( November 6, 2026, 12:30 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — A Washington state judge on Nov. 5 ordered Albertsons Companies Inc. and Safeway Inc. (collectively, Albertsons) to pay $800 million for opioid abatement and $100 million in civil penalties after finding that their opioid distribution and dispensing practices created a public nuisance and violated the state’s consumer protection law....