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Justices seem split on a controversial deal that would spend billions on tackling opioid addiction.

A ruling upholding a disputed provision in the settlement would finally start the flow of payments from the company and its owners — members of the billionaire Sackler family — to cities, states, tribes, and individuals to help them cope with the costs of the ongoing opioid crisis.

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument Monday on the remaining sticking point in the years-long effort to settle litigation against Purdue Pharma.

In 2014, when the first opioid lawsuits were filed against Purdue Pharma, Tiffinee Scott’s daughter was still years away from her fatal overdose from addictive prescription painkillers, including Purdue’s OxyContin, which she was taking to manage sickle cell pain. That year, Dede Yoder’s teenage son was struggling with an addiction that began with an OxyContin prescription for a sports injury. He would die from an overdose in 2017, after attempting rehab eight times. It woul...

Justices seem split on a controversial deal that would spend billions on tackling opioid addiction.

In 2014, when the first opioid lawsuits were filed against Purdue Pharma, Tiffinee Scott’s daughter was still years away from her fatal overdose from…

Only one victim's mother is siding with the federal government in rejecting a $6 billion bankruptcy settlement that would shield the family who owns Purdue Pharma from any civil liabilities.

An appeals court ruling puts Purdue Pharma, the controversial maker of OxyContin, one step closer to enacting its settlement plan.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Kara Trainor composed herself, looked into a camera and began to speak to the drugmakers she holds responsible for two decades of

Kara Trainor composed herself, looked into a camera and began to speak to the drugmakers she holds responsible for two decades of suffering that has extended from her to a son born dependent on opioids.