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Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Prescription drug prices have long been a back-and-forth issue between insurers and pharmaceutical companies. Those who aren’t covered by insurance are usually left with a high bill for much-needed medicines. The Biden administration has pushed a solution through the Inflation Reduction Act and gave Medicare the power to negotiate […]
Alex Kent/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Trump Org. Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg is in plea talks with the Manhattan district attorney’s office to resolve a potential perjury charge, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News. If the negotiations succeed, Weisselberg would plead guilty to lying on the witness stand […]
Stuart Hammer/Kentucky Lottery (FLORENCE, Ky.) — A group of current and former staffers at Rector A. Jones Middle School in Florence, Kentucky, are celebrating this week after they played the Kentucky Powerball and won $1 million. The group calls themselves the “Jones 30” and among them are Sharon Reynolds, Jones’ 7th-grade vice principal, and Michelle […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (LONDON) — The possibility of a “full-fledged famine” looms large across the entire Gaza Strip amid the Israel-Hamas war, humanitarian groups have warned — but especially in northern Gaza, where some people there say they’re using bird feed in place of flour to stave off starvation. Northern Gaza has been largely cut off […]
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House voted Wednesday night to pass a bipartisan tax bill that would enhance the popular Child Tax Credit to benefit millions of American families. The House voted 357-70 to pass the measure — a rare bipartisan win. It now goes to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain. If […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley, testified she and her husband often argued with their son about missing school assignments and said her husband struggled to keep a job as her manslaughter trial continued Thursday with her taking the stand in her own defense. Jennifer […]
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 100 days since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The conflict, now the deadliest between the warring sides since Israel’s founding in 1948, shows no signs of letting up soon and the brief cease-fire […]
Carol Yepes/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department announced Wednesday it has successfully disrupted an effort by Chinese government-sponsored hackers to target U.S. critical infrastructure networks using a malware that had hijacked “hundreds” of home and small business routers. Through a court-authorized operation launched last month, U.S. officials say they were able to dismantle the […]
Atlanta Police Department (ATLANTA) — Police in Atlanta said they are searching for three suspects who chased down and opened fire on an 11-year-old boy, injuring him. Atlanta police released surveillance footage on Wednesday that captured the incident while asking for the public’s help in identifying the three male suspects. The incident occurred on Jan. […]
Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Washington state is experiencing its first known outbreak of a potentially deadly fungus, according to public health officials. Four patients in the last month have tested positive for Candida auris, or C. auris, Public Health – Seattle & King County said in a release. The first case occurred in […]
