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SPW Fitness 2025 American Samoa Marathon, Half Marathon a success
Samoa News
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June 24, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — SPW Fitness proudly hosted its annual American Samoa Marathon and Half Marathon on June 21, 2025, in Utulei, drawing an impressive turnout of local and international runners. The event, complemented by the Olympic Day...
Lukasz Urbaniak of Poland wins American Samoa marathon
Talanei
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June 23, 2025
SPW Fitness hosted its annual American Samoa Marathon and Half Marathon Saturday in Utulei, drawing an impressive turnout of local and international runners. The event, complemented by the Olympic Day 5K and 10K fun runs, showcased athletic...
Teenager calls police after alleged assault by her boyfriend
Samoa News
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June 24, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On April 27, 2025, at approximately 3:32p.m, the Leone Police Substation received a call from a woman who claimed to have been assaulted by her boyfriend. The suspect fled the scene but was later charged with: Count 1:...
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Iodine Deficiency in Reproductive Women From 1990 to 2019, and Projections to 2035: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study in 2019
Dove Medical Press
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June 21, 2025
1Department of General Surgery, Cancer Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830011, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, People’s...
Greenpeace USA Slams U.S. Seabed Mining Plans off American Samoa
Greenpeace International
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June 14, 2025
Victor Pickering, a Greenpeace International activist from Fiji displays a banner reading “Our Pacific Is Not Yours To Destroy” in front of the Maersk Launcher, a ship chartered by DeepGreen, one of the companies spearheading the drive to mine the...
Maine to receive $26 million as part of $7.4 billion Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
WABI - Maine
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June 18, 2025
AUGUSTA, Maine (WMTW) - The state of Maine is expected to receive $26 million from Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, as part of the $7.4 billion settlement that will resolve lawsuits over the company’s role in creating and...
The One Food Tulsi Gabbard Never Eats And Why
KINY - Alaska
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June 23, 2025
Director of National Intelligence and former presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard often makes headlines for her political moves, but many people don't know much about her personal life. She served in Hawaii's National Guard and eventually became a...
Virgin Islands Could Receive $1.5 million From Purdue Pharma Settlement
St. Thomas Source
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June 18, 2025
Virgin Islands Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea announces that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family....
West Virginia to get up to $53 million from opioid lawsuit settlement with Purdue Pharma and Sackler Family
The Morgan Messenger - West Virginia
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June 17, 2025
Attorney General JB McCuskey has announced that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. He made the...
Stat of the week: With a Red List Index score of 0.87, American Samoa has the highest score in the region
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Celebrating Pacific biodiversity, our stat of the week marks World Environment Day this 5 June. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List Index ranges from 0 to 1—with 1 indicating no extinction risk, and 0 meaning that...
Maine to receive $26M as part of $7.4B Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
WMTW 8 - Maine
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June 17, 2025
The state of Maine is expected to receive $26 million from Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, as part of the $7.4 billion settlement that will resolve lawsuits over the company's role in creating and worsening the nationwide opioid...
Nebraska to receive up to $19.7 million in settlement with Purdue Pharma
Central Nebraska Today
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Attorney General Mike Hilgers, Courtesy NEBRASKA — Attorney General Hilgers today announced that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and...
Attorney General announces every state joined $7.4B settlement with Purdue Pharma
The Saratogian - New York
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June 17, 2025
NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family,...
Attorneys general reach $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma over opioid crisis
Palmetto State News - South Carolina
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June 16, 2025
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that all 55 attorneys general from eligible states and U.S. territories have agreed to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The agreement aims to...
State to receive up to $105.6 million from settlement with Purdue Pharma
Tacoma Weekly - Washington State
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SEATTLE 6/16/2025 – Attorney General Nick Brown today announced that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler...
7.4 billion Purdue Pharma settlement joined by all U.S. state attorneys general
Great Lakes Wire - Michigan
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June 16, 2025
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced that a $7.4 billion settlement has been reached with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. This agreement involves all 55 attorneys general from eligible states and U.S. territories. The...
Ohio joins Purdue Pharma settlement with all but 1 state, D.C., 5 territories
Journal News - Ohio
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ExploreOhio Bureau of Workers’ Comp. drops Oxycontin, cites safer alternativeYost said that the attorneys general of every state but Oklahoma, along with the District of Columbia and American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Northern...
South Dakota to receive $10.1 million as part of $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma
Mitchell Daily Republic - South Dakota
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June 16, 2025
PIERRE — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced Monday that South Dakota is expected to receive an estimated $10.1 million as its share of a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The...
Alabama joins $7.4 billion opioid settlement with major pharmaceutical company
AL.com - Alabama
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June 16, 2025
Attorney General Steve Marshall on Monday announced Alabama is part of a nationwide $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The Sackler family has informed 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible...
AG Marshall announces $7.4 billion national opioid crisis settlement with Purdue Pharma, Sackler family
1819 News
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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Monday announced a nationwide $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The Sackler family has informed the 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and...