Claire Galofaro

Associated Press

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

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Settlement Would Rely on Opioid Sales

The tentative multibillion-dollar settlement would raise money to help clean up the opioid mess by ... selling more OxyContin.

This undated photo provided by NASA shows SOFIA over the snow-covered Sierra Nevada mountains with its telescope door open during a test flight. The world's largest airborne observatory was supposed to be parked in Seattle this week, so thousands of scientists attending the 'Super Bowl of Astronomy' could behold this marvel: a Boeing 747, like this one shown, for example, outfitted with a massive telescope used to study the fundamental mysteries of the universe.

Federal Scientists Miss Conferences

The shutdown's impact on science stretches well beyond the empty chairs at this week's conferences.

Marlene Kramer works at a sewing machine for a custom sportswear company in Prairie du Chien, Wis., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Kramer said she's glad that the Affordable Care Act has helped millions get insurance and saved lives, but it hasn't helped hers. It's cheaper for them to pay the penalty of $2,000 and forgo health insurance, and they pray they don't get sick before Trump, she hopes, keeps his promise to replace the law with something better.

Trump Voters Gambled on Revival

In pro-Trump America, the list of grievances was long and exacting: stagnant wages, the cost of health care, a hard-to-define feeling that things are not getting better, at least not for people like them.

In this Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015 file photo, amusement device inspector Avery Wheelock inspects the safety pins on a children's merry-go-round at the Mississippi State Fair in Jackson, Miss. In some parts of the U.S., the thrill rides that hurl kids upside down, whirl them around or send them shooting down slides are checked out by state inspectors before customers climb on. But in other places, they are not required to get the once-over.

Thrill-Ride Accidents Spark Regulation

A grisly death on a water slide and a Ferris wheel accident that injured three little girls have focused attention on what safety experts say is an alarming truth about amusement rides.