On Legal Docket, an opioid settlement deal arrives at the Supreme Court; on the Monday Moneybeat, big economic stories from 2023; and on the World History Book, a 17th century challenge to government oppression of a religious minority lays the groundwork for the first amendment to the Constitution. Plus, the Monday morning news.

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