By Lauren del Valle A group of states’ Attorneys General announced a proposed $26 billion opioid crisis settlement Wednesday that, if approved, will resolve claims against the “big three” drug distributors — McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen Drug — as well as manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. The proposed agreement, if approved by enough state
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Opioid overdose deaths rose 30% last year, making 2020 the year with the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in the US, according to the CDC. CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen reports on this health crisis that continued to plague the US amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Charlamagne Tha God is making good on his promise to bring more diversity to media. The popular radio host has landed a late-night talk show on Comedy Central. “Tha God’s Honest Truth With Lenard ‘Charlamagne’ McKelvey” is a weekly half-hour show set to premiere September 17. The show will revolve
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By Dana Kozlov Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — Brian Wallach has a wife and kids at home – and he is fighting desperately to get potentially life-extending treatments to ALS patients like himself. And as CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reported Tuesday, time is of the essence. Wallach,
Continue Reading By Lauren Victory Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — There are things that go bump in the night, and that was half the ceiling for a Chicago couple. Drywall and insulation came raining down all over their bed and belongings. Now another problem: the tenants say they’re in limbo with
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN The first trailer for “The Last Duel,” Ridley Scott’s period drama, has debuted. Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer and Ben Affleck star in the anticipated film, based on the book by Eric Jager. Affleck plays King Charles VI and Damon plays knight Jean de Carrouges, who must settle a dispute
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN Around 100 women and children abducted in early June by gunmen known locally as “bandits” have been rescued, police authorities in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara State said. Zamfara police spokesman, Mohammed Shehu, told CNN on Wednesday that the victims — most of whom are nursing mothers — were released Monday after being
Continue Reading By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story BARNSTABLE, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The love story of Arnold and Amelia went viral last week when the New England Wildlife Center’s Cape Cod branch shared that while Arnold the Canadian goose was undergoing treatment, his mate tracked him down and faithfully remained at the glass
Continue Reading By Karol Suarez, CNN Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez announced a new National Identity Document (DNI) for nonbinary people on Wednesday. The DNI’s goal is to guarantee the right to gender identity fo people who don’t recognize themselves as either female or male, he said. “There are other identities besides man and woman that must be
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Want to attract employees? Try raising wages and promising a path to a promotion. For Chipotle, those tactics appear to be working. Across the country, restaurants are struggling to hire staff as they try to return to normal and employees quit at elevated levels. In a bid to woo workers,
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By Annie Grayer and Jeremy Herb, CNN House Republicans balked at participating in the House committee that’s investigating the January 6 insurrection on Wednesday after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of the five Republicans House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had tapped for the panel. Pelosi’s decision to reject the two Republicans — and McCarthy’s
Continue Reading House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced the GOP is pulling all members from the January 6 select committee after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced the rejection of two Republicans from the committee.
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WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senate Republicans rejected an effort Wednesday to begin debate on the big infrastructure deal that a bipartisan group of senators brokered with President Joe Biden. But supporters in both parties remained hopeful of a better chance soon. Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York had scheduled the procedural vote that he
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen and Michael Conte, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said Wednesday he wouldn’t comment on a recent book excerpt alleging he and other top officials were so deeply concerned that former President Donald Trump and his allies might attempt a coup after the November 2020 election they informally
Continue Reading Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said he wouldn’t comment on a recent book excerpt alleging he was so shaken that then-President Donald Trump and his allies might attempt a coup or take other dangerous or illegal measures after the November election that the general and other top officials informally planned ways to stop Trump.
Continue Reading By Dr. Mallika Marshall Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Imagine being told the symptoms you assumed were just related to pregnancy were, in fact, due to a life-threatening heart condition. That’s exactly what happened to a young mother in Maine whose sheer grit got her through her harrowing ordeal.
Continue Reading By Cheryl Fiandaca Click here for updates on this story SAUGUS, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Swinging his net to collect insects at Fiske Brook in Saugus, entomologist Tony Kiszewski is looking to solve a mystery. “The key is to find out the source,” Kiszewski said. “Finding any major infestation.” The I-Team brought in the bug expert
Continue Reading By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NATICK, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A Natick couple has filed a lawsuit against eBay for cyberstalking. Ina and David Steiner say eBay employees tortured them for two years because they posted online reviews about the site. Staffers allegedly sent the couple bizarre items, including a pig
Continue Reading By Sylvia Rose Click here for updates on this story MISHAWAKA, Indiana (WBND-LD) — The St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Unit is investigating a shooting that happened late Tuesday evening. At 10:53 p.m., police were called to the 800 block of Burdette Street, after receiving a phone call from that address saying a person had
Continue Reading By Samantha Johns Click here for updates on this story SOUTH BEND, Indiana (WBND-LD) — Many of the residents living in 501 building say they’ve been subjected to dangerous living conditions for the past several decades. “I lived a whole lot better in the homeless shelters you know what I’m saying. I mean you’ve got
Continue Reading Becca Meyers, a deaf and blind American swimmer, has withdrawn from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after she said the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) denied her request to bring her mother to serve as her Personal Care Assistant. She speaks with CNN’s New Day.
Continue Reading By David Williams, CNN Becca Meyers won three gold medals and a silver at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, but the swimmer, who’s deaf and blind, said being there without someone to help navigate took its toll. The two-time Paralympian announced on Tuesday that she would not be attending the Tokyo Games next
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Happy Hump Day! Today will be a very seasonable day for those of us in the Borderland. Temperatures will be in the mid to low 90s for most, with mostly sunny skies throughout the day. The mountains might see a shower or two, but the rest of us will stay dry. We also have an
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business For years, shopping at Bed Bath & Beyond has meant dealing with chaos. You could lose hours sifting through a hodgepodge of items on cluttered shelves and walk out with nothing. Now, the chain is making an effort to get organized, Marie Kondo-style. At its flagship location in New York
Continue Reading CNN’s Anderson Cooper talks with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his brother Mark about their trip into space aboard a Blue Origin spacecraft, and what the crew was discussing in the moments before takeoff.
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson each took a spin in their supersonic, suborbital rockets over the past two weeks, kicking off a new era of space travel in which billionaire-backed companies offer the high-flying excursions to anyone who can afford it. Bezos’ Blue Origin, which developed a 60-foot-tall vertically launched
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, Tina Burnside and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Birmingham, Alabama, police are investigating the fatal shooting of an 11-month-old child of a sheriff’s deputy. Police responded to a call of a person shot as well as a domestic disturbance at an apartment complex Tuesday afternoon, Birmingham Police Department Sgt. Rodarius Mauldin said in a
Continue Reading By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business In the early months of the pandemic, people clamored for an invite to Clubhouse’s audio-only app to hear the musings of a who’s who of venture capitalists, tech leaders and celebrities. Now, Clubhouse is opening up to everyone at a time when there are questions about the app’s staying
Continue Reading By Ryan Flanagan Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Dozens of viruses never before seen by humans have been found frozen in two glaciers in the Himalayas. Researchers from Ohio State University report that the glacial ice containing the viruses dates as far back as 14,500 years. It was found
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The US economy is inching back to normal. But the recovery remains uneven and some states are lagging behind in the race to get back to pre-pandemic strength — especially New York. Although several states’ economies have already fully recovered — and are even outpacing — their pre-Covid levels of
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