1. The family at the center of the opioid crisis was accused of moving vast sums of money through Swiss bank accounts. Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, said her office had tracked about $1 billion in wire transfers by the Sackler family, suggesting that the family tried to shield its wealth.

Earlier this week, the family and its pharmaceutical company, OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, reached a tentative settlement involving thousands of cases. Above, a protest last year in front of Purdue Headquarters in Stamford, Conn.