Grayce McCormick

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In this Aug. 17, 2018 photo, family and friends who have lost loved ones to OxyContin and opioid overdoses leave pill bottles in protest outside the headquarters of Purdue Pharma, which is owned by the Sackler family, in Stamford, Conn. The Sackler familyâs ties to OxyContin and the painkillerâs role in the deadly opioid crisis are bringing the Sacklers a new kind of attention and complicating their philanthropic legacy.

World Health Organization removes guidelines downplaying opioid addiction risk after criticism from US legislators

Grayce McCormick · June 20, 2019 9:21 pm

A cashier displays a packet of tobacco-flavored Juul pods.

San Francisco votes unanimously to completely ban e-cigarettes

Grayce McCormick · June 19, 2019 9:56 pm

States move to combat widespread use of fraudulent emotional support animals

Grayce McCormick · June 18, 2019 9:09 pm

CNN's Jim Acosta speaks to journalists on the North Lawn upon returning back to the White House in Washington, D.C.

CNN’s Acosta accuses Fox News of being controlled by the White House

Grayce McCormick · June 18, 2019 6:41 pm

A Planned Parenthood clinic is seen Tuesday, June 4, 2019, in St. Louis.

Missouri’s last abortion clinic may lose license

Grayce McCormick · June 18, 2019 6:32 pm

Canine draws congressional attention to landmine casualties

Grayce McCormick · June 13, 2019 10:54 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks during a protest against abortion bans, Tuesday, May 21, 2019, outside the Supreme Court in Washington.

Gillibrand equates anti-abortion beliefs to racism

Grayce McCormick · June 11, 2019 4:49 pm

United Technologies, Raytheon.

‘A merger of equals’: Raytheon and United Technologies to combine

Grayce McCormick, Jamie McIntyre · June 10, 2019 7:07 pm

The Energy Department is collaborating with the private sector to accelerate energy efficient technologies that reduce plastic waste in oceans and landfills.

Energy and Environment

Canada to ban single-use plastics as soon as 2021

Grayce McCormick · June 10, 2019 6:22 pm

Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, Bob Iger arrives at the 91st Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Nearly 200 CEOs sign open letter protesting abortion restrictions in new state laws

Grayce McCormick · June 10, 2019 4:53 pm

Oralia Sandoval, center, holds her son Benjamin, 6, as she participates in an Immigrants Day of Action rally, Monday, May 20, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed offering government-funded health care benefits to immigrant adults ages 19 to 25 who are living in the country illegally. State Sen. Maria Elena Durazo, D-Los Angeles, has proposed a bill to expand that further to include seniors age 65 and older.

Proposals call for undocumented immigrants to get full access to healthcare in California

Grayce McCormick · June 10, 2019 4:30 pm

In this Dec. 11, 2018 photo, then-Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke speaks at EPA headquarters in Washington.

Ex-Trump Interior chief violated federal law wearing MAGA socks

Grayce McCormick · June 6, 2019 6:35 pm