Johnson & Johnson, one of the pharmaceutical giants accused of fueling the deadly opioid crisis in the United States, will stop making or selling the drugs in the US under a $230 million settlement with New York state.

No new proposals for ending a two-month lockout of 650 United Steelworkers union members from Exxon Mobil Corp’s Beaumont, Texas refinery were made during a meeting this week, said union and company spokespeople.

Republican Senate negotiators on an infrastructure deal on Sunday welcomed President Joe Biden’s withdrawal of his threat to veto a $1.2 trillion bipartisan bill unless a separate Democratic spending plan also passes Congress.

US consumer sentiment ticked up in June, driven by an improving economic outlook among affluent households, a survey released on Friday showed.

At least three passengers are injured as a bus plunged into a water body from Kuril flyover in Dhaka.