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The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma 06/27/2024 04:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would have provided billions of dollars to combat the Most kids get antibiotics for pink eye, study shows. Experts say they're usually not needed 06/27/2024 04:39pm • Doctors are prescribing antibiotics to most kids and teens who have pink eye, despite guidelines that discourage their use, researchers reported Thursday. More than two-thirds of U.S. children and teens who saw a doctor for pink eye left with a prescription for antibiotic eye drops, their research f US Sen. Dick Durbin, 79, undergoes hip replacement surgery in home state of Illinois 06/27/2024 03:08pm • CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois underwent hip replacement surgery Thursday and will remain in his home state of Illinois until he's cleared by his doctor for travel to Washington, according to his office. Surgery on the 79-year-old’s left hip was performed at a RUSH University- The legal odyssey for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and its owners is complex. Here's what to know 06/27/2024 02:35pm • Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma have been cast as prime villains in the U.S. opioid epidemic. The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a deal for the company to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids through bankruptcy court. The deal was to be financ Britain's Rishi Sunak struggles with missteps while trying to lift Conservatives ahead of elections 06/27/2024 01:20pm • LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has portrayed himself as thorough and evidence-led throughout his relatively brief political career, but there's always been a nagging question over the keenness of his political antenna. The general election campaign over the past five weeks has c Kentucky to open applications for the state's medical marijuana business 06/27/2024 01:10pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Businesses that want to sell, process or grow medical marijuana for Kentucky can start applying for permits starting Monday, part of an accelerated push to have products available in early 2025, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday. Doctors and advanced practice registered nurses Thousands of doctors go on strike in England a week before the UK general election 06/27/2024 12:26pm • LONDON (AP) — Thousands of doctors in England are staging their 11th walkout on Thursday in a long-running dispute with the government over pay and working conditions, disrupting hospital services just days before the U.K. general election. The five-day strike by junior doctors — those in the ea Starting your first post-graduation job? Here’s how to organize your finances 06/27/2024 12:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) — With graduation season over, many college grads are embarking on summer internships or their first full-time jobs. Navigating your finances when you start adult life can be challenging, from understanding your health insurance and benefits to managing a budget. Finding a job is of Bill Cobbs, prolific and sage character actor, dies at 90 06/27/2024 09:58am • NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Cobbs, the veteran character actor who became a ubiquitous and sage screen presence as an older man, has died. He was 90. Cobbs died Tuesday at his home in the Inland Empire, California, surrounded by family and friends, his publicist Chuck I. Jones said. Natural causes is th In the searing heat of the Gaza summer, Palestinians are surrounded by sewage and garbage 06/27/2024 01:00am • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Children in sandals trudge through water contaminated with sewage and scale growing mounds of garbage in Gaza’s crowded tent camps for displaced families. People relieve themselves in burlap-covered pits, with nowhere nearby to wash their hands. In the stifling summer Medical workers in Albania are charged with abusing their posts by sending cancer patients elsewhere 06/26/2024 10:46pm • TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Two doctors and five other medical workers in Albania have been charged with abusing their posts by sending cancer patients for costly treatment elsewhere instead of providing free public care, the prosecutor’s office said Wednesday. The prosecutors' statement alleged that The Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states 06/26/2024 09:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security. By a 6-3 vote, the justices threw o The Latest | Iran-allied militants claim an attack targeting the Israeli port city of Eilat 06/26/2024 05:58pm • An Iranian-backed umbrella group known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed an attack targeting the southern Israeli port city of Eilat on Wednesday. The militants are allied with Yemen's Houthi rebels, who are suspected of attacking a ship in the Gulf of Aden the same day. Shipping has reduce Justices seem set to allow emergency abortions in Idaho for now, a prematurely posted opinion says 06/26/2024 05:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho when a pregnant patient’s health is at serious risk, according to a copy of the opinion briefly posted on the court's website Wednesday and obtained by Bloomberg News. The document suggests the court will fi Former staffers at Missouri Christian boarding school face civil lawsuit alleging abuse of students 06/26/2024 05:47pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yet another civil lawsuit filed Wednesday against a Missouri Christian boarding school by a former student accuses staffers of forced child labor, physical abuse and tactics aimed at hiding mistreatment from authorities. The lawsuit, filed in Missouri’s Western U.S. D