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October 19, 1951 – December 27, 2023

New ruling in federal appeals court protects Jewish family, owners of OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, from civil litigation, clears way for company to pay victims, families

Some criticize settlement, which leaves amount to go to victims of addictive OxyContin unchanged while shielding family from further attempts to make them pay for crisis

Parents who lost children to addiction split on decision to overturn deal that would have prevented future lawsuits against Sackler family: 'I want them to know what it feels like'

Arthur M. Sackler in his office in this undated photo. (Wikimedia commons/ CC BY-SA 2.0/ Smithsonian Freer and Sackler Galleries) Author Patrick Radden Keefe testifies before a House Oversight Committee hearing on legislation inspired by the bankruptcy case of Purdue Pharma and the members of the wealthy Sackler family that own it, on Capitol Hill, June 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) A skeleton made of pill bottles stands with protesters outside a courthouse in Boston, w...

Updated at 1:22 p.m. ET Members of the Sackler family and Purdue Pharmas CEO say they did nothing wrong during the years their company illegally marketed Oxycontin and other opioids. "Theres nothing I can find that I would have done differently," said Dr. Kathe Sackler who served on Purdues board for nearly 20 years. She testified under oath Thursday during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing. The Sacklers appeared before the panel voluntarily after being threatened with a subpoen...

CUMBERLAND TIMES-NEWS Dec 14, 2020 The area’s six West Virginia schools had a strong showing in the All State teams released last week. A total of 14 local players appeared on the squad, with 13 more being listed as honorable mentions, over the state’s three classes as voted by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. Frankfort and Keyser stuffed the Class AA team with seven players. On the first team offense, Falcons senior offensive lineman John Bittinger was joined by Golden T...