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Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid lawsuits

(AP) -- Walmart has agreed to pay $3.1 billion to settle lawsuits nationwide over the impact of the prescriptions its pharmacies filled for powerful prescription opioid painkillers. The deal would still need to be approved by 43 states to take…

Nation marks National Nurse Practitioners Week

JACKSON, Tenn. -- The week of November 13 through the November 19 is observed as National Nurse Practitioners Week. A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse who had advanced education and…

America Recycles Week continues through Friday

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Recycling has the power to deliver a host of climate, economic, and waste management benefits. But today, US recycling is not performing at the scope and scale required to…

Flying home for the holidays will cost you more this year

(AP) -- If you're looking for airline tickets or a hotel room around the holidays, you'll probably pay more than you did the last time you traveled over Thanksgiving or Christmas. Part of the reason is that airlines are still…

Miami Beach hotel that hosted JFK, Beatles imploded

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A once-luxurious Miami Beach hotel that hosted the Beatles and President John F. Kennedy during its 1960s heyday was imploded Sunday after falling into disrepair and abandonment in recent years. The 17-story Deauville Hotel fell…

Applications for student loan forgiveness no longer accepted

By Carole Feldman - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is no longer accepting applications for student loan forgiveness after a second federal court shut down the program. "Courts have issued orders blocking our student debt relief program,"…

'Here comes the bride': White House to host its 19th wedding

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — "Here Comes the Bride" will be heard at the White House very soon. Again. Naomi Biden, the granddaughter of President Joe Biden, and Peter Neal are getting married on the South…

4th grader uses Heimlich to save fellow student from choking

RACINE, Wis. (AP) — A 9-year-old elementary school student in Wisconsin may have saved the life of a classmate by performing the Heimlich maneuver on her as she choked on food, authorities said. Essie Collier, a fourth grader at Racine’s…

Sandy Hook memorial opens nearly 10 years after 26 killed

By Dave Collins - Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A memorial to the 20 first graders and six educators killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting opened to the public Sunday, a month before the 10th anniversary of…