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ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
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. (AP/Jessica Hill)
January 18, 2019, 6:52 am
Opioid crisis has Sackler family and beneficiaries feeling the pain
Prosecution of family-owned firm behind addictive OxyContin drug has some distancing themselves from name, which is still emblazoned on institutions from New York to Tel Aviv
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at a luncheon event organized by the Boston Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society, October 29, 2018, at a hotel in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
October 29, 2018, 11:52 pm
Sessions: Pittsburgh shooting ‘an attack on all people of faith’
US attorney general hints he could approve request to sentence perpetrator to death for deadly synagogue attack
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
David Wright (2L) is depicted standing before Magistrate Judge Donald Cabell (L) with attorney Jessica Hedges (2R) and Nicholas Rovinski during a hearing in federal court in Boston, June 19, 2015. (Jane Flavell Collins via AP, File)
December 20, 2017, 2:50 am
Man sentenced to 28 years in IS-inspired plot to behead conservative blogger
David Wright was convicted of conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism in plan to kill Pamela Geller
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Part of a file from the CIA, dated Oct. 10, 1963, details "a reliable and sensitive source in Mexico" report of Lee Harvey Oswald's contact with the Soviet Union embassy in Mexico City, that was released for the first time on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, by the National Archives. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
November 4, 2017, 10:21 am
JFK files say rumors of CIA link to Oswald ‘unfounded’
1975 memo notes authorities found no records of president’s assassin having any ties to the agency, as some have claimed
By Deb Riechmann and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Conservative blogger Pamela Geller speaks during an interview at The Associated Press in New York, May 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
October 19, 2017, 2:01 am
Man convicted in plot to behead right-wing provocateur over cartoon contest
28-year-old David Wright could face life imprisonment over plan to kill blogger Pamela Geller
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Democratic vice presidential candidate US Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., takes a selfie with a poll worker as he prepares to vote in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
March 2, 2017, 9:45 am
High court ruling could reshape Virginia political map
Supreme Court sides with lawsuit accusing Republican lawmakers of racial gerrymandering in 11 districts
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and Mark Sherman
Former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling leaves federal court in Alexandria, Va., January 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
December 4, 2016, 7:44 pm
Ex-CIA officer fights conviction for leaking anti-Iran operation
Jeffrey Sterling claims he never told journalist of plan to fool Tehran by sending flawed nuclear blueprints
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
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