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Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4 billion in settlement to lawsuits over the toll of OxyContinJan 23, 2025 11:18 am - Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday.
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More Americans file for unemployment benefits last week, continuing claims highest in 3 yearsJan 23, 2025 10:55 am - Jobless claims applications ticked up modestly last week, but the total number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits rose to their highest level in more than three years.
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Saudi crown prince says kingdom intends to invest $600 billion in US during call with TrumpJan 23, 2025 8:59 am - Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Thursday the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, comments that came after President Donald Trump earlier put a price tag on returning to the kingdom as his first foreign trip.
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Firefighters battle to maintain the upper hand on a huge fire north of Los AngelesJan 23, 2025 8:20 am - Firefighters fought to maintain the upper hand on a huge and rapidly moving wildfire that swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles and resulted in more than 50,000 people being put under evacuation orders or warnings.
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‘Emilia Pérez’ leads Oscar nominations with 13, ‘Wicked’ and ‘The Brutalist’ land 10 apieceJan 23, 2025 8:19 am - In the wake of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles that struck at the heart of the movie industry, an embattled Hollywood lined up behind the Netflix narco-musical about trans identity “Emilia Pérez” in Oscar nominations Thursday.
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7 police officers wounded in San Antonio shootingJan 23, 2025 7:45 am - Seven San Antonio police officers were shot while responding to a “suicide in progress” call and the suspect was later found dead inside an apartment after a standoff, the city's police chief said.
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Cracks emerge in House GOP after speaker’s threat to saddle California wildfire aid with conditionsJan 23, 2025 7:43 am - California Republicans are pushing back against suggestions by President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans that federal disaster aid for victims of wildfires that ravaged Southern California should come with strings attached, possibly jeopardizing the president's policy agenda in a deeply divided Congress at the outset of his second term.
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‘The Colors Within’ is a gentle stunnerJan 23, 2025 6:31 am - Kids movies so often bear little of the actual lived-in experience of growing up, but Yamada Naoko’s luminous anime “The Colors Within” gently reverberates with the doubts and yearnings of young life.
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Trump administration cancels travel for refugees already cleared to come to AmericaJan 22, 2025 8:44 pm - WASHINGTON — Refugees who had been approved to come to the United States before a deadline next week suspending America’s refugee resettlement program have had their trav...
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More than 50,000 are under evacuation orders or warnings from fire burning north of Los AngelesJan 22, 2025 4:53 pm - LOS ANGELES — More than 50,000 people were ordered to evacuate on Wednesday as a huge and fast-moving wildfire swept through rugged mountains near foothill communities no...