NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a New York lawsuit against opioid drug companies (all times local): Noon The company and family behind the creation of OxyContin say New York state’s lawsuit against them baselessly blames...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The upstart nation was a den of intellectual piracy. One of its top officials urged his countrymen to steal and copy foreign machinery. Across the ocean, a leading industrial power tried in vain to guard its...
Read MorePETOSKEY, Mich. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan says it has reached an agreement with Meijer on policy changes and training after a pharmacist at one of the retailer’s stores refused to fill a...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Purchasing a home just became a lot cheaper, thanks mostly to the Federal Reserve’s decision to put its interest rate hikes on hold for now. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average 30-year fixed rate...
Read MoreALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The Latest on the alleged abduction of an Algerian media group’s CEO (all times local): 4:20 p.m. An Algerian media company says its chief executive has been released several hours after what it...
Read MoreHOUSTON (AP) — The chief executive of a Houston-area petrochemical storage company has apologized more than a week after a fire erupted, causing school closures , an order for residents to stay indoors and the partial closure of...
Read MoreWORTHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Sunoco is cutting ties with a Pennsylvania gas station owner after his digital billboard down the street flashed a racial slur and praised the acquittal of a white police officer in the fatal shooting of...
Read MorePIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has signed into law a pair of bills aimed at potential protests against the planned Keystone XL oil pipeline. Noem signed the bills Wednesday, calling them a “proactive...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans signed contracts to purchase homes in February after a big gain the previous month. The National Association of Realtors says that its pending home sales index slipped 1 percent to 101.9. That...
Read MoreORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney is eliminating smoking areas at its theme and water parks in California and Florida. The company said in a statement on Thursday that smoking also won’t be allowed at the ESPN Wide World of...
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