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Embattled New Jersey corrections commissioner to resign
Read full article: Embattled New Jersey corrections commissioner to resignNew Jersey’s embattled corrections commissioner has announced his resignation, a day after Gov. Phil Murphy said the state would shutter its long-troubled and only women’s prison.
3 male guards accused in violent attack at NJ women's prison
Read full article: 3 male guards accused in violent attack at NJ women's prison(AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer, File)TRENTON, N.J. – A female inmate was punched 28 times and pepper-sprayed when guards attacked her and at least five other women, New Jersey officials said Thursday, bringing misconduct charges against three male prison guards. The Clinton facility — New Jersey's lone women's prison — has a “long, ugly history," Grewal said. Late on Jan. 11 and into the early hours of Jan. 12, about two dozen guards entered part of the prison and began to remove inmates, according to Grewal. AdOne victim was pepper sprayed before the team of guards entered her cell, according to Grewal. Several corrections officers at the prison have pleaded guilty or been convicted of sexual abuse and misconduct in recent years.
McKinsey agrees to pay nearly $600M over opioid crisis
Read full article: McKinsey agrees to pay nearly $600M over opioid crisisThe global business consulting firm McKinsey & Company has agreed to a $573 million settlement over its role in the opioid crisis, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)The global consulting firm McKinsey & Company agreed to pay nearly $600 million for its role in advising businesses on how to sell more prescription opioid painkillers amid a nationwide overdose crisis. Washington's attorney general announced a separate $13.5 million deal and West Virginia announced a $10 million settlement with the New York-based company. On a video call with journalists Thursday, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein said that McKinsey worked for Purdue for 15 years. AdIn a statement, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said that McKinsey would pay out more than it made advising companies on opioid sales.
Video shows struggle before New Jersey trooper fired on man
Read full article: Video shows struggle before New Jersey trooper fired on manThe video shows Wetzel, a white man, pulling Gordon over about 6:30 a.m. and telling him he stopped him because he was going 110 miles per hour. Instead of walking toward the car, Gordon began to walk toward the highway. Wetzel asked. After roughly 20 minutes from the start of the traffic stop, Wetzel asked Gordon if he wanted a face mask. He ran away from me, tried to hop in my trooper car, grab my gun.
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Read full article: NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week(AP) – A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. Will the hypocritical lefties still support her, or is this now a call to arms?” asked one Facebook post containing the video. “No story would ever be published by @LeedsNews without full verification,” Sheridan said on Twitter, referencing the Post’s Twitter handle. The video goes on to show people dressed as Krampus striking people running down the street with bundles of birch branches. One Facebook post alone had over 15,000 shares.