Geoff Mulvihill, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

This artist sketch depicts Dominion Voting Systems attorney Justin Nelson, standing left, and Fox News attorney Daniel Webb, standing at right, speaking to Judge Eric Davis before finishing jury selection in Delaware Superior Court Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Wilmington, Del. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

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Fox, Dominion reach settlement over false election claims

by David Bauder Associated Press, Randall Chase Associated Press, and Geoff Mulvihill Associated PressApril 18, 2023

WILMINGTON, Del. — Fox and Dominion Voting Systems reached a settlement Tuesday in the voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit, averting a trial in a case that exposed how the top-rated network chased viewers by promoting lies about the 2020…

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Democratic governors form alliance on abortion rights

by Bill Barrow Associated Press, and Geoff Mulvihill Associated PressFebruary 21, 2023

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CVS, Walgreens finalize $10B in settlements over opioids

by Geoff Mulvihill Associated PressDecember 12, 2022

A CVS Pharmacy is shown in Mount Lebanon, Pa., on Monday May 3, 2021. On Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, CVS Health said it has agreed to pay about $5 billion to state, local and Native American tribal governments to settle lawsuits over the toll of opioids. CVS is not admitting wrongdoing and the company would make the payments over a decade. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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CVS, Walgreens announce opioid settlements totaling $10B

by Geoff Mulvihill Associated PressNovember 2, 2022

FILE - A Store For Rent sign is displayed at a retail property in Chicago, on June 20, 2020. As much as 20% of a federal pandemic relief program intended to help small businesses weather the COVID-19 outbreak is believed to have gone to fraudsters, while some 1.6 million applications for the loans may have been approved without even being evaluated. The program overseen by the U.S. Small Business Administration is one of the key targets of a Tuesday, June 14, 2022, congressional...

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Lawmaker: US failed to stop COVID loan fraud

by Jennifer McDermott Associated Press, and Geoff Mulvihill Associated PressJune 14, 2022

Liz Fitzgerald of Southington and Paige Niver of Manchester embrace at the end of a news conference at Connecticut Attorney General William Tong's office, Thursday, March 3, 2022, in Hartford, Conn. Fitzgerald lost two sons to opioids and Niver's daughter became addicted to opioids after getting prescribed OxyContin at 14 years old. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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Purdue Pharma, states strike new deal

by Geoff Mulvihill Associated Press, and John Seewer Associated PressMarch 3, 2022

Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden speaks during an interview in Boise, Idaho, March 1, 2017. The false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump and protecting future election results loom large over this year’s races for state attorneys general.

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State AG races become litmus test for GOP election claims

by Geoff Mulvihill Associated PressFebruary 6, 2022

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccinations after touring a Clayco Corporation construction site for a Microsoft data center in Elk Grove Village, Ill., Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. The fate of Biden’s vaccine mandate for larger private employers may come down to a lottery that determines which federal circuit court will consider the matter. Conservative groups have filed challenges to the rule in right-leaning courts, while unions that argue the rule doesn’t go far enough...

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GOP-leaning court to rule on vax mandate

by Geoff Mulvihill Associated PressNovember 16, 2021

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2020, file photo, an Exam Corp Lab employee, right, wears a mask as she talks with a patient lined up for COVID-19 testing in Niles, Ill. Millions of U.S. workers now have a Jan. 4 deadline to get a COVID vaccine. The federal government on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 announced new vaccine requirements for workers at companies with more than 100 employees as well as workers at health care facilities that treat Medicare and Medicaid patients. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

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More than half the states — all Republican-led — sue over vax rule

by David A. Lieb Associated Press, and Geoff Mulvihill Associated PressNovember 5, 2021

FILE - This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. A federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, gave conditional approval to a sweeping, potentially $10 billion plan submitted by OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to settle a mountain of lawsuits over its role in the opioid crisis that has killed a half-million Americans over the past two decades. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

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Judge conditionally OKs Purdue Pharma deal

by Geoff Mulvihill Associated PressSeptember 1, 2021