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A string of maritime attacks in the Red Sea has Iran warning of a widening war and the Pentagon threatening retaliation. Plus, Spotify announces layoffs

for the third time this year,

and the creators of OxyContin

have their day at the Supreme Court,

as some victims families say they won't settle

with the owners of Purdue Pharma.

The Sacklers don't want to spend the rest of their lives facing lawsuits.

There's thousands of lawsuits against them.

What they say is, we will write a big check, but we want to be done with it.

It's Monday, December 4th. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal and here is the AM

edition of What's News? The top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

It has been 250 days since our colleague journal reporter Evan Gerschkovic was detained in Russia during a

reporting trip.

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