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- 'Hopes dashed': Chicago teachers strike to enter fourth school day October 22, 2019School classes were called off for a fourth day in Chicago after the city and striking teachers in the third-largest U.S. school system failed to settle a contract dispute over issues such as class size and staffing.
- Colorado mother accused of murdering daughter she said was terminally ill October 22, 2019A Colorado mother who authorities said solicited donations, charitable services, and government aid for her purportedly terminally ill daughter who died in 2017 has been indicted on murder charges in the girl's death, court documents showed on Monday.
- Dallas orders curfew after tornado shreds homes; thousands without power October 22, 2019Police declared a curfew on Monday in parts of Dallas where a powerful tornado tore apart homes and flipped cars, leaving tens of thousands without power for a second night.
- Drug firms avert landmark opioid trial as talks on $48-billion settlement set to resume October 21, 2019Four large drug companies could resume talks on Tuesday to try to reach a $48 billion settlement of all opioid litigation against them, after agreeing with two Ohio counties to a $260 million deal to avert the first federal trial over their role in the U.S. opioid epidemic.
- Wildfire threatens homes, prompts evacuations in Pacific Palisades, California October 21, 2019A wildfire raced up a steep hillside to threaten scores of homes in the Los Angeles coastal enclave of Pacific Palisades on Monday, prompting evacuations as water-dropping helicopters and firefighters swarmed the area to battle the flames.
- October brings losses for short sellers in U.S. opioid-related shares October 21, 2019October has been a rough month for short sellers betting against companies at the heart of the opioid crisis, although those traders still have paper profits of almost $600 million for the year, according to data from financial analytics firm S3 Partners.
- San Jose to propose turning PG&E into giant customer-owned utility - WSJ October 21, 2019San Jose, California's third-biggest city, is proposing to convert PG&E Corp into the country's largest customer-owned utility, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing the city's mayor.
- Massachusetts vaping sales ban can stand but needs fixes: judge October 21, 2019A Massachusetts judge on Monday declined to immediately halt a ban on the sale of vaping products adopted after an outbreak of e-cigarette-related lung injuries, but he said the state must redo the ban and get public comment this time.
- Factbox: Billion-dollar lawsuits accuse drugmakers, distributors of fueling U.S. opioid crisis October 21, 2019On Monday, two Ohio counties reached a last-minute settlement with four companies they accused of fueling the nationwide opioid epidemic. The counties were seeking billions of dollars to cover the cost of addiction treatment programs, healthcare and other services.
- Factbox: The U.S. opioid epidemic by the numbers October 21, 2019Opioid deaths in the United States have soared over the last two decades, driving a wave of litigation against drugmakers and distributors.