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Church Identifies Brown Student Ella Cook as Victim in Campus Shooting
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Church Identifies Brown Student Ella Cook as Victim in Campus Shooting

By Leah Sarnoff | ABC News Ella Cook was one of two people killed in the campus shooting on Saturday. One of the victims killed in Saturday’s shooting at Brown University has been identified as Ella Cook, a Brown student and a parishioner at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama. The church’s Rev. Craig Smalley announced Cook’s death in his service on Sunday morning, calling Cook “incredibly grounded and generous and faithful” and a “bright light” in the church and in her community. “Many of you heard about the tragedy, which happened at Brown University. ... And sadly, tragically, one of those people is one of our parishioners,” Smalley said during the service. "She was engaged and involved in our worship and in our community, and as she...
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$7.4 billion later: Purdue, Sacklers strike final opioid settlement deal—but is it justice?
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$7.4 billion later: Purdue, Sacklers strike final opioid settlement deal—but is it justice?

By Meredith Deliso | ABC News The settlement resolves litigation against the Sacklers over the opioid crisis. All 50 states as well as Washington, D.C., and four U.S. territories have agreed to sign a $7.4 billion settlement with the company and once-prominent family behind OxyContin, officials announced Monday. The settlement resolves pending litigation against Purdue Pharma, which, under the leadership of the Sackler families, invented, manufactured and aggressively marketed opioid products for decades, according to the lawsuits. States and cities across the country said it fueled waves of addiction and overdose deaths. The attorneys general in 55 states and territories have signed on to the historic settlement, which they said will end the Sacklers' ownership of Pu...
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Chris Wright, the Coloradan who could head up the Energy Department, wants to cut regulations, return to dominance
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Chris Wright, the Coloradan who could head up the Energy Department, wants to cut regulations, return to dominance

By ABC News Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be secretary of the Department of Energy, laid out his key priorities, including restoring "energy dominance," increasing technological innovation and cutting regulatory red tape, during a nearly three-hour confirmation hearing on Wednesday. "I see three immediate tasks where I will focus my attention if I get the privilege of being confirmed. The first is to unleash American energy at home and abroad to restore our energy dominance," Wright said. "Second, we must lead the world in innovation and technology breakthroughs." "Third, we must build things in America again and remove barriers to progress," he added. "Federal policies today make it too easy to stop projects and very hard, hard to start and complete project...
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