crackdown on mercury from coal plants

Agency says mercury reduction may not be worth the cost

DATE: Dec 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Amid 2018’s tragedies were moments of compassion and duty

Deadliest shooting at an American high school: Parkland, Florida. Deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century: Paradise, California. Deadliest attack on Jews in American histo...

DATE: Dec 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

A child calling Santa reached NORAD instead. Christmas Eve was never the same.

Col. Harry Shoup was a real by-the-book guy. At home, his two daughters were limited to phone calls of no more than three minutes (monitored by an egg timer) and were automaticall...

DATE: Dec 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World