A look at the top stories that impacted the nation this year.
maintained a folkloric status as the head of the Sinaloa cartel, an international crime syndicate that reportedly killed thousands and smuggled billions of dollars’ worth of drugs into the United States. The drug lord twice escaped from Mexican prison. But in 2016, he was recaptured and extradited to the United States, where he stood trial for trafficking and murder.
whether the man in blackface was Northam; however, he appeared — for the moment — to have survived the controversy.Not so long ago, the term “Remain in Mexico” would have meant little to most Americans. But the Trump administration policy designed to reduce migration across the United States’ southern border continued to be a major part of the national conversation in 2019.
Pharmaceutical companies felt the heat of federal inquiries scrutinizing past practices regarding opioid prescriptions to determine whether crimes were committed. More than 30,000 people have been named as plaintiffs in lawsuits against drugstores, pharmaceutical companies and medical associations, seeking financial reprieve for the hardship they’ve faced. In September, the most prominent company associated with opioids, OxyContin maker
, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The opioid epidemic has brought billions of dollars in profits for pharmaceutical companies and addicted millions, killing more than 400,000.
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