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FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2018 file photo, family and friends who lost loved ones to opioid overdoses protest outside the headquarters of Purdue Pharma, maker of the maker of painkiller OxyContin, in Stamford, Conn. The World Health Organization notified U.S. lawmakers Wednesday, June 19, 2019, that it will discontinue two publications on opioid painkiller prescribing, in response to allegations that the pharmaceutical industry influenced the reports. The pledge to remove the guidelines - viewed around the world as best practices in public health - comes a month after U.S. Reps. Katherine Clark and Hal Rogers accused the WHO of being influenced by Purdue. The lawmakers’ report claimed the guidelines were crafted by organizations with financial ties to the company, who worked to downplay risks addiction and overstate the benefits of opioids. Purdue has denied the allegations. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

UN health agency to remove controversial opioid guidelines

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Federal prison project in Kentucky wins final approval

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Senate Budget Committee members Sen. Luther Strange, R-Ala., left, and Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., center, walk with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, right, as they leave a closed-door meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin after working on a tax code overhaul, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. The as-yet-undrafted bill to overhaul the tax code is the top priority for Trump and Republicans after the collapse of their effort to dismantle Barack Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP lawmakers: Move Appalachian agency out of Washington

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Operation UNITE wins grant to combat drug abuse in Ky.

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Surrounded by soldiers, a government health agent uses larvicide to kill Aedes aegypti mosquitos that spreads the Zika virus in the Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 15, 2016. The Aedes aegypti mosquito lives largely inside homes and can lay eggs in even a bottle-cap's worth of stagnant water. The dishes beneath potted plants are a favorite spot, as are abandoned tires, bird feeders and even the little puddles of rainwater that collect in the folds of plastic tarps. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

House GOP to Obama: Use leftover Ebola funds to fight Zika

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Stepp wins 5th District Democratic primary

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Treasury defends rules on banks, marijuana sellers

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Groups meet to discuss future of Appalachia

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Kentucky editorial roundup

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SOAR leadership announced

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio stops to greet visitors from Panama City, Fla., guests of Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. After weeks of ultimatums, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans are exploring whether they can end a budget standoff that has triggered a partial government shutdown and edged Washington to the verge of a historic, economy-jarring federal default. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP says it’s ready to end shutdown

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House GOP offers last-minute shutdown reprieve

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