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Johnson & Johnson, distributors finalize $26B opioid settlement

By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors have finalized a nationwide settlement over their role in the opioid addiction crisis.

News Wrap: SEC is investigating Elon Musk, his brother for insider trading

In our news wrap Thursday, the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his brother broke insider trading rules, a judge orders a Michigan couple to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter after their son allegedly…

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Former Minneapolis police officers convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights

By John Yang, Ryan Connelly Holmes

Three former Minneapolis police officers have been convicted in federal court of violating George Floyd’s civil rights. They were on the scene assisting fellow officer Derek Chauvin when he pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes,…

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Claiming abuse, Texas tries to prevent gender-affirming care for trans children

By Amna Nawaz, Matt Loffman

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the state's attorney general have directed state agencies to investigate families who provide gender-affirming medical care for transgender children. Dr. Stephen Rosenthal, a pediatric endocrinologist and the medical director of the Child and Adolescent Gender…

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Parents of teen charged in Oxford high school shooting to stand trial

By Corey Williams, Associated Press

A judge has ordered the parents of a 15-year-old boy charged with killing four students at his Michigan high school to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges.

3 former officers convicted of rights violations in George Floyd killing

By Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski, Tammy Webber, Associated Press

Tou Thao, the Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders at the scene of George Floyd’s killing, was convicted Thursday of violating Floyd’s civil rights.

Whistleblowers say they’re being bullied for exposing federal prison abuses

By Michael Balsamo, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press

Federal prison employees say they're being bullied and threatened for raising concerns about serious misconduct and claim it's indicative of widespread problems in the Bureau of Prisons.

10 years after killing of Trayvon Martin, nation continues its reckoning on racial justice

By Deepti Hajela, Associated Press

The killing of Trayvon Martin at the hands of a stranger still reverberates 10 years later -- in protest, in partisanship, in racial reckoning and reactionary response, in social justice and social media.

U.S. regulators open probe into unexpected automatic braking on some Hondas

By Tom Krisher, Associated Press

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has 278 complaints that the problem can happen in 2017 through 2019 CR-V SUVs and 2018 and 2019 Accord sedans.

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. tells general assembly that ‘now is the time to get off the sidelines’ on Russia and Ukraine

By News Desk and Associated Press

“There is no middle ground here. Calling for both sides to de-escalate only gives Russia a pass. Russia is the aggressor here,” Thomas-Greenfield said at a U.N. General Assembly meeting Wednesday.