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Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the prescription painkiller.

Anthony Mitchell Sr. and his son Justin were waiting for help to evacuate on the day they died in the Eaton fire, family members said. Anthony Sr. was remembered for his devotion to his children.

Researchers have probed the genetics of one of Australia's most elusory animals, the marsupial mole.

The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S. on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened various sanctions.

NPR rounds up what happened this week, the fourth week of President Trump's administration, and takes a look at some developments that have been overlooked.

Bundle up and prepare: People living "basically anywhere from the Rockies eastward" will see extremely cold temperatures over the next several days, a meteorologist says.

The annual Kyoto Prize winners came to San Diego for this year’s symposium. Kyoto Laureate John Pendry talked about the theory of bending light rays that’s led to technologies that do that and more.

Algunos críticos afirman que entre los planes del gobierno también se incluye un intento deliberado por aislar a los detenidos, encerrándolos y llevando a cabo sus procedimientos judiciales lejos de sus abogados y sistemas de apoyo.

Lawmakers in California and other states want to change vote-counting rules to speed up the process. One key question is whether counting can be sped up without sacrificing access to the ballot.

La elección está envuelta en secretismo y a los cardenales se les prohíbe comunicar al mundo exterior lo que ocurrió durante la votación en el cónclave, que se lleva a cabo detrás de las paredes con frescos de la Capilla Sixtina.