 Correspondent Jeremy House, the Supreme Court rejecting a nationwide settlement with Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded Sackler family members who owned the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids, but would have also provided billions of dollars to combat the epidemic. The justices blocked an agreement hammered out with state and local governments and victims. The Sacklers would have contributed up to $6 billion and relinquished ownership of the company, but kept billions more.