The settlement forces the Sackler family to give up control of the Stamford, Connecticut-based business, according to the Associated Press, while the company will pay up to $12 billion over time.
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation was founded in honor of chairman and CEO Frank Siller's brother, Stephen Siller, a New York City firefighter that died on 9/11.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has released its list of more liveable cities, and for the second year in a row Vienna has taken the top spot. The Austrian city had a near perfect score of 99.1 percent.
Once a skill solely possessed by so-called computer nerds, now even parents and toddlers are learning how to code. Cem Eltutar, founder of Creoqode, explains how his technology uses robots and games to easily teach people how to code.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam, however, refused to give in to several of the protesters' other demands, including an independent commission to investigate police misconduct, the dropping of criminal charges against demonstrators, and the expansion of voting rights.
