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Oxycodone pills. A federal jury in Ohio on Tuesday found major pharmacy chains liable for helping to fuel the opioid crisis.

3 of America's biggest pharmacy chains have been found liable for the opioid crisis

Tuesday's verdict comes as CVS, Walgreens and Walmart face thousands of lawsuits filed by communities across the U.S. The companies say they did nothing wrong dispensing huge quantities of opioids.

Stormy Daniels talks with a journalist in Berlin shortly after her lawyer filed a defamation case against Donald Trump on her behalf in October 2018.

Judge orders Stormy Daniels to pay Donald Trump another $120,000 in legal fees

A federal judge ruled in favor of the former president on Tuesday, ordering adult film star Stormy Daniels to pay another $121,972 in legal fees for a failed defamation suit.

Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Cory Booker is seen outside of Vonda's Kitchen in Newark, N.J. on Oct. 12, 2019, ahead of an NPR-moderated discussion with voters.

Cory Booker On Impeachment: 'I Swore An Oath To Protect And Defend The Constitution'

The New Jersey senator and presidential hopeful says Congress must take action. "Politics be damned. I have a job to do, which is to hold the executive accountable and we should be doing that."

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 17: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on the student debt relief plan as Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona (R) listens in the South Court Auditorium at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on October 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. President Biden gave an update on the student debt relief portal beta test. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program just got more flexible

The U.S. Education Department announced plans Tuesday to permanently change the long-troubled program to grant more borrowers forgiveness. The department had already made several temporary changes.

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 1, 2014 file photo, Australian and Dutch investigators examine a piece of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane, near the village of Hrabove, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. The Dutch government is taking to Russia to the European Court of Human Rights for its alleged role in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine six years ago, the foreign minister announced Friday July 10, 2020.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)

Australia and the Netherlands launch a new case against Russia over 2014 jet downing

The case centers on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. The passenger jet crashed over Ukraine on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in July 2014, killing all 298 people on board.

A federal appeals court has upheld a congressional request seeking nearly 10 years of financial records from President Trump, members of his family and his businesses.

Banks Must Provide Trump's Financial Records To Congress, Federal Appeals Court Rules

Lawmakers want information stretching back nearly a decade from Deutsche Bank and Capitol One on President Trump, his family members and businesses. Trump is expected to appeal to the Supreme Court.

People wait for a distribution of masks and food from the Rev. Al Sharpton in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, after a new state mandate was issued requiring residents to wear face coverings in public due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, Saturday, April 18, 2020. "Inner-city residents must follow this mandate to ensure public health and safety," said Sharpton. The latest Associated Press analysis of available data shows that nearly one-third of those who have died from the coronavirus are African American, even though blacks are only about 14% of the population. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Black Mayors Call For Governors To Let Them Enforce Rules To Fight COVID-19

"State, local and tribal governments are uniquely positioned to determine the level of mitigation required to combat the virus in their communities," the African American Mayors Association urges.

Seventeen bodies were found at the Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center in Andover, N.J. in April. New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal is investigating misconduct at nursing homes in the state.

New Jersey Investigates State's Nursing Homes, Hotbed Of COVID-19 Fatalities

More than half of New Jersey's coronavirus fatalities were at long-term care facilities, including nursing homes. The state's attorney general, Gurbir Grewal, has opened an investigation.

Australia and the Netherlands launch a new case against Russia over 2014 jet downing

The case centers on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. The passenger jet crashed over Ukraine on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in July 2014, killing all 298 people on board.

Australia and the Netherlands launch a new case against Russia over 2014 jet downing

The case centers on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. The passenger jet crashed over Ukraine on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in July 2014, killing all 298 people on board.

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