Factbox: Oklahoma judge finds J&J liable in first trial over opioids
An Oklahoma judge on Monday ruled that Johnson & Johnson was liable for its part in fueling the opioid epidemic and ordered the drugmaker to pay $572 million following a trial in a lawsuit brought by the state’s attorney general. J&J said it would appeal the decision.
J&J liable for $572 million in Oklahoma opioid epidemic trial, but shares surge
An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson liable for fueling an opioid epidemic in the state by deceptively marketing addictive painkillers, and ordered the drugmaker to pay $572.1 million.
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow full enforcement of asylum crackdown
President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a court order preventing the government from fully enforcing a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
U.S. to seek death penalty for accused Pittsburgh synagogue shooter
U.S. prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a Pennsylvania man accused of bursting into a Pittsburgh synagogue last year with a semi-automatic rifle and shooting 11 people to death, according to court papers filed on Monday.
New Jersey officials speed up Newark lead pipe replacement with $120 million plan
New Jersey unveiled a $120 million plan on Monday to speed up the replacement of old lead pipes in Newark in response to mounting alarm about the toxic metal leaching into the drinking water in the state’s largest city.
Oklahoma judge holds J&J liable in opioid epidemic, orders $572 million damages
An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson liable for fueling an opioid epidemic in the state by deceptively marketing painkillers, and ordered the drugmaker to pay damages of $572 million.
Storm Dorian churns towards Barbados, sending island into shutdown
Tropical Storm Dorian gathered strength on Monday as it barreled west toward Barbados, where residents stocked up on food to hunker down for an onslaught of heavy wind and rain.
Florida police to unveil charges in post-hurricane nursing home deaths
Police in Hollywood, Florida, said on Monday they would unveil charges stemming from a criminal investigation of the deaths of a dozen nursing home patients in the sweltering heat of a post-hurricane power outage two years ago.
Exclusive: U.S. officials fear ransomware attack against 2020 election
(The September 26th story corrects the name of the institute to OSET from ESET in paragraph 15)
Mass shooting tips to FBI surge 70% after El Paso, Dayton massacres
The number of calls to an FBI tip line designed to head off mass shootings and other attacks surged by 70% in the week after twin massacres in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, federal officials said on Monday.
