Economy Jul 25 Court says OxyContin maker’s bankruptcy and protections for Sackler family can move forward OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma can start its transformation under a bankruptcy agreement that allows the members of the wealthy Sackler family who own the company to avoid civil lawsuits over the opioid crisis, a court has ruled. By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press
Politics Jul 25 Transgender patients sue the hospital that provided their records to Tennessee’s attorney general The lawsuit says Vanderbilt knows state leaders are hostile towards transgender rights, but didn't try to remove their personally identifying information. By Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press
Politics Jul 25 New Biden rule would make government websites, apps more accessible to people with disabilities The Biden administration is proposing new regulations to make state and local government websites and apps for services like libraries, parking, transit and court records more accessible for people with disabilities. By Associated Press
Politics Jul 25 WATCH: White House holds briefing as Education Department investigates Harvard’s legacy admissions Opening a new front in legal battles over college admissions, the U.S. Department of Education has launched a civil rights investigation into Harvard University's policies on legacy admissions. By Michael Casey, Associated Press
Jul 23 Montana health clinic must pay nearly $6 million over false asbestos claims, judge rules By Matthew Brown, Associated Press The judgement against the Center for Asbestos Related Disease clinic comes in a federal case filed by BNSF Railway in 2019 under the False Claims Act, which allows private parties to sue on the government’s behalf. Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch 7:26 Extreme heat sends thousands to ERs across the country. Here’s how to stay safe By Ali Rogin, Kaisha Young With no end in sight for the extreme heat gripping much of the nation, the sizzling temperatures can quickly become hazardous, and in some cases, deadly. Dr. Aneesh Narang, an emergency medicine physician at Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix,… Continue watching
Jul 22 WATCH: Pfizer CEO gives update on operations after tornado damages North Carolina plant By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press Most of the destruction from a tornado that tore through eastern North Carolina Wednesday and struck a large Pfizer pharmaceutical plant affected its storage facility, rather than its medicine production areas, the company said Friday. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch 7:15 Texas women testify in lawsuit claiming abortion restrictions put their lives in jeopardy By Stephanie Sy, Ali Schmitz Texas women seeking to block a portion of their state’s abortion law are in court this week testifying the strict restrictions put their lives in jeopardy. The lawsuit is believed to be the first filed by women directly impacted by… Continue watching
Jul 19 The upper house of Russian parliament approves a ban on gender changes By Associated Press The bill, which already was approved in the lower house, bans any "medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person. The only exception is medical intervention to treat congenital anomalies. Continue reading