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Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan approved, resolving opioid claims and giving Sackler family civil immu

More than two decades after Purdue Pharma launched its blockbuster pain pill OxyContin, a judge approved a bankruptcy plan Wednesday that will grant the drugmakers billionaire owners sweeping legal immunity in the opioid epidemic.

Racism simmered in a Texas school district. Culture war made it boil.

The December of my senior year in high school, I sat in a biology class taught by a teacher who had just written me a letter of recommendation for my college applications. We were reviewing for final exams when the subject of genetic diseases came up. A consummate overachiever, I raised my hand to ask

Rudy Giuliani must pay more than $148m over false election claims

By Brandon DrenonIn court in Washington DC, BBC News Rudy Giuliani, a longtime associate of former President Donald Trump, has been ordered to pay more than $148m (116m) to two women over false claims they tampered with votes in 2020.

TV highlights: The series finale of Rizzoli & Isles on TNT

Bachelor in Paradise (ABCat8) The bachelors and bachelorettes make dramatic decisions about their relationships ahead of Tuesday night's finale. American Ninja Warrior (NBCat8) The national finals continue in Las Vegas.

Where are the first lesbian couple in the world to legally marry now?

It was 1998 in Amsterdam, and Helene Faasens friend kept insisting she had the perfect match for a blind date. But Faasen, then 32, was hesitant about her friends confidence in the match. It was basically on the criteria that we were both lesbian and short, Faasen remembers, speaking over Zoom from her home in