Waves of Russian airstrikes rocked Ukraine, Walmart proposed a $3.1 billion legal settlement over prescription opioids and a University of Virginia student fatally shot three members of the school’s football team. Sebastian Yang has today’s News in :90.
Walmart proposed a $3.1 billion legal settlement on Tuesday over the toll of powerful prescription opioids sold at its pharmacies, becoming the latest major drug industry player to promise major support to state, local and tribal governments still grappling with a crisis in overdose deaths.
Two of the largest U.S. pharmacy chains, CVS Health and Walgreen Co., announced agreements in principle Wednesday to pay about $5 billion each to settle lawsuits nationwide over the toll of opioids, and a lawyer said Walmart is in discussions for a deal.
President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen testified before Congress Wednesday casting Trump as a racist and a con man, the Minnesota House opened a hearing with Democrats pushing for new gun control laws, Walmart has decided to remove its blue-vested “greeters” from nearly 1,000 stores nationwide, and President Sullivan gave her first state of the University Address on Feb. 21. Reporter Tina O’Malley has today’s News in :90.
With the start of the holiday shopping season, columnist Claire Noack says shoppers should be “checking their list twice” for which stores they should be supporting.
In recent years, Black Friday offers have been stretching into Thanksgiving Day and, in some cases, even earlier.
