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NEW YORK (AP) — A spokesperson for Mortimer D.A. Sackler has defended $1 billion in previously unknown transfers from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to his family, saying they were "perfectly legal and appropriate in every respect." New York state's attorney general contends that the Sackler family, which owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, used the oversea bank accounts to conceal the transfer of millions of dollars from the company to themselves.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The opioid crisis has hit virtually every pocket of the U.S., from rural towns in deeply conservative states to big cities in liberal-leaning ones. But a curious divide has opened up. The nation's Republican state attorneys general have, for the most part, lined up in support of a tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, while their Democratic counterparts have mostly come out against it, decrying it as woefully inadequate.
BOSTON (AP) — Felicity Huffman has become the first parent sentenced in a college admissions scandal that ensnared dozens of wealthy and well-connected mothers and fathers. The "Desperate Houswives" star was sentenced on Friday to 14 days in prison for paying $15,000 to rig her daughter's SAT scores. She was also given a $30,000 fine and 250 hours of community service.
MOSCOW (AP) — A representative of the Taliban says a negotiating team is in Russia just days after U.S. President Donald Trump declared dead a deal with the insurgent group in Afghanistan. The Russian state news agency Tass cited the Taliban's Qatar-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen as saying the delegation had held consultations with President Vladimir Putin's envoy for Afghanistan. The visit was confirmed to The Associated Press by a Taliban official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House intelligence committee has issued a subpoena to the acting Director of National Intelligence, saying the director is withholding a whistleblower complaint from Congress. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said in a statement Friday evening that the committee will require that Joseph Maguire testify Thursday unless he complies with the subpoena. Schiff was mysterious about the subject of the whistleblower complaint.
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