Walmart /news/tags/walmart Walmart en-US Copyright Tue, 15 Nov 2022 14:26:57 GMT Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid lawsuits /news/npr-news/npr-news/2022-11-15/walmart-offers-to-pay-3-1-billion-to-settle-opioid-lawsuits The retail giant becomes the latest major player in the drug industry to announce a plan to settle lawsuits filed by state and local governments over the toll of opioids sold at its pharmacies. Tue, 15 Nov 2022 14:26:57 GMT /news/npr-news/npr-news/2022-11-15/walmart-offers-to-pay-3-1-billion-to-settle-opioid-lawsuits The Associated Press Morning Headlines: Jury holds pharmacies responsible for role in opioid crisis; state troopers to get 1,500 new body cameras /news/2021-11-24/morning-headlines-jury-holds-pharmacies-responsible-for-role-in-opioid-crisis-state-troopers-to-get-1-500-new-body-cameras A federal jury says CVS, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies didn’t do enough to stop the flow of opioid pills into Lake and Trumbull counties in Northeast Ohio; Ohio will join a growing number of states whose highway troopers are equipped with body cameras; COVID cases remain high across Ohio heading into the Thanksgiving holiday; and more stories. Wed, 24 Nov 2021 13:46:23 GMT /news/2021-11-24/morning-headlines-jury-holds-pharmacies-responsible-for-role-in-opioid-crisis-state-troopers-to-get-1-500-new-body-cameras Amanda Rabinowitz, J. Nungesser Morning Headlines: KSU Holds Virtual May 4 Events; Medical Workers Support Acton at the Statehouse /news/community/2020-05-04/morning-headlines-ksu-holds-virtual-may-4-events-medical-workers-support-acton-at-the-statehouse Here are your morning headlines for Monday, May 4:Kent State holds virtual May 4 50th events;Medical workers support Acton at the Statehouse;Cleveland… Mon, 04 May 2020 10:28:27 GMT /news/community/2020-05-04/morning-headlines-ksu-holds-virtual-may-4-events-medical-workers-support-acton-at-the-statehouse Amanda Rabinowitz Federal Judge Sets October 2020 Trial Date In Pharmacy Opioid Case /news/government-politics/2019-11-20/federal-judge-sets-october-2020-trial-date-in-pharmacy-opioid-case U.S. District Judge Dan Polster has added a new opioid trial to the calendar, this one litigating Cuyahoga and Summit counties’ claims against pharmacy chains. Polster, who is overseeing the thousands of opioid-related lawsuits, set a trial date of Oct. 13, 2020 in an order issued Tuesday. The two counties are amending their lawsuits to accuse pharmacies of failing to look out for suspicious prescriptions for opioid painkillers, with the judge’s approval. Wed, 20 Nov 2019 14:02:43 GMT /news/government-politics/2019-11-20/federal-judge-sets-october-2020-trial-date-in-pharmacy-opioid-case Morning Headlines: Pharmaceutical Giant Settles with Summit, Cuyahoga; DeWine Calls for Vaping Ban /news/community/2019-10-02/morning-headlines-pharmaceutical-giant-settles-with-summit-cuyahoga-dewine-calls-for-vaping-ban Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, Oct. 2:Johnson & Johnson settles with Summit, Cuyahoga;DeWine pushes for vaping ban;Drug stores trying to… Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:18:57 GMT /news/community/2019-10-02/morning-headlines-pharmaceutical-giant-settles-with-summit-cuyahoga-dewine-calls-for-vaping-ban Amanda Rabinowitz