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Pharma Firm Seeks to Shield CEO from Questioning in Lawsuit
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The largest prescription drug distributor in the U.S. is trying to shield its CEO from being deposed in West Virginia’s lawsuit over its opioid epidemic. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports lawyers for McKesson Corp. filed a motion last week saying “burdening” McKesson CEO John Hammergren with preparing and sitting for the deposition… Read More
‘No Regrets’: House Speaker Paul Ryan Will Not Seek Re-Election
By: Susan Davis | Domenico Montanaro | NPR
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Amid an uneasy tenure that saw the failure of an Obamacare repeal and the passing of tax cuts — as well as an uneven relationship with President Trump — Ryan is calling it quits.
Confronting Birth, Death, and Growth: Speaking With Director Amy Jenkins
By: Emily Votaw
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Instructions On Parting is a sprawling example of cinéma vérité as told from behind the camera of director Amy Jenkins over the course of a 10-year period. The film is a pragmatic yet elegiac ode to the essential and achingly human conundrum of death and birth, and their powerful capacity to put into motion necessary… Read More