The Associated Press

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The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma

The Sackler family members who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma say they're disappointed in the Supreme Court's rejection of a nationwide settlement that would've shielded them from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would've provided billions of dollars to combat the epidemic

10:08AM ( 3 months ago )

Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA's plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants

The Supreme Court is putting the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution-fighting “good neighbor” plan on hold while legal challenges continue

10:05AM ( 3 months ago )

Mauritania goes to the polls with a regional security crisis and economic concerns among the issues

Nearly 2 million people go to the polls on Saturday in Mauritania

9:54AM ( 3 months ago )

West African defense chiefs propose a $2.6 billion security plan that analysts say might not work

Defense chiefs of West Africa on Thursday proposed an ambitious plan to deploy a 5,000-strong “standby force” to fight the region’s worsening security crises, a measure that analysts say might not work due to challenges of funding and division within the regional bloc

9:34AM ( 3 months ago )

21 children are set to exit Gaza in first medical evacuation since early May

Twenty-one critically ill children are set to exit Gaza in the first medical evacuation since the territory's sole travel crossing was shut down in early May

9:32AM ( 3 months ago )

68 sick and injured children plus companions leave Gaza in first medical evacuation since May

Israeli authorities say 68 people - sick and injured children and their companions - have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt in the first medical evacuation since May, when the territory’s sole travel crossing was shut down

9:32AM ( 3 months ago )

68 sick and injured children and companions leave Gaza in first medical evacuation since May

Israeli authorities say 68 people — 19 sick and injured children and their companions — have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt in the first medical evacuation since May, when the territory’s sole travel crossing was shut down

9:32AM ( 3 months ago )

Israel allows 19 kids to leave Gaza who are sick or wounded in first medical evacuation since May

9:32AM ( 3 months ago )

Israel lets 19 kids leave Gaza who are sick or wounded, first medical evacuation in nearly 2 months

9:32AM ( 3 months ago )

An appeals court in Pakistan upholds conviction of Imran Khan and his wife for unlawful marriage

Officials in Pakistan say an appeals court has upheld the conviction and seven-year prison sentence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife for their 2018 marriage which was found to be unlawful

8:48AM ( 3 months ago )