Alex Jones says he had every right to launch a new website that would compete with Infowars. But he also says it doesn't count as competition when The Onion puts Tim Heidecker in charge, impersonating him and perpetuating "a fraud on the public."
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NEW: Judge accepts Purdue Pharma's multibillion-dollar criminal plea deal for providing kickbacks to OxyContin-prescribing doctors and misleading federal regulators about efforts to prevent opioid diversion.
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As CBS retreats from radio - which 233 million Americans use - NPR remains on and the audience is up.
The main CBS product was a short hourly newscast.
NPR’s hourly news is on your local station - and also available on demand! Hit Play on the NPR app
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In a massive win for Johnson & Johnson's defense of $20 billion in talc-related lawsuits a New Jersey court has kicked one of the top plaintiff firms Beasley Allen off of the case saying it crossed ethical lines by associating with a former J&J lawyer.
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The Minnesota day care fraud guy showed up at a West Baltimore church's Narcotics Anonymous meeting with a selfie stick and got run out, reports @AlissaZhu. "Go to the doctors who started the opioid crisis," a woman told him https://t.co/K8qNhkoZeh
Since the government rolled out a standardized process for discharging student loan debt in bankruptcy, a small group of law firms is driving much of the increase in filings—but in many states, far fewer attorneys are giving it a try. Our latest: @awolf86 https://t.co/FuEhsIuqFF
NEW: Purdue Pharma gets bankruptcy plan/opioid liability settlement approved. The $7.4 billion plan, which was renegotiated after a 2024 Supreme Court ruling, gives creditors the option to keep their rights to sue the company's Sackler family owners. https://t.co/SGMHtpz93p
The Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy plan is facing a new challenge at the Supreme Court by a group of 75 child sex abuse claimants from Guam who were forced to release claims against Catholic church entities that sponsored scouting activities. https://t.co/MY23aBdM00
Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' petition seeking review of his more than $1 billion Sandy Hook shooting defamation case. The judgment has bankrupted Jones and left him without control of his Infowars platform. https://t.co/9RnVPx4cvt
A $2.5 billion settlement set up through the Boy Scouts bankruptcy to compensate child sex abuse victims is causing heartache for many. Mostly elderly former scouts are getting a fraction of what they anticipated through a process that could take years. https://t.co/7G52JJUIed
Mariam Dagga, visual freelance journalist for AP, chronicled the wounded & dead that every day flowed into southern Gaza’s main hospital.
Dagga was killed today by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital.
A gallery of her photos, curated by AP photo editors:
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scoop: donations to NPR and PBS stations have exploded, with donors across the country giving in unprecedented numbers since Congress cut federal funding
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