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News Wrap: Johnson & Johnson, drug distributors to pay $26 billion in opioid settlement

In our news wrap Friday, Johnson & Johnson and three major U.S. drug distributors say they will pay $26 billion to settle opioid addiction claims stemming from some 3,000 lawsuits involving nearly every state and city, longtime Republican Oklahoma Sen.

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Water crisis continues in Mississippi, weeks after cold snap

By Jeff Martin, Leah Willingham, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Mississippi's largest city is still struggling with water problems, more than two weeks after winter storms and freezing weather ravaged the system.

Power cut across Texas as snow, ice blanket southern Plains

By Paul J. Weber, Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press

A winter storm dropping snow and ice also sent temperatures plunging across the southern Plains, prompting a power emergency in Texas a day after conditions canceled flights and impacted traffic across large swaths of the U.S.

Drought more likely than blizzards this winter, forecasters say

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

U.S. weather officials are predicting a mostly warmer than normal winter, but they are also worried about a worsening drought.

U.S. travelers brace for a snowy Thanksgiving

By Jeff Baenen, Colleen Slevin, David Koenig, Associated Press

Wintry storms, including a “bomb cyclone” weather phenomenon affecting California and Oregon, are expected to cause difficulties for holiday travelers throughout much of the country.