CVS steps up efforts to curb robberies
ROYAL OAK (AP) — CVS Pharmacy is stepping up efforts in Michigan to curb pharmacy robberies and help keep narcotic medications including opioids more secure.
The retail division of CVS Health Corp. has announced Monday that it’s completed the rollout of time delay safes in its 318 CVS Pharmacy locations in the state, including those in Target stores.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says in a statement she anticipates the effort will help control access to opioids.
Signs will warn that the safes are in use.
CVS Pharmacy says it first implemented time delay safes in Indianapolis in 2015 and saw a 70 percent decline in pharmacy robberies in stores where the time delay safes had been installed.
FedEx sues to block enforcement of export regulations
WASHINGTON (AP) — FedEx is suing the U.S. government over export rules it says are virtually impossible to follow because it handles millions of packages a day.
The delivery company says most packages are sealed when customers drop them off. It compares names and addresses of shippers and recipients against a government list of groups and people who could be national security risks.
The lawsuit was filed against the Commerce Department and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
Last year, FedEx paid $500,000 to settle government allegations that it violated export rules in handling some shipments to flagged entities in France and Pakistan.
Supreme Court won’t review Washington state tobacco case
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request for further review of a Washington state tobacco company’s tax appeal.
The Yakima Herald reports that cigarette manufacturer King Mountain Tobacco must pay $58 million in federal excise taxes.
The Supreme Court released its decision without comment not long after the U.S. Solicitor General opposed the review.
A U.S. District Court awarded the government the unpaid federal taxes from the company and a federal appeals panel upheld the ruling.
King Mountain is owned and operated by the Wheeler family, citizens of the Yakama Nation. The Wheelers say the company on tribal land is exempted from federal excise taxes by the 1855 Yakama Treaty.
Woman uses shovel to kill cobra on her patio
FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman used a shovel to kill a cobra she saw slithering on the patio of her apartment.
Kathy Kehoe, 73, said the squawking of some blue jays caught her attention and, when she looked outside, she saw a 4 to 5-foot-long serpent.
Kehoe said she noticed the lateral spot commonly found on cobras, grabbed a shovel and nudged its tail. When it rose and spread its hood, she realized it was a cobra and decided to kill it.
Her apartment complex about 30 miles from Philadelphia is the same one where officials removed 20 venomous snakes from another apartment in March. Officials aren't sure if the cobra had escaped from that unit.
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