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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK (July 10, 2025)
The BVI Beacon
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July 10, 2025
Life savers Most everyone hates being in hospitals, but a brush with death left a Beaconite loving the people staffing the one in Road Town. A sudden medical emergency saw an ambulance rush to the reporter’s door in double smart time — a feat made...
DeVry University expands ‘Bridge to Brilliance’ initiative to SVG
Searchlight
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July 11, 2025
Residents of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), can now benefit from a new initiative launched earlier this year by U.S.-based DeVry University. Through the expansion of its Bridge to Brilliance Initiative, DeVry University said it will offer...
Operation Maverick's Armistice: A collaborative Air National Guard exercise in agile combat training
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 10, 2025
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES 07.10.2025 JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. -- In a formidable display of readiness and collaboration, more than 800 mission-ready Air National Guard members gathered at the Air Dominance Center in...
BOC Senate Hearing Sheds Light on Cost of Mental Health Inaction
St. Thomas Source
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June 20, 2025
Corrections Bureau Director Wynnie Testamark addresses the Senate Budget, Appropriations and Finance Committee Wednesday on St. Thomas. (Photo courtesy V.I. Legislature) With few treatment options available in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the burden...
Maine to receive $26 million as part of $7.4 billion Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
WABI - Maine
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June 18, 2025
AUGUSTA, Maine (WMTW) - The state of Maine is expected to receive $26 million from Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, as part of the $7.4 billion settlement that will resolve lawsuits over the company’s role in creating and...
West Virginia to get up to $53 million from opioid lawsuit settlement with Purdue Pharma and Sackler Family
The Morgan Messenger - West Virginia
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June 17, 2025
Attorney General JB McCuskey has announced that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. He made the...
Another way to check the health of a coral reef: Study the microbes in the seawater
Mongabay
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June 17, 2025
An increasingly common way to keep tabs on coral reef health is by measuring microorganisms in the local seawater. Microbial-based coral reef monitoring is excellent at detecting nutrient and health changes on a reef and can draw attention to...
Maine to receive $26M as part of $7.4B Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
WMTW 8 - Maine
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June 17, 2025
The state of Maine is expected to receive $26 million from Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, as part of the $7.4 billion settlement that will resolve lawsuits over the company's role in creating and worsening the nationwide opioid...
Nebraska to receive up to $19.7 million in settlement with Purdue Pharma
Central Nebraska Today
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Attorney General Mike Hilgers, Courtesy NEBRASKA — Attorney General Hilgers today announced that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and...
Attorney General announces every state joined $7.4B settlement with Purdue Pharma
The Saratogian - New York
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June 17, 2025
NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family,...
Attorneys general reach $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma over opioid crisis
Palmetto State News - South Carolina
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June 16, 2025
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that all 55 attorneys general from eligible states and U.S. territories have agreed to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The agreement aims to...
State to receive up to $105.6 million from settlement with Purdue Pharma
Tacoma Weekly - Washington State
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SEATTLE 6/16/2025 – Attorney General Nick Brown today announced that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler...
South Dakota to receive $10.1 million as part of $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma
Mitchell Daily Republic - South Dakota
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June 16, 2025
PIERRE — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced Monday that South Dakota is expected to receive an estimated $10.1 million as its share of a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The...
Alabama joins $7.4 billion opioid settlement with major pharmaceutical company
AL.com - Alabama
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June 16, 2025
Attorney General Steve Marshall on Monday announced Alabama is part of a nationwide $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The Sackler family has informed 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible...
AG Marshall announces $7.4 billion national opioid crisis settlement with Purdue Pharma, Sackler family
1819 News
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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Monday announced a nationwide $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The Sackler family has informed the 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and...
Purdue Pharma reaches $7.4 billion settlement over opioid crisis
Buckeye Reporter - Ohio
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June 16, 2025
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. | https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/About-AG/Dave-YostOhio Attorney General Dave Yost. | https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/About-AG/Dave-Yost Attorney General Dave Yost has announced that 49 states, the...
Ohio joins Purdue Pharma settlement with all but 1 state, D.C., 5 territories
Journal News - Ohio
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ExploreOhio Bureau of Workers’ Comp. drops Oxycontin, cites safer alternativeYost said that the attorneys general of every state but Oklahoma, along with the District of Columbia and American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Northern...
23 businesses participating in BVI Staycation 2025
Virgin Islands News Online
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ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– “Experience BVI, Right Here, Right Now!” That is the theme for this year’s BVI Staycation experience curated for residents of the Virgin Islands (VI). BVI Staycation is an annual promotion by the British Virgin Islands...
55 attorneys general sign on to $7.4B Purdue Pharma, Sackler family settlement
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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Attorneys general across the country are uniting in a historic opioid settlement. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin and Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that all 55 attorneys general, representing all states and U.S....
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists share studies on reef mapping with NUWC Division Newport workforce
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 10, 2025
NEWPORT, R.I. – Dr. T. Aran Mooney, Dr. Seth McCammon and Dr. Yogesh Girdhar from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Massachusetts shared their studies on coral reefs, mapping sounds and the use of autonomous underwater vehicles...