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Public nuisance lawsuits cannot be pursued against pharmacies selling prescription opioids

Two Ohio counties cannot claim national pharmaceutical chains caused a public nuisance by selling opioids and could only bring a lawsuit against the companies by following the procedures outlined in the Ohio Product Liability Act, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled recently.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit asked the ... (full story)

Can U.N. summits save the planet? A faltering year of talks brings up questions about the process

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The world's nations keep faltering in their efforts to join together to save the planet from several environmental crises.
In the past few months United Nations-sponsored negotiations to tackle climate change, plastic pollution, loss of global species and a growing number of deserts have either outright failed or come out with l ... (full story)

Akron can conceal identity of some officers involved in police shooting

The city of Akron can continue to conceal the identities of eight police officers involved in a 2022 shooting of a motorist that drew widespread attention and protests, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled recently.
The Supreme Court partially granted a request by the Akron Beacon Journal to force Akron to turn over public records re ... (full story)

Only about 2 in 10 Americans approve of Biden's pardon of his son Hunter, an AP-NORC poll finds

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Only about 2 in 10 Americans approve of President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son Hunter after earlier promising he would do no such thing, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
That displeasure tracks with the bipartisan uproar in Washington that ig ... (full story)

Polygamous sect leader gets 50 years in prison in scheme to orchestrate sex involving children

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PHOENIX (AP) — A polygamist religious leader who claimed more than 20 spiritual "wives" including 10 underage girls was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Monday for coercing girls as young as 9 years old to submit to criminal sex acts with him and other adults, and for scheming to kidnap them from protective custody ... (full story)