CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Attorney General Joe Foster is targeting the maker of Oxycontin, a top selling prescription painkiller, with an investigation into whether it downplays the risks of addiction when marketing pain pills to doctors and other prescribers.
But Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma for now is refusing to respond to a subpoena seeking documents that show how it sells and markets drugs in New Hampshire. It also is fighting New Hampshire's decision to hire a law firm to aid in the investigation.
HAVANA (AP) — Two American fugitives who fled to Cuba after they were accused of killing police officers said Friday that Cuban officials have assured them that detente with the United States will not lead to their extradition.
The United States and Cuba held a second round of law-enforcement talks last month dedicated partly to resolving the fate of scores of fugitives after more than a half century with almost no cooperation. The talks are part of a series of U.S.-Cuba negotiations aimed at normalizing relations after the two countries declared an official end to Cold War hostilities on Dec. 17, 2014.
