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Walmart proposed a $3.1 billion legal settlement on Tuesday over the toll of powerful prescription opioids sold at its pharmacies, becoming the latest major drug industry player to promise major support to state, local and tribal governments still grappling with a crisis in overdose deaths.

The Leavenworth County Development Corporation has turned down a request to add a county representative to LCDC’s Executive Committee. “After serious consideration LCDC has decided not to make any changes to the current structure of our Executive Committee,” LCDC President Josh Hoppes wrote in a letter to county commissioners.

Royals hire Rays’ Hoover as bench coach for Quatraro The Royals hired Tampa Bay Rays field coordinator Paul Hoover to serve as the bench coach for Matt Quatraro on Monday, giving the new Kansas City manager a familiar sounding board on his initial staff. Hoover and Quatraro have known each other for more than 20 years, dating to their days as teammates with Triple-A Durham in the early 2000s.

The Lansing City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Lansing City Hall, 800 First Terrace.

Search giant Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states to resolve an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations, state attorneys general announced Monday. The states’ investigation was sparked by a 2018 Associated Press story, which found that Google continued to track people’s location data even after they opted out of such tracking by disabling a feature the company called “location history.”

Wire reports Dallas air show victims named; NTSB investigation underway Officials have released the names of the six people killed in a deadly collision between two vintage military aircraft at a Dallas air show. The Commemorative Air Force, which put on the show, on Monday identified the victims as: Terry Barker, Craig Hutain, Kevin “K5” Michels, Dan Ragan, Leonard “Len” Root, and Curt Rowe.

The Whittier Club will meet Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Heritage Center, 109 Delaware St., Leavenworth. All active and honorary members are invited. Sue Mann will review “The Children of Willesden Lane” by Lee Cohen and Mona Golabek.