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Purdue Pharma Reaches $8B Opioid Deal With Justice Department Over OxyContin Sales

Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Conn., in 2019. Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, and its owners, the Sackler family, have faced hundreds of lawsuits over the company's alleged role in the opioid epidemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Purdue Pharma Reaches $8B Opioid Deal With Justice Department Over OxyContin Sales

Critics say the settlement doesn't hold company executives or members of the Sackler family accountable for their aggressive marketing of OxyContin, which helped fuel the nation's opioid epidemic.

Politics

Deputy White House Press Secretary On Relief Talks, Pandemic

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Purdue Pharma Reaches $8B Opioid Deal With Justice Department Over OxyContin Sales

by Brian Mann

Purdue Pharma Reaches $8B Opioid Deal With Justice Department Over OxyContin Sales

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Your Hand In Mine Explosions in the Sky

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Happy City Sven Libaek

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Black Lives Matter Activists Push To Vote Out Los Angeles Prosecutor

by Adrian Florido

Black Lives Matter Activists Push To Vote Out Los Angeles Prosecutor

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Medical Treatments

How Will The U.S. Distribute COVID-19 Antibody Drugs If They Get FDA Approval?

by Richard Harris

How Will The U.S. Distribute COVID-19 Antibody Drugs If They Get FDA Approval?

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Narrows Widowspeak

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Over and Over Hot Chip

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Global Health

A Look At Coronavirus Outbreaks Outside The U.S.

by Esme Nicholson , Peter Kenyon , Philip Reeves

A Look At Coronavirus Outbreaks Outside The U.S.

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Navy & Cream U.S. Girls

Elections

Polls Show A Close Race Between Sen. David Perdue And Jon Ossoff For Senate

by Emma Hurt

Polls Show A Close Race Between Sen. David Perdue And Jon Ossoff For Senate

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Opening Up Chromeo

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Sounds of the Deep Sven Libaek

Elections

How Endorsement Of Trump Could Affect Legitimacy Of Police

by Martin Kaste

How Endorsement Of Trump Could Affect Legitimacy Of Police

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Landscape Architects Unveil Plans To Save The National Mall's Tidal Basin

Increased car and foot traffic coupled with rising sea levels have driven parts of the Tidal Basin area underwater. Sam Kittner/Tidal Basin Ideas Lab hide caption

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Art & Design

Landscape Architects Unveil Plans To Save The National Mall's Tidal Basin

by Elizabeth Blair

Landscape Architects Unveil Plans To Save The National Mall's Tidal Basin

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Wayside Sebastian Kamae

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Can I Kick It? A Tribe Called Quest

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Lawyer On Parents Separated From Their Children At The Border

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Elections

Some GOP Members Express Doubt About Trump's Ability To Win The Election

by Mara Liasson

Some GOP Members Express Doubt About Trump's Ability To Win The Election

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Elections

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez And Ilhan Omar Play On Twitch To Engage Young Voters

by Andrew Limbong

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez And Ilhan Omar Play On Twitch To Engage Young Voters

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Milk The 1975

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Ride a White Horse The Sven Libaek Orchestra

Millions Of Homes Are At Risk Of Wildfires, But It's Rarely Disclosed

A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection airplane drops fire retardant along a burning hill during the Glass Fire in Calistoga, Calif., in September. California is one of two states to require wildfire risk be disclosed to new homebuyers. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Climate Risk Hits Home

Millions Of Homes Are At Risk Of Wildfires, But It's Rarely Disclosed

by Lauren Sommer

Millions Of Homes Are At Risk Of Wildfires, But It's Rarely Disclosed

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Animals

Study Of Diabolical Ironclad Beetle's Exoskeleton Could Help Improve Aircraft

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L.M. II [Full Length] Toshio Matsuura

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Colorado Mayor Dealing With Rise In COVID-19: 'This Is Going To Be A Lost Year'

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Coronavirus Updates

Colorado Mayor Dealing With Rise In COVID-19: 'This Is Going To Be A Lost Year'

by Ari Shapiro

Colorado Mayor Dealing With Rise In COVID-19: 'This Is Going To Be A Lost Year'

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Elections

Obama Appears On Biden's Campaign Trail In Philadelphia

by Asma Khalid

Obama Appears On Biden's Campaign Trail In Philadelphia

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Winging It Lazerbeak

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Trump Pardons 5 People, Commuting Their Sentences

by Ayesha Rascoe

Trump Pardons 5 People, Commuting Their Sentences

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Roller Skates Nick Hakim

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iTunes

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Attacking Sharks The Sven Libaek Orchestra

Author Interviews

'Why We Act': What Makes People Decide To Speak Up Or Stay Silent

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Religion

In New Documentary, Pope Francis Endorses Civil Unions For Same-Sex Couples

by Sylvia Poggioli

In New Documentary, Pope Francis Endorses Civil Unions For Same-Sex Couples

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Later Lele Marchitelli

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Owl's Head Park Eleanor Friedberger

Health

CDC Expands Definition Of Being At Increased Risk Of Having Caught The Coronavirus

by Rob Stein

CDC Expands Definition Of Being At Increased Risk Of Having Caught The Coronavirus

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Elections

Democrats Have A Shot At Winning A Majority In Texas House Of Representatives

by Ashley Lopez

Democrats Have A Shot At Winning A Majority In Texas House Of Representatives

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Elections

U.S. Government Says Iran And Russia Try To Affect Public Opinion On The Election

by Miles Parks

U.S. Government Says Iran And Russia Try To Affect Public Opinion On The Election

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