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Eli Lilly Agrees To Reduce And Cap Insulin Prices

The New York Times reports: The drug maker Eli Lilly and Company said on Wednesday that it would significantly reduce the prices of several of its lifesaving insulin products that are used by diabetes patients and whose prices Lilly has repeatedly increased in the past. Lilly also said it would cap at $35 a month what patients pay out of …

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Finnish Parliament Gives Final Approval To Join NATO

The Associated Press reports: Finland’s Parliament gave final approval Wednesday to the Nordic country’s bid to join NATO, with lawmakers signing off on membership along with the required legislation. The 200-seat Eduskunta legislature voted 184-7 to authorize Finland’s accession to NATO, clearing the last required domestic hurdle to becoming part of the 30-member Western military alliance. Two of NATO’s 30 …

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Dozens Killed In Greece In Head-On Train Collision

Reuters reports: A passenger train and a cargo train collided head-on in Greece on Tuesday night, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens as the country’s deadliest rail crash in living memory threw entire carriages off the tracks. Many of the victims were thought to be university students on their way back from a long holiday weekend. The death …

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Tesla Shareholders Sue Musk Over Self-Driving Claims

The Guardian reports: Elon Musk is facing yet another lawsuit as shareholders of Tesla accuse the chief executive and his company of overstating the effectiveness and safety of their electric vehicles’ autopilot and full self-driving technologies. Shareholders have alleged in the proposed class-action lawsuit that Tesla defrauded them over four years with false and misleading statements that concealed how its …

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Musk Expected To Unveil Plan For Inexpensive Tesla

Reuters reports: Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has for years teased the world with his dream of an affordable electric car. This week, fans hope, he will explain what he has in mind – and perhaps how he can afford to build it. Musk said last year he shelved the plan for a $25,000 car, known as Model 2, and …

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Trump +15 Over DeSantis In Fox’s First National Poll

Fox News reports: One year out from the 2024 primaries, here is the debut Fox News national survey on the presidential nomination races. Spoiler alert, former President Donald Trump looks formidable. Republican primary voters were read a list of 15 announced and potential candidates for the 2024 nomination. Trump tops the list with 43%, followed by Ron DeSantis at 28%, …

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Manchin Won’t Say He’s A Democrat: “I’m An American”

The Hill reports: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) deflected answering a question about whether he still identifies as a Democrat as questions mount over his political future. “I identify as an American,” Manchin said when asked if he was still a Democrat on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” “I’m an American through and through.” Manchin, whose Senate term is up in …

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Ron DeSantis +8 Over Trump In New California Poll

Florida Politics reports: New polling from the Golden State is looking golden for Florida’s Governor. A Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies survey shows Ron DeSantis leads a crowded field of Republican hopefuls for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. DeSantis took 37% support, 8 points ahead of former President Donald Trump. This represents a 20-point shift from August polling from the …

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Dems To Target New York GOP Freshman Reps In 2024

NBC News reports: Democrats are in a New York state of mind when it comes to the battle for the House, with outside groups signaling this week that they’ll be targeting freshman New York Republicans in competitive seats. Democrats need a net gain of just five seats to win the House majority next year, and six New York Republicans represent …

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Sinema Has Paid Over $300K To Tulsi Gabbard’s Sister

The Daily Beast reports: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) spends more of her campaign funds on security than nearly every other member of Congress—she’s underwritten well over $560,000 for her protection since late 2021—but what’s more unusual than how much she spends is who she spends it on. According to federal campaign finance filings, Sinema’s campaign committees have paid a combined …

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Leaked Doc Shows Russian Plan To Take Over Belarus

Yahoo News reports: A leaked internal strategy document from Vladimir Putin’s executive office and obtained by Yahoo News lays out a detailed plan on how Russia plans to take full control over neighboring Belarus in the next decade under the pretext of a merger between the two countries. The document outlines in granular detail a creeping annexation by political, economic …

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Prosecutor Downgrades Charges Against Alec Baldwin

ABC News reports: The Santa Fe District Attorney’s Office announced Monday it is dropping the gun enhancement charge — a crime that would have carried a five-year sentence if convicted — against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust” in October 2021. Baldwin still faces a charge of involuntary manslaughter for the …

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NTSB Questions Tesla On Fatal Crash Into CA Fire Truck

Bloomberg News reports: The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asked Tesla Inc. for more information about one of its vehicles colliding with a fire truck in a fatal crash in the San Francisco Bay area. The agency reached out to the manufacturer after the incident in Contra Costa County during the Presidents’ Day holiday weekend. The county fire department …

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New 6.4 Quake Hits Same Devastated Turkish Province

The Guardian reports: A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake has hit Turkey’s southern province of Hatay, terrifying those left in a region devastated by powerful twin earthquakes two weeks earlier. The quake, less powerful than the initial 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes which tore a path of destruction through southern Turkey and northern Syria on 6 February, albeit threatened yet more …

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Andrew Lloyd Webber Pens King’s Coronation Anthem

The Associated Press reports: Andrew Lloyd Webber, the English composer who created the scores for blockbuster musicals such as “Cats,” “The Phantom of the Opera’’ and “Evita,” has written the anthem for King Charles III’s coronation, adapting a piece of church music that encourages singers to make a “joyful noise.” The work by Webber is one of a dozen new …

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“Law & Order” Star Richard Belzer Dies At Age 78

The Forward reports: Richard Belzer, the stand-up comedian who left an indelible mark on television in the character of Det. John Munch, a tough and versatile Jewish cop, has died at the age of 78. His death was first reported on social media by his friend, the actor Laraine Newman, of Saturday Night Live fame. In the 1970s, Belzer served …

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Brittney Griner Signs Deal To Return To Pro Basketball

Yahoo Sports reports: Brittney Griner is officially back with the Phoenix Mercury after signing a one-year, $165,100 deal to return to the court after her 10-month imprisonment in Russia, according to Richard Cohen of Her Hoop Stats. Griner was released from Russian prison on Dec. 8 as part of an exchange that saw the U.S. free convicted arms dealer Viktor …

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Catholic Bishop Found Dead Of Gunshot In LA Home

Los Angeles’s Fox affiliate reports: A local Catholic church official was shot and killed in Los Angeles County, California, on Saturday, according to the sheriff’s department. David O’Connell, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, was fatally shot in the incident in Hacienda Heights, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Deputies responded to the shooting and when …

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Six Dead In MS Mass Shooting, Suspect In Custody

The Washington Post reports: Six people were killed in a series of shootings in Tate County, Miss., on Friday, according to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. The suspect has been apprehended, according to the Tate County sheriff’s office. Authorities have not identified the suspect or the victims. The shootings occurred in Arkabutla, a community of about 300 in Tate …

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Tesla To Recall 362,000 Cars With “Full Self-Driving”

The New York Times reports: Tesla is recalling more than 362,000 cars equipped with its Full Self-Driving driver-assistance system after government regulators found it increased the risk of accidents. The company’s technology, which can steer, accelerate, brake and change lanes on its own, allows vehicles to travel above legal speed limits and through intersections in “an unlawful or unpredictable manner,” …

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