Harvard University has agreed to transfer 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest images of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum dedicated to African American history. The decision comes as part of a settlement with a woman who claims to be a descendant of those depicted, ending a long legal battle over the ownership of the images.

New Hampshire and its acute-care hospitals have settled a bitter lawsuit over allegations that the state planned to exploit federal Medicaid reimbursement provisions for significant profit while offering hospitals $70 million.