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Teva to pay $225M to settle cholesterol drug price-fixing charges

August 28, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) – The generic drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed Monday to pay $225 million to settle price-fixing charges related to sales of a major cholesterol-lowering drug. The U.S. Department of Justice said the agreement also requires Teva to divest […]

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Jacksonville shootings refocus attention on the city’s racist past and the struggle to move on

August 28, 2023

By some measures, Jacksonville was making strides to emerge from its racist past. But the killing of three Black people by a young, white shooter was a painful and startling reminder that the remnants of racism still fester in the […]

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Gender-affirming surgeries in the US nearly tripled before pandemic dip, study finds

August 27, 2023

BY CARLA K. JOHNSON (AP) The number of gender-affirming surgeries in the U.S. nearly tripled from 2016 to 2019 before dropping slightly in 2020, according to a study published Wednesday. The increase likely reflects expanded insurance coverage for transgender care after […]

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South Carolina’s new all-male highest court reverses course on abortion, upholding strict 6-week ban

August 26, 2023

BY JAMES POLLARD COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s new all-male Supreme Court reversed course on abortion Wednesday, upholding a ban on most such procedures after about six weeks of pregnancy. The continued erosion of legal abortion access across the U.S. […]

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Native American group to digitize 20,000 archival pages linked to Quaker-run Indian boarding schools

August 25, 2023

BY LUIS ANDRES HENAO NEW YORK (AP) – A coalition advocating for Native American people traumatized by an oppressive system of boarding schools for Native youths plans to digitize 20,000 archival pages related to schools in that system that were operated […]

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As Ralph Yarl begins his senior year of high school, the man who shot him faces a court hearing

August 25, 2023

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Four months after he was shot in the head after ringing the doorbell at the wrong house to pick up his brothers, Ralph Yarl has begun his senior year in high school. Next week, the […]

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Who’s in, who’s out, who’s boycotting: The 8 candidates expected onstage for the first GOP debate

August 24, 2023

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Donald Trump won’t be on the Republican debate stage Wednesday. But the former president is driving the conversation on and off the debate stage anyway. Trump supporters including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will be in Milwaukee. […]

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A right-wing sheriffs group that challenges federal law is gaining acceptance around the country

August 24, 2023

BY TJ L’HEUREUX, ADRIENNE WASHINGTON, ALBERT SERNA JR., ANISA SHABIR, ISAAC STONE SIMONELLI, THE HOWARD CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM AND ARIZONA CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) – Against the background hum of the convention center, Dar Leaf settled […]

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North Carolina unveils its first park honoring African American history

August 23, 2023

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – North Carolina state officials joined historians and Black community leaders Wednesday under a sprawling oak tree in the heart of downtown Raleigh for the long-anticipated unveiling of the state’s first park honoring the African American struggle […]

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In session reacting to school shooting, Tennessee GOP lawmaker orders removal of public from hearing

August 23, 2023

BY JONATHAN MATTISE AND KIMBERLEE KRUESI NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Families close to a Nashville fatal school shooting broke down in tears Tuesday after a Tennessee Republican leader ordered state troopers to remove them and others from a legislative hearing room […]

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