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Drugmaker Mallinckrodt reaches $1.6B opioid settlement

The generic drugmaker Mallinckrodt has a tentative $1.6 billion deal to settle lawsuits over its role in the U.S. opioid crisis, it announced Tuesday. The deal is intended to end hundreds of lawsuits ...

Feb 25, 2020

39 states investigating Juul's marketing of vaping products

HARTFORD, Conn. - Investigators from 39 states will look into the marketing and sales of vaping products by Juul Labs, including whether the company targeted youths and made misleading claims about ni...

Feb 25, 2020

Honolulu marathon CEO says he was abused by Michigan doctor

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The president and CEO of one of the nation's largest marathons has joined a chorus of former students who have complained about a late University of Michigan doctor by saying the ph...

Feb 25, 2020

Dior invokes #MeToo in feminist-inspired fashion show

"Consent, Consent, Consent" flashed the neon set lights at Dior's latest ready-to-wear show in Paris. It signalled that the house's first ever female designer, Maria Grazia Chiuri, would continue to e...

Feb 25, 2020

No checkout needed: Amazon opens cashier-less grocery store

NEW YORK - Amazon is aiming to kill the supermarket checkout line. The online retailing giant is opening its first cashier-less supermarket, the latest sign that Amazon is serious about shaking up the...

Feb 25, 2020

Review: 'Driving While Black' opens road to civil rights

"Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights," Liveright/W.W. Norton, by Gretchen Sorin Chuck Berry had his Cadillac. Scholar W.E.B. Du Bois drove his 1920s convertible. ...

Feb 25, 2020

Democrats unload on Bernie Sanders in likely debate preview

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Democratic rivals to Bernie Sanders are preparing to try to knock him off his front-runner perch in a debate Tuesday night before a critical South Carolina primary that could dramat...

Feb 25, 2020

China struggles to revive manufacturing amid virus outbreak

BEIJING - Factories that make the world's smartphones, toys and other goods are struggling to reopen after a virus outbreak idled China's economy. But even with the ruling Communist Party promising he...

Feb 25, 2020

'The sky is blue again': Weinstein's accusers express relief

NEW YORK - Actress Mira Sorvino broke down in tears as she described her reaction to the guilty verdict against Harvey Weinstein: relief, that the fallen movie mogul would not go unpunished. A tinge o...

Feb 25, 2020

Paramount halts 'Mission: Impossible' shoot over new virus

NEW YORK - Paramount Pictures on Monday halted production on the seventh "Mission: Impossible" film due to the new virus, as Hollywood began to more drastically adapt to the growing global outbreak. "...

Feb 25, 2020