OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's $7 billion-plus plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids will be sent to local governments, people who became addicted to the drug and other impacted groups after a judge’s ruling Friday. The nationwide settlement advanced by U.S. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The grand military parade that President Donald Trump wanted for eight years has barreled down Constitution Avenue in Washington with tanks, troops and a 21-gun salute. The celebration played out against the counterpoint of protesters around the country who decried the U.S. ...
Top U.S. Senate Republicans are eyeing a controversial accounting method to theoretically slash the multi trillion-dollar price tag of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” However, tax policy experts remain strongly divided over whether the tactic would constitute legitimate policy or a recipe for fiscal disaster. The current version of the budget reconciliation package, entitled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed the U.S. House on a razor-thin margin. The bill would give a 10-year extension to key portions of the expiring 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, raise the ...
WHEELING – Officials in the city of Wheeling are seeking help to identify street lights in the city that are out so they can be reported to AEP and fixed. Some members of Wheeling City Council recently noted that some sections of streets are becoming dark because a number of street lights are out. The routine has been to report pole numbers or locations to AEP so they can send crews to repair them, but in some areas, it has become too much of a burden to chase down pole numbers at multiple sites. Councilman Ben Seidler said that on Wheeling Island, there are several problem light ...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel launched “extensive” new ground operations in the Gaza Strip while airstrikes in its new offensive killed at least 103 people, including dozens of children, overnight and into Sunday, hospitals and medics said. The bombardment forced northern ...
