Cristina Arias/Cover/Getty Images(OKLAHOMA CITY) — Oklahoma faces off in court against Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday, marking the first major case against an opioid maker to go to trial. Attorney General Mike Hunter alleges that the country’s largest drugmaker fueled the state’s raging opioid crisis with deceptive marketing that downplayed the risks of opioids and …
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May 28
Supreme Court rejects challenge to PA transgender student bathroom policy
mrtom-uk/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it has blocked a challenge to a Pennsylvania school district policy that allows transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. In 2017, a group of cisgender school students sued Boyertown Area School School District alleging a violation of bodily privacy, Title …
May 28
Fiat Chrysler proposes merger with Renault
wellesenterprises/iStock(NEW YORK) — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has proposed to merge with fellow automaker Renault, the company announced in a press release Monday. Fiat Chrysler said the idea to combine came after “initial operational discussions between the two companies to identify products and geographies where they could collaborate, particularly as they develop and commercialize new technologies.” …
May 28
Japanese man who swallowed 246 cocaine packets dies on Bogota-to-Tokyo flight
Office of the Attorney General of the State of Sonora(NEW YORK) — A 42-year-old Japanese man died on a Bogota-to-Tokyo flight after swallowing 246 packets of cocaine and having a seizure. An autopsy revealed the cause of death — brain swelling from cocaine overdose — after the man’s body was removed from an Aeromexico flight …
May 28
80,000 without power, but no deaths reported from Ohio tornado
ABC News(NEW YORK) — More than 80,000 people in Ohio were without power early Tuesday morning following a massive tornado, but no deaths had yet been reported. Local authorities used snowplows to clear debris from major thoroughfares. On Memorial Day, 51 tornadoes were reported across eight states — Idaho, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana …
May 27
Lawyer from Colorado is 11th person to die on Mount Everest
iStock/miljko(NEW YORK) — A Colorado man has become the eleventh person to die climbing Mount Everest this year. Chris Kulish, 62, of Boulder, died Monday while descending from the highest summit in the world, his family confirmed in a statement. The circumstances surrounding his death were not clear. A record number of climbers have summited …
May 27
This nonprofit helps family, friends of servicemembers who die by suicide cope with loss
Courtesy Susan Thrumston(NEW YORK) — Memorial Day is traditionally a day for remembering American service members who died in armed conflict, but it’s also important to remember those who died by suicide after returning home with severe emotional and physical scars. About 20 veterans die by suicide each day, according to the Department of Veterans …
May 27
Oklahoma town devastated by tornado raises $38K in one day
iStock/deepspacedave(EL RENO, Okla. — A GoFundMe effort is underway to help the victims of a deadly tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma. The storm ravaged the Oklahoma City suburb Saturday night, killing two and injuring 29 others. These are the latest casualties and injuries in what has already been a deadly tornado season. There is more …
May 27
Wawa employee fatally shot in her parked car near Virginia store
Google Street View(NORFOLK, Virginia) — A Wawa employee died after being shot while in her car, police in Virginia report. The woman has not been publicly identified and the Norfolk Police Department are calling for the public to share tips. The employee was shot in her car in the parking lot near the Wawa on …
May 27
3 arrested in nail bomb attack that wounded 13 in Lyon, France
ABC News(LYON, France) — Three suspects have been arrested in connection with a parcel bomb detonated in the French city of Lyon on Friday, authorities confirmed to ABC News. Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner announced a 24-year-old man had been arrested Monday around 10 a.m. on a street in Lyon. The Paris prosecutor’s office …