Bianca Facchinei

May 23, 2024 | news5cleveland.com | Bianca Facchinei |Taylor O'Bier |Toby Talbot

More than $55.2 billion has been awarded in opioid settlements nationwide, according to opioidsettlementtracker.com. But Gina DeMaria doesn't think she'll see any of it. "I think the money's being wasted," DeMaria said. She lost her son, Anthony, in 2014. He battled addiction for two years, after he was prescribed OxyContin following a motocross accident. "As a teenager, he didn't have a whole lot of money," DeMaria said.

May 23, 2024 | scrippsnews.com | Andrew Rafferty |Bianca Facchinei |Chance Seales

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Scripps News on Thursday that running mate Nicole Shanahan went through a “deep vetting process,” and he blamed recent reports about her personal life on attempts by Democrats to thwart his presidential campaign. “We did a deep, deep vetting process with Nicole and, you know, dozens of hours of interviews with many, many people,” Kennedy, an independent presidential candidate, said. Kennedy chose Shanahan as his running mate in March.

May 16, 2024 | scrippsnews.com | Bianca Facchinei |Justin Boggs |Lillie Boudreaux |Mason Ald

Stocks are adding to their gains on Wall Street, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 40,000 points for the first time. The market had rallied a day earlier following a report showing that inflation was cooling. The Dow was up 106 points, or 0.3%, to 40,019 in mid-morning trading Thursday. The S&P 500, which is widely tracked by index funds, was up 0.2%. The Nasdaq composite edged up 0.2%. Treasury yields were relatively steady following a mixed set of reports on the economy.

May 3, 2024 | scrippsnews.com | Alex Arger |Douglas Jones |Vanessa Misciagna |Bianca Facchinei

A former Pennsylvania nurse was sentenced to hundreds of years behind bars Thursday after admitting to murdering and attempting to murder her patients with lethal doses of insulin. Various relatives of those patients spoke during the hearing in which Heather Pressdee pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and 19 counts of criminal attempt to commit murder, the said.

May 3, 2024 | scrippsnews.com | Amber Strong |Chris Conte |Bianca Facchinei |Alex Arger

The images on the walls at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center in Nassau County, New York are like something from a film or a history book. For Leo Ullman, it was childhood, one he didn't realize was different from others. "I was born in 1939 and I was a hidden child," he told Scripps News. "I basically stayed in most of the time, in a third-floor apartment. My hair was dyed blonde. I didn't know a war was going on.