Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4 billion in settlement to lawsuits over the toll of OxyContin
Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a ...
Left-hander A.J. Minter and Mets finalize 2-year contract
Left-hander A.J. Minter and the New York Mets finalized a two-year contract on Thursday. Minter can opt out after the 2025 World Series and become a free agent again. The ...
FEMA faces shakeup under Trump while it wrestles with disasters on both coasts
President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to recent wildfires in California and last ...
Suburban Seattle officer gets over 16 years in prison for fatally shooting a homeless man
A suburban Seattle police officer was sentenced Thursday to over 16 years in prison for the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man he was trying to arrest for disorderly conduct, marking the first ...
Cornerback Mike Sainristil is the other standout rookie fueling the Commanders’ long playoff run
Jayden Daniels is the Washington Commanders rookie everyone is talking about in the playoffs, and with good reason. However, he is not the only member of their 2024 draft class ...
Benioff: CEOs of today will be last to manage just humans
The CEOs of today will be the last to manage all-human workforces, according to Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. Benioff made the comments in Davos, Switzerland Wednesday ...
Colorado DNA analyst appears on forgery charges as validity of more than 500 cases in doubt
A former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA scientist is facing 102 criminal charges, including dozens of counts of forgery, after authorities said she cut corners and ...
Plenty of college reps helped Jayden Daniels and Bo Nix make an immediate impact in the NFL
Jayden Daniels threw 1,438 passes in 55 college games over five seasons. He’s been no ordinary rookie because he played plenty of football before coming to the NFL. Same for Bo Nix, who was a ...
Supreme Court allows small business registration rule to take effect, aimed at money laundering
The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a requirement that owners of millions of small businesses register with an arm of the Treasury Department charged with fighting money ...
Bill Belichick and North Carolina have a signed contract for his hiring as football coach
North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick and school officials have signed his official employment contract, formalizing last month’s hiring after speculation that the six-time Super ...
Fatal crash on Hwy 4 in Pittsburg closes lanes, halts BART service
Multiple lanes of eastbound Highway 4 in Pittsburg are shut down after a fatal crash early Thursday morning, according to the ...
Wall of ice the size of Rhode Island heading toward penguin-packed island off Antarctica
The world’s biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals. The ...