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BP says it has reached a $7.8 billion settlement with lawyers representing thousands of plaintiffs who were affected by the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.The announcement came late Friday as a much anticipated trial in a New Orleans federal court was set to begin next week. That trial has now been postponed indefinitely while BP, TransOcean and other companies involved continue settlement talks.The settlement stems from a blowout at BP Macondo well on April 20, 2010, which sunk the oil rig Deepwater Horizon killing 11 workers on board and pouring millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.BP says it will use money remaining from a $20 billion trust fund that the company had set up during the spill in hopes of resolving claims without extensive litigation. The company also announced a separate compensation fund overseen by Kenneth Feinberg will be shut down.Even with Friday settlement which must be approved by a district judge in New Orleans 8211
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SAN DIEGO AP 鈥?The Trump administration is considering a plan to turn back all people who cross the border illegally from Mexico, two administration officials said Tuesday, using powers they say the president has during pandemics like the coronavirus outbreak to mount what would be one of the most aggressive attempts to curtail illegal immigration.The plan is under consideration and no final decisions have been made, according to the officials, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the plan hasn ;t been announced.The officials said the president has authority to take such action in a pandemic and that Mexico efforts to stop the spr
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