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US-HEALTH-OPIOID-OXYCODON-ILLUSTRATION This illustration image shows tablets of opioid painkiller Oxycodone delivered on medical prescription taken on September 18, 2019 in Washington,DC. - Millions of Americans sank into addiction after using potent opioid painkillers that the companies churned out and doctors freely prescribed over the past two decades. Well over 400,000 people died of opioid overdoses in that period, while the companies involved raked in billions of dollars in profits. And while the flood of prescription opioids into the black market has now been curtailed, addicts are turning to heroin and highly potent fentanyl to compensate, where the risk of overdose and death is even higher. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP) (Photo by ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Publicis Health Agrees To $350M Settlement Over Role In America’s Opioid Epidemic

Attorney General (AG) Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health in order to settle claims that the company helped OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma fuel the deadly opioid epidemic in the United States.

The National Association Of The Deaf's Breakthrough Awards LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 25: Tim Cook attends The National Association Of The Deaf's Breakthrough Awards at Audrey Irmas Pavillion on October 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Apple To Pay $25 Million In Discrimination Settlement

Apple is set to pay $25 million in a settlement brought by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) that claimed that the corporation improperly preferred hiring immigrants over American citizens or green card holders, according to media reports.

TOPSHOT-UKRAINE-SOCIAL-GAY-PARADE-PROTEST TOPSHOT - An activist's silhouette is seen through a rainbow flag during a Gay Parade in Kiev on May 25, 2013. Around a hundred gay rights activists marched in Ukraine on Saturday despite fears of violence and a court ban, marking the first gay pride event in the ex-Soviet country, where homophobia is widespread and generally accepted. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

California Spent Over $4M On Gender-Related Surgeries For Prisoners In Past 6 Years

California has spent more than $4 million in taxpayer dollars on gender-related surgeries for inmates around the state, including numerous death row inmates, since 2017.