Attorneys Unveil Plan For National Settlement Of Lawsuits From Opioid Epidemic Attorneys who represent hundreds of local governments have a new proposal for how to deal with the opioid crisis. They unveiled the framework for nationwide settlement in federal court on Friday. Brian Mann
Possessing Marijuana In Prison 'Is Not A Felony,' California Court Says A three-judge panel ruled that because it's legal to have small amounts of pot, the same is true inside prison. But they also say it's still illegal to smoke or ingest cannabis in prison. Bill Chappell
Architecture For Landmark Nationwide Opioid Settlement Unveiled If finalized, such a deal could funnel tens of billions of dollars to American communities struggling with the addiction crisis, while restoring stability to one of the country's biggest industries. Brian Mann
Rising Democratic Party Star Urges Hollywood Not To Leave Georgia Over Abortion Law Rachel Martin talks to Stacey Abrams, Georgia's former gubernatorial candidate, about why she's urging the entertainment industry not to boycott her state over its recent abortion measure.
Former Stanford Sailing Coach Avoids Prison Time For College Admissions Scandal On Wednesday, former Stanford sailing coach John Vandemoer, the first of the accused in a college admissions scandal, received two years of supervised release in sentencing, avoiding prison time. Tovia Smith
Justice Dept. Cites Executive Privilege In Keeping Census Documents From Democrats As Congress was holding a hearing on contempt for two Cabinet secretaries, the Justice Department said that it would not surrender materials sought by oversight committee Chairman Elijah Cummings. Philip Ewing
Reports Find Health Workers Still Aren't Alerting Police Regarding Likely Elder Abuse Workers in nursing homes, hospital ERs and other health facilities are required by law to notify police whenever they notice likely signs of physical or sexual abuse. But that's often not happening. Ina Jaffe
'Patients Will Die': One County's Challenge To Trump's 'Conscience Rights' Rule California's Santa Clara County argues that if the rule goes into effect in July, the county will suffer irreparable harm in terms of patient care and staffing costs. Selena Simmons-Duffin
CEOs Becoming More Active On Political Issues, Including Abortion Historically, CEOs spoke out on political issues relevant to their bottom lines, but as the fight over abortion escalates, some say their employees and customers expect them to take a stand. Yuki Noguchi
Justice Department To Give House Panel Some Russia Probe Evidence Steve Inskeep talks to law professor Jonathan Turley about the Justice Department acquiescing to House Democrats' demands to turn over some documents related to the Russia inquiry.
