Brian Mann
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Two divisions of the DOJ argue the deal improperly shelters members of the Sackler family and their associates from liability. States are finalizing a separate deal with other opioid companies.
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In 2020, the engineering firm Morabito Consultants found "severely deteriorated" concrete in the Champlain Towers South condo building. Town officials say they weren't alerted.
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Officials have officially ended the search for survivors following last month's condo building collapse. It was a heart-wrenching decision for dozens of families whose loved ones remain missing.
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Massachusetts and New York are among the states agreeing to end the fight to halt a controversial Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan. The deal shelters members of the Sackler family from opioid lawsuits.
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As recently as last month, Surfside, Fla., officials were ordering changes at Champlain Towers South. But the demands never focused on the building's fundamental soundness.
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There are 152 people still missing from a Florida residential building that collapsed last week. Residents are demanding answers to why the section fell, and are coping with the loss of loved ones.
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An engineering report in Oct. 2018 warned of "major structural damage" in the Florida building that collapsed last week. The next month, a town inspector said the building was in "very good shape."
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The 2018 report found major damage to the concrete structural slab below the pool deck and warned that extensive repairs would be needed soon. The mayor is considering evacuating a sister building.
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President Biden wants to eliminate sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine that led to the incarceration of far more Black and Hispanic Americans. Critics are skeptical of the reform.
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The White House announced support Tuesday for eliminating sentencing disparities for crack and powder cocaine, which experts say unfairly target Black and Hispanic communities.