WASHINGTON—A British tobacco company has agreed to pay more than $629 million to settle allegations that it did illegal business with North Korea in violation of U.S. sanctions, the Justice Department said Tuesday. British American Tobacco, one of the largest tobacco companies in the world, entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department,…

Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. will pay an $8.5 million fine to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges that the water treatment company used improper accounting to fraudulently inflate revenue in 2017 and 2018, including during its initial public offering. The SEC said on Monday that its civil settlement with the Pittsburgh-based company also…

HOUSTON—Federal authorities announced Tuesday they have lifted their hold of a more than $9 billion Houston area highway-widening project that has come under intense criticism from residents and activists who have argued the proposal would cause lasting economic and environmental damage to their communities. The project to expand Interstate 45, which has been in the…

OMAHA, Neb.—A Nebraska school district has reached a $675,000 settlement with the family of a 16-year-old who died after collapsing in the heat at a football practice in 2021. The Omaha school board will consider approving the settlement with Drake Geiger’s family at its next meeting on Monday. Geiger died in August 2021 after collapsing…

The brutal Lare has slaughtered the entire royal family and claimed himself as king. A young baby, still in his clothes, escapes and is rescued by secret heroes codenamed Black Fox. With the help of his henchmen Hawkins and Maggie, the group embarks on a journey to escape with the last of the royal bloodline,…

Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users’ personal information. The proposed settlement, which was disclosed in a court filing late on Thursday, would resolve a long-running lawsuit prompted by revelations in…

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Walmart Inc. has agreed to pay $215 million to resolve claims its pharmacies fueled an epidemic of opioid addiction in Florida, the state’s attorney general announced on Thursday. As part of the deal, Walmart has also agreed to dispense 672,000 treatment kits with the anti-overdose drug naloxone to first responders in the state. “I’m grateful…

HARTFORD, Conn.— Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs has agreed to pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products, which have long been blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced the deal Tuesday on behalf of…