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VOL. 46 | NO. 30 | Friday, July 29, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — As the sun was rising in Kabul on Sunday, two Hellfire missiles fired by a U.S. drone ended Ayman al-Zawahri’s decade-long reign as the leader of al-Qaida. The seeds of the audacious counterterrorism operation had been planted over many months. U.S. officials… Continue reading Watching al-Qaida chief’s ‘pattern of life’ key to his death

Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 29 | Friday, July 22, 2022 Drugmaker Teva announced Tuesday that it has agreed to contribute more than $4.3 billion in cash and medications to settle lawsuits in the state and local governments and Native American tribes that claimed the company contributed to the U.S. opioid epidemic. The… Continue reading Drugmaker Teva latest to settle opioid lawsuits nationally

Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 29 | Friday, July 22, 2022 DOVER, Del. (AP) — Twitter has set Sept. 13 as the date for its shareholders to vote on the company’s pending buyout by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that it is recommending shareholders vote… Continue reading Twitter sets September shareholder vote on Elon Musk buyout

VOL. 46 | NO. 29 | Friday, July 22, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — The week before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, Missouri’s Josh Hawley became the first Republican senator to announce he would object to the certification of the 2020 election. Texas’ Ted Cruz came next, dashing off his own plan… Continue reading Hawley, Cruz escape Jan. 6 probe, have no regrets over role

VOL. 46 | NO. 29 | Friday, July 22, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — As U.S. opioid deaths mounted in 2016, the incoming head of the Food and Drug Administration promised a “sweeping review” of prescription painkillers in hopes of reversing the worst overdose epidemic in American history. Dr. Robert Califf even personally commissioned a report… Continue reading FDA chief’s long-promised opioid review faces skepticism

Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 29 | Friday, July 22, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — An original script for Donald Trump’s speech the day after the Capitol insurrection included tough talk ordering the Justice Department to “ensure all lawbreakers are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law” and stating the rioters “do not… Continue reading The tough words Trump never spoke: Jan. 6 panel’s new video

VOL. 46 | NO. 28 | Friday, July 15, 2022 DETROIT (AP) — A monitor appointed by a federal judge in the wake of a United Auto Workers bribery and embezzlement scandal contends that the union has been uncooperative by withholding information on additional misconduct allegations. The monitor, Neil Barofsky, made the assertion in his… Continue reading Federal monitor accuses UAW of concealing misconduct probe

VOL. 46 | NO. 27 | Friday, July 8, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday revealed details of an “unhinged” late night meeting at the White House with defeated President Donald Trump’s outside lawyers suggesting the military seize state voting machines in a last-ditch effort to pursue his false claims of… Continue reading Jan. 6 panel probes ‘unhinged’ meeting, Trump rally call