The maker of OxyContin and the family that owns the company have reached a $270 million settlement with the state of Oklahoma over the prescription painkiller’s role in the nation’s deadly opioid crisis, a person familiar with the agreement said Tuesday. The person was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Oklahoma’s attorney general scheduled an afternoon news conference to announce the settlement with Stamford, Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma and its controlling Sackler family. SENT: 850 words, photos.
_ PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL-ABUSE: A former nurse has gone on trial in connection with a patient abuse scandal at Connecticut’s only maximum-security psychiatric hospital that led to the arrest of 10 employees. SENT.
_ SUPREME COURT-RECESS ASSAULT: The Connecticut Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the appeal of a mother whose daughter was assaulted by another student during an elementary school recess. SENT.
_ ROOMMATE’S CAT KILLED: A Connecticut man charged with beating his roommate’s cat to death is facing two years in prison. SENT.
_ DEADLY BLAZE: Police have disclosed the name of the Connecticut woman who died in an early morning house fire in Windham. SENT.
Connecticut’s ethics board has withdrawn its appeal of a court decision that allowed UConn football coach Randy Edsall to keep his son as an assistant coach. SENT: 130 words.