U.S. state lawsuits against Purdue Pharma over opioid epidemic mount
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Litigation against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP is intensifying as six more U.S. states on Tuesday announced lawsuits, accusing the company of fueling a national opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing its prescription painkil…
U.S. judge refuses to dismiss ex-Trump aide Manafort’s criminal case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge dealt President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort a major blow on Tuesday by refusing to dismiss criminal charges brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, after Manafort claimed that Mueller’s…
U.S. agency seeks new authority to disable threatening drones
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Homeland Security Department on Tuesday told Congress that the agency needs new legal authority to track threatening drones and disable or destroy them if necessary.
Family of Waffle House victim in Nashville sues accused shooter’s father
(Reuters) – The family of one of the four people killed in last month’s shooting at a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the accused shooter’s father, saying he improperly gave his son access to weapo…
Senate aims to finish bipartisan farm bill in June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar said on Tuesday that the U.S. Senate expects to finish a bipartisan farm bill sometime in June.
U.S. state attorneys general sue Purdue Pharma over opioid epidemic
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Six more U.S. states on Tuesday announced lawsuits against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP, accusing the company of fueling a national opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing its prescription painkillers to generate billions of d…
Groups sue to stop Iowa’s ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban
(Reuters) – Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union’s Iowa branch said they sued on Tuesday to stop a state law that would impose the strictest abortion limits in the United States from taking effect.
Republican senator says EPA chief must slow refinery waivers or resign
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Republican Senator Chuck Grassley on Tuesday said Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt must scale back the use of biofuels waivers for small refineries, or else he will join other lawmakers calling for Pruitt’s resign…
Baltimore’s top cop quits after getting hit with federal tax charges
(Reuters) – Baltimore’s police commissioner resigned on Tuesday after being charged with failing to file income taxes, in another setback for the eighth-biggest U.S. police department as it grapples with high levels of violent crime.
Oklahoma woman sought in stabbing of daughter, endangering another
(Reuters) – Police in Oklahoma launched a nationwide search on Tuesday for a woman they said repeatedly stabbed and critically wounded the eldest of her three young daughters and left her in their burning house before making off with the youngest girl….
