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Associated Press

In this Dec. 17, 2015, file photo, Martin Shkreli, center, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving drug, is escorted by law enforcement agents in New York after being taken into custody following a securities probe. State and federal authorities sued the imprisoned drug entrepreneur Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, over business tactics that helped make him the bad-boy face of profiteering in the pharmaceuticals industry, seeking to bar the so-called 'Pharma Bro' from the industry for life.

Pharma Bro Sued for New Price-Fixing Scheme

AG says they 'held this critical drug hostage from patients and competitors as they illegally sought to maintain their monopoly.'

In this Oct. 22, 2019, file photo, Ted Wells, Jr., the lead attorney for Exxon, leaves New York Supreme Court in New York, after opening arguments in a lawsuit against Exxon. Exxon Mobil prevailed Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, in a lawsuit accusing the energy giant of downplaying the toll that climate change regulations could take on its business, with a judge saying the state attorney general's case didn't prove the company deceived investors — but also didn't excuse it of any accountability for global warming.

Exxon Prevails in Climate Regulation Lawsuit

Judge says there was no proof the energy giant duped investors about the toll that regulations could take on its business.

This photo provided Nov. 7, 2019, by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety shows some of the 75,000 THC vaping cartridges seized in drug busts by Minnesota's Northwest Metro Drug Task Force.

Marijuana Vaping Busts on Rise

Authorities have seized at least 510,000 marijuana vape cartridges and arrested more than 120 people in the past two years.

New York City Police and Fire Department personnel secure the scene in front of a building in midtown Manhattan where a helicopter crash landed, Monday, June 10, 2019. The Fire Department says the helicopter crash-landed on the top of the tower, which isn't far from Rockefeller Center and Times Square.

Helicopter Crashes on NYC Skyscraper

"There's something mysterious here," Mayor Bill de Blasio told CNN, saying officials were scrutinizing video of a "very erratic" flight.

Opioid Lawsuit Hits Billionaire Family

The state amended an existing lawsuit against pill maker Purdue Pharma to add members of its controlling Sackler family as defendants.

In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019 photo, Dawn Casale, founder of One Girl Cookies, poses for photos in her shop in the Dumbo neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. Mayor Bill de Blasio wants New York to become the first place in the 50 states to make private businesses provide time off with pay. Employees at Casale's bakery get paid time off after five years, or if they're managers; others can arrange unpaid vacation, she said. 'I would love to be able to provide vacation time to my employees ... but the reality of it is not whether or not we want to give it — it's whether we can give it,' said Casale.

NYC Idea Prompts Debate Over Days Off

Mayor Bill de Blasio wants New York to become the first place in the 50 states to make private businesses provide time off with pay .

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Will Scandals Make Men Wary of Women at Work?

Some worry the same climate that's emboldening women to speak up about sexual misconduct could backfire by making some men wary of female colleagues.

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'Human Project' Wants Life's Data

Project wants everything from your credit-card swipes to blood samples, for 20 years.