Supreme Court blocks $6 billion Purdue Pharma opioid settlement and will hear case this fall

CNN  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Purdue Pharma from going forward with bankruptcy proceedings, which the Biden administration has called an “unprecedented” arrangement that would ultimately offer the Sackler family broad protection from opioid-related civil claims. In agreeing to pause the settlement, the court also said it would take up the case and…

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Jack Smith proposes trial date of Jan. 2

WASHINGTON – Special counsel Jack Smith proposed a Jan. 2 trial date Thursday for Donald Trump on charges that he tried to steal the 2020 election, a speedy timetable that the former president’s attorneys are expected to try and delay. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan will ultimately set the schedule for the trial, which Smith…

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Louisville mayor ends police misconduct probes tied to scathing DOJ report in wake of Breonna Taylor death

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg, who survived an assassination attempt by a Black Lives Matter activist while he was still running for office, announced Thursday the end to further police misconduct probes and officer discipline stemming from the Just Department’s scathing report following Breonna Taylor’s death.  Greenberg and Louisville Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, who in June…

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Off-duty Cook County Sheriff’s officer shot in crossfire on Chicago’s South Side; suspect in custody

An off-duty Cook County Sheriff’s officer was critically wounded in a shooting on Chicago’s South Side after getting caught in the crossfire between two vehicles Wednesday night, authorities said. The 36-year-old officer was shot in the right elbow and lower back just before 9 p.m. as two vehicles were traveling northbound in the 4700 block…

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Biden plans to make abortion rights a key part of his reelection fight, campaign manager says

CNN  —  President Joe Biden will lean into protecting abortion rights on the 2024 campaign trail, his campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, told CNN Thursday in her first live television interview. The strategy encapsulates the sharp evolution Biden has made on abortion rights, which has been a charged issue for a president who has witnessed…

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