Over 200 people swarmed the Illinois State Capital on Tuesday to deliver jars of gummy bears to state representatives in symbolic protest against mass incarceration, USA Today reports. Their goal? To see an end to the controversial practice of cash bail, a practice often seen as needlessly regressive by critics and as a necessary detention
The largest generic opioid manufacturer in the United States, which sold more opioids than any other drug company during the height of the addiction crisis , has agreed to pay $1.6 billion to settle lawsuits brought by state and local governments over its stake in the national opioid crisis. Federal data shows Mallinckrodt, the highest-volume
Longtime Disney chief executive officer Bob Iger announced his abrupt decision to step down Tuesday, in a move that caught the company’s employees and rival media bigwigs off guard. Effective immediately, Iger, who served in his previous role for 15 years, will become executive chairman through 2021. Bob Chapek, who most recently served as chairman
President Donald Trump is facing backlash for allegedly making misleading and factually inaccurate claims he made downplaying the coronavirus outbreak in the United States at a press conference during his visit to India Tuesday. “I think that’s a problem that’s going to go away,” Trump said of the pandemic, which has expanded this week to