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Pharmaceutical Executives Face Prison Time In Case Linked To Opioid Crisis

John Kapoor, founder of Arizona-based Insys Therapeutics, is scheduled to be sentenced this month. Craig F. Walker/Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption

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Pharmaceutical Executives Face Prison Time In Case Linked To Opioid Crisis

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January 13, 2020 • John Kapoor, the former billionaire who founded drugmaker Insys Therapeutics, is among the executives to be sentenced for racketeering.

Some Title X Recipients Will Have More Time To Comply With New Abortion Rules

Anti-abortion-rights advocates gather outside a St. Louis Planned Parenthood clinic in June. Title X recipients have been given more time to comply with new regulations. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption

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Some Title X Recipients Will Have More Time To Comply With New Abortion Rules

July 21, 2019 • The rules block recipients of federal grants from referring patients for abortion. The Trump administration says groups working in "good faith" will have until Aug. 19 to provide written assurance.

Will The Government Help Farmers Adapt To A Changing Climate?

The Agriculture Department established research centers in 2014 to translate climate science into real-world ideas to help farmers and ranchers adapt to a hotter climate. But a tone of skepticism about climate change from the Trump administration has some farmers worried that this research they rely on may now be in jeopardy. Luke Runyon/Harvest Public Media hide caption

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Will The Government Help Farmers Adapt To A Changing Climate?

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May 18, 2017 • The livelihoods of farmers and ranchers are intimately tied to weather and the environment. But they may no longer be able to depend on government research to help them adapt to climate change.

Federal Requests For Immigration Holds Continue To Decline

Immigrant families board a bus headed to the downtown bus station in McAllen, Texas, after being released by the Border Patrol. Seth Robbins/AP hide caption

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Federal Requests For Immigration Holds Continue To Decline

September 8, 2015 • A research group at Syracuse University has determined that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is decreasing its practice of asking local police to hold detained immigrants.