Thursday, 9 January 2025

Kentucky reaches $110 million deal with Kroger to settle opioid lawsuit

Kentucky's attorney general says the state will receive $110 million to settle its lawsuit accusing one of the nation's largest grocery chains of helping fuel the opioid epidemic

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Wednesday, 8 January 2025

West Virginia care facility staff members charged in death of patient left in scalding hot bathtub

Two staff members at a northern West Virginia long-term care facility have been charged in the death of a patient who was left in a scalding hot bathtub a year ago

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Former FBI informant will be sentenced for bogus bribery claim about President Biden and son Hunter

Prosecutors are asking a judge for six years in prison for an ex-FBI informant whose bogus story about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepting bribes became central to Republicans’ impeachment effort

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Elk on a shelf: Colorado wildlife officials rescue elk tangled in rope on ice climbing route

Wildlife officials have rescued a bull elk by lowering it down a cliff after the animal became entangled in a rope at a popular ice climbing area in southwestern Colorado

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Lawsuit alleges racial and gender discrimination led to Air Force contractor's death

The family of a Air Force contractor who was killed when she walked into a rotating drone propeller has filed a lawsuit against her company, Sumaria Systems LLC, claiming her trainer subjected her to gender and racial discrimination that ultimately put...

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Didier Deschamps says he'll quit as France coach after the 2026 World Cup

Didier Deschamps says he'll quit as France coach after the 2026 World Cup

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Monday, 6 January 2025

Monkey in a tutu escapes from a home. sheriff's office says the capture was 'bananas'

A monkey in a pink tutu that slipped out of a Missouri home was captured before a winter storm slammed the state

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San Francisco Bay Area police department mired in racist text scandal agrees to reforms

A San Francisco Bay Area police department under federal investigation for racist and sexist texts has agreed to hire a consultant to update its policies, procedures and training on various topics

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Biden is traveling to New Orleans following the French Quarter attack that killed 14 and injured 30

President Joe Biden is heading to New Orleans as the city reels from the deadly New Year’s attack in which an Army veteran plowed a truck into revelers, killing 14 and injuring 30 more

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Sunday, 5 January 2025

1 person killed in large avalanche in western Wyoming backcountry

A skier has been killed and another injured after their group triggered a large avalanche while ascending a mountain in western Wyoming

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Saturday, 4 January 2025

Drawn to New Orleans' iconic street of celebration, a night of partying becomes a nightmare

The night started out ripe for celebrating the new year as the party pulsing down Bourbon Street in New Orleans drew revelers from near and far

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Washington Post cartoonist quits after paper rejects sketch of Bezos bowing to Trump

A Washington Post cartoonist says she has decided to quit after editors rejected her sketch of the newspaper's owner and other media executives bowing to President-elect Donald Trump

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Drivers skid and crash as wintery mix grips central US then moves east

Road conditions are beginning to deteriorate in the central U.S. as a mixture of snow, ice and plunging temperatures arrived

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