Drug companies urge appeals court to remove judge from U.S. opioid litigation
Eight drug companies on Tuesday urged a federal appeals court to disqualify the judge overseeing nationwide opioid litigation, in a last-ditch effort to avoid having him preside over a landmark trial in three weeks.
Factbox: In Dallas, rare conviction for police officer who shot unarmed black man
A Dallas jury on Tuesday took the rare step of convicting a police officer of murder for shooting dead Botham Jean, a 26-year-old black PwC accountant, after she accidentally walked into his apartment thinking it was her own.
Robert Mueller, who oversaw Trump-Russia probe, returns to private practice
Robert Mueller, the former special counsel who oversaw a two-year probe into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election to help Donald Trump become president, is returning to his old law firm.
Jury finds Dallas police officer guilty in shooting death of her neighbor
A Dallas jury found former police officer Amber Guyger guilty on Tuesday of murder when she accidentally walked into a neighbor’s apartment thinking it was her own and shot him dead as he ate ice cream.
U.S. government watchdog faults DEA for slow response to opioid crisis
A U.S. government watchdog on Tuesday harshly criticized the Drug Enforcement Agency for its response to the opioid crisis, saying that amid a surge in opioid-related deaths the agency failed to use its most powerful deterrent and authorized an increas…
Trump administration cannot bar states from passing own internet rules, U.S. court says
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday rejected the decision of the Federal Communications Commission to declare that states cannot pass their own net neutrality laws and ordered the agency to review some key aspects of its 2017 repeal of rules set by the Oba…
Big drone on campus: UPS gets U.S. government okay for drone airline
United Parcel Service Inc on Tuesday said it won the U.S. government’s first full approval to operate a drone airline, which gave it a lead in the nascent U.S. drone delivery business over rivals Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc.
Factbox: Vaping-related illnesses cause 13 U.S. deaths; Nebraska latest
There have been 12 deaths and 805 confirmed and probable cases so far, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest data as of Thursday.
Missouri to execute man convicted of killing ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend
A man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend’s lover in 1996 is due to be executed in Missouri on Tuesday, after a court rejected his argument that he faces cruel and unusual punishment because of a rare medical condition that would make lethal injecti…
AstraZeneca’s combo lung disease therapy fails to win FDA approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve AstraZeneca Plc’s combination therapy to treat smoker’s lung, the drugmaker said on Tuesday.
