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Experts: Spend opioid settlement funds on fighting opioids

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As a possible $26 billion settlement with opioid producers looms, some public health experts are citing the 1998 agreement with tobacco companies as a...

Ex-Detroit chief Craig launches Michigan governor campaign

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LANSING, Mich. — Republican ex-Detroit police chief James Craig launched his campaign for governor on Wednesday, seeking to become Michigan's first Black governor with...

Chicago City Council approves new layer of police oversight

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CHICAGO — After years of protests over law enforcement misconduct, the Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved a panel giving citizens more input on...

Agency eyes ‘right-to-repair’ rules to aid consumers, shops

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WASHINGTON — Americans would be freer to repair their broken cellphones, computers, videogame consoles and even tractors themselves or to use independent repair shops...

Big infrastructure bill in peril as GOP threatens filibuster

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WASHINGTON — The bipartisan infrastructure deal senators brokered with President Joe Biden is hanging precariously ahead of a crucial Wednesday test vote as...

Kraken attorney’s fundraising group gets Florida’s approval

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A group run by one of former President Donald Trump’s most prominent election conspiracy adherents, reacting to accusations it was...

Bulgaria’s new parliament convenes for first session

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SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgaria’s new parliament convened Wednesday for its first session since the country’s July 11 election. ...

New prosecutor appointed in shooting of Rayshard Brooks

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ATLANTA — Georgia's attorney general announced Wednesday that he has appointed the head of a prosecutors' group to oversee the criminal case against the...

Man wounded in 4th police shooting in Aurora this month

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AURORA, Colo. — A man believed to be a suspect in a domestic violence incident was wounded by police in Aurora on Tuesday in...

50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans

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Landscaping was hardly his lifelong dream. As a teenager, Alton Lucas...