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Family behind OxyContin calls opioid suit false, misleading

BOSTON - Massachusetts authorities created a false picture of the Sackler family's role in promoting OxyContin, the Sacklers said Tuesday in their first court response to allegations that individual f...

Apr 02, 2019

More condoms, fewer cigarettes found in annual beach cleanup

SANDY HOOK, N.J. - Volunteers cleaning up New Jersey beaches last year found everything but the kitchen sink. Oh wait, they found one of those, too. Unsurprisingly, nearly 82 per cent of the trash rem...

Apr 02, 2019

Live-action 'Dumbo' struggles to soar at box office

LOS ANGELES - Disney's "Dumbo" isn't exactly taking flight at the North American box office the way its other live-action remakes of animated classics have. The Walt Disney Co. said Sunday that the Ti...

Apr 02, 2019

One of Russia's richest women dies in plane crash in Germany

FRANKFURT - One of Russia's richest women, S7 Group co-owner Natalia Fileva, has died in a small plane crash in Germany, the Russian airline operator said Sunday. Fileva, 55, was aboard a single-engin...

Apr 02, 2019

Acting mayor: Baltimore 'in good hands' amid mayor scandal

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Baltimore's acting mayor told legislators Tuesday that the city "is in good hands" until the mayor decides whether to return after abruptly announcing a leave of absence to "focus on ...

Apr 02, 2019

Suspect in killing of Nipsey Hussle urged to surrender

Los Angeles police Chief Michel Moore has called on the suspect in the killing of rapper Nipsey Hussle to surrender. The chief told a televised press conference Tuesday that he was confident 29-year-o...

Apr 02, 2019

North Carolina GOP chair, major donor charged with briberya

RALEIGH, N.C. - The chairman of North Carolina's Republican Party and a secretive big-money donor are facing federal bribery and wire fraud charges. They're accused of trying to sway an insurance regu...

Apr 02, 2019

Judge to consider request from media to unseal Smollett file

CHICAGO - It will be several weeks before a judge decides whether the public will get a look at the sealed court file in the Jussie Smollett case . Cook County Judge Steven Watkins said during a Tuesd...

Apr 02, 2019

Ford hopes revamped Escape can recapture lost SUV buyers

DETROIT - In the auto industry, it's pretty well known that if you don't revamp your vehicles every few years, buyers will flee to companies with newer models. Ford learned that lesson again with its ...

Apr 02, 2019

TV host Deborah Norville will have cancerous nodule removed

LOS ANGELES - "Inside Edition" anchor Deborah Norville will undergo surgery to remove a cancerous thyroid nodule from her neck. The 60-year-old host says in a video a viewer reached out a long time ag...

Apr 02, 2019