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Month: July 2021

Mass. AG announces $4.3 billion settlement with Sackler family in Purdue Pharma opioid lawsuit

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     BOSTON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Thursday announced the terms of a $4.3 billion settlement that resolves a three-year-long legal fight against Purdue Pharma in connection with the opioid crisis. Healey filed a lawsuit in 2018 that alleged Purdue Pharma, manufacturer

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Updated CDC schools guidance prioritizes in-person learning, even if all Covid-19 safety measures aren’t in place

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday updated its Covid-19 schools guidance to emphasize in-person schooling is a priority in the fall, regardless of whether all mitigation measures can be implemented. As K-12 schools will have a mix of vaccinated and unvaccinated people, the agency says it’s still

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OPINIÓN | El simbolismo de las operaciones anticorrupción en República Dominicana

CNNEE Nota del editor: Geovanny Vicente-Romero es abogado, politólogo y estratega político con experiencia como asesor de políticas públicas, gobernanza y comunicación gubernamental. Es profesor asociado de comunicación estratégica (ERM) de Columbia University, Nueva York. Es Director de Comunicaciones del Instituto Interamericano de Justicia y Sostenibilidad (IIJS), en Washington. Entre sus estudios cuenta con maestría

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Toyota halts donations to Republicans who opposed election certification

By Alison Kosik, CNN Toyota said it would stop donating to Republican lawmakers who opposed certifying the 2020 presidential election results, after a political action committee called out the automaker’s financial support for “seditious politicians.” The decision to support those members of Congress has “troubled some stakeholders,” Toyota said in a press release Thursday. “At

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El asesinato del presidente de Haití presuntamente involucró a estadounidenses y miembros retirados del ejército colombiano

olivertapia Puerto Príncipe, Haití (CNN) — El grupo armado que asesinó al presidente de Haití, Jovenel Moïse, eran “asesinos profesionales” integrados por más de dos docenas de personas, incluidos dos ciudadanos estadounidenses y miembros retirados del ejército colombiano, dijeron las autoridades. Pero a medida que comienzan a surgir más detalles sobre las personas que mataron

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