CVS, Walgreens to pay $10B in opioid settlements
The two largest U.S. pharmacy chains, CVS Health and Walgreen Co., announced agreements in principle Wednesday (Nov. 2) to pay about $5 billion each to settle lawsuits nationwide over the…
Illinois ticket buyers dream of Powerball win
The odds of winning the $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. But that hasn’t stopped lottery ticket buyers from dreaming (Nov. 2) (AP Video: Teresa Crawford)
Oregon hospital employee under investigation after posting video mocking patient
SALEM, Ore. — An employee at Salem Health in Oregon is under investigation after posting a video on social media mocking a patient’s suffering. In the video, uploaded Monday morning to…
Parkland school shooter sentenced to life in prison, concluding lengthy and painful trial
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Two days of emotional hearings concluded Wednesday when a judge sentenced Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz to life in prison without parole. The sentence, handed down by Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer,…
AP Top Stories November 2 P
Here’s the latest for Wednesday November 2nd: Biden, the optimist, wrestles with election, other worries; Russia rejoins key deal on Ukrainian grain exports; Fed unleashes another rate hike, hints at…
Arrest in wounding of 2 Newark police officers
Authorities have apprehended the suspect charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting and wounding two Newark police officers. Police took 30-year-old Kendall Howard into custody shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday.…
Department of Justice announces 21 arrests in takedown of nationwide catalytic converter theft ring
Twenty-one people have been charged with crimes in connection to a nationwide catalytic converter theft ring that raked in over half a billion dollars, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.…
Parkland school killer formally sentenced to life
Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz has been formally sentenced to life in prison without parole. Before Cruz was sentenced, parents and other relatives of Cruz’s victims spent two days telling…
Making daylight saving permanent could save more than 30,000 deer every year, study suggests
A new study suggests that making daylight saving permanent would reduce the number of deer-vehicle collisions, potentially saving thousands of deer and dozens of human lives. The study, published Wednesday in…
What to know about Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano
The ground is shaking and swelling at Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, indicating that it could erupt. Scientists say they don’t expect that to happen right…