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William T. ‘Bill’ O’Connor Jr. WILLIAMSBURG — William T. ‘Bill’ O’Connor Jr., 81, passed away peacefully at home with family by his side Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Bill was born Sept. 10, 1939, to William Thomas O’Connor Sr. and Pauline Kelly O’Connor. He was raised in West Point and Deltaville. In 1957, he graduated from West Point High School. He went on to serve in the U.S. Air Force from 1957 to 1961. Much of his time, he was stationed in Alaska. In 1967, Bill began working as a millwright for Chesapeake Corporation in West Point and continued there until retirement nearl...

For personal reasons, 45 offer religious exemptions. and a new bill proposed in florida looks to offer mental health space to students, part of a growing movement across the cup. the -- country. a parents' note would be required, this is tied in part to an epidemic of suicides. jed if. jedediah: the first federal opioid crisis is heading to court tomorrow. that resulted in 400,000 deaths over two decades. our next guest knows the issue firsthand. her sister jenny died in 2017 from an opioid with overdose after being prescribed the drugs following a back surgery. today she says it's time to h...

Treatment. there are many root causes and it's not just one fix. it's not just law enforcement or just treatment. there's a whole -- a number of root causes that we really need to fix to make it easier for patients to access treatment. but it's a fixable problem and the good news is we know how to fix it. we just need the political will to do it. steve: indeed. read her op-ed in the washington examiner. kelly o'connor, thank you very much. >> thank you. ainsley: i'm so sorry for your loss. steve: purdue pharma did put out a statement regarding the bankruptcy settlement. this bankruptcy framewo...

Others, the strike continues here. g.m. could lose millions of dollars each day, each passing day that they are not producing cars. it seems right now, according to the sources we are hearing, they are not any closer to a deal. negotiations will continue today in detroit. back to you guys. steve: which is what all those people are striking on christina. thank you. ainsley: thank you. steve: purdue pharma filed for bankruptcy after agreeing to estimated 10 billion-dollar settlement to resolve thousands, i believe 2,000 lawsuits connected to the opioid crisis. brian: our next guest lost her sist...

Of a drug overdose. jenny was just one of them. she was 44 years old. suburban mom. college graduate. and i was really blind sided by it. i wasn't educated about opioid use disorder. our family never talked about it. so, i tried to tell our story as much as i can so other people don't make the same mistakes we did. i mean, i would have done anything for my sister. she never asked. just one in 10 people to struggle with opioids seek treatment. we have to fix this. brian: how did she start? >> i think it started with just being on kind of this uncoordinated cocktail of pain meds after some surge...