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Purdue Pharma begins Chapter 11 bankruptcy journey
Sep 17, 2019 by Rick Watts
By TOM MURPHY and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO NEW YORK (AP) — Purdue Pharma gets its day in court Tuesday after the OxyContin maker filed for bankruptcy and negotiated a potential multi-billion dollar settlement to resolve thousands…
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No Deal: Auto workers strike against GM in contract dispute
Sep 16, 2019 by Rick Watts
By TOM KRISHER and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER DETROIT (AP) — More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with…
PG&E reaches $11B deal with California wildfire insurers
Sep 13, 2019 by Rick Watts
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric and a group of insurers announced Friday they reached an $11 billion settlement to cover most of the claims from wildfires in California in 2017 and 2018.…
18 years later, America vows to ‘never forget’ 9/11
Sep 11, 2019 by Rick Watts
By KAREN MATTHEWS and JENNIFER PELTZ NEW YORK (AP) — Americans commemorated 9/11 with solemn ceremonies and vows Wednesday to “never forget” 18 years after the deadliest terror attacks on American soil. A crowd of…
Share of uninsured Americans rises for 1st time in a decade
Sep 10, 2019 by Rick Watts
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans without health insurance edged up in 2018 — the first evidence from the government that coverage gains from President Barack Obama’s health…
Juul warned over claims e-cigarette safer than smoking
Sep 09, 2019 by Rick Watts
By MATTHEW PERRONE (AP) — Federal health authorities on Monday blasted vaping company Juul for illegally pitching its electronic cigarettes as a safer alternative to smoking and ordered the company to stop making unproven claims…
Aid effort picks up momentum as some Bahamians seek way out
Sep 06, 2019 by Rick Watts
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN ABACO, Bahamas (AP) — A few meager possessions stuffed in plastic bags, some of the haggard Bahamians who lost homes to the ravages of Hurricane Dorian are waiting at a small airport…
Hurricane Dorian rakes Carolinas as it moves up the coast
Sep 05, 2019 by Rick Watts
By: MEG KINNARD CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Hurricane Dorian raked the Carolina coast with howling, window-rattling winds and sideways rain Thursday, spinning off tornadoes and knocking out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses…
Deadly Hurricane Dorian parks itself over the Bahamas
Sep 03, 2019 by Rick Watts
By RAMON ESPINOSA, DÁNICA COTO and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Practically parking itself over the Bahamas for a day and a half, Hurricane Dorian pounded away at the islands Tuesday in a catastrophic…
Hurricane on track for Florida after strike in Caribbean
Aug 29, 2019 by Rick Watts
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Dorian posed an increasing menace to Florida Thursday as it pushed over open waters after doing limited damage in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The U.S. National…
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