Donald Trump has signed four executive orders designed to lower drug prices as he mocked “rich people” and “so-called allies” he accused of benefitting from inflated medicine costs. “A lot of rich people ... aren’t going to be so rich,” the president said during a Friday afternoon event. He said some company executives and “middle…
President Trump speaks on Friday during an event to sign executive orders on lowering drug prices. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP President Trump speaks on Friday during an event to sign executive orders on lowering drug prices. Alex Brandon/AP The Trump Administration has announced four executive orders to lower drug prices, but…
DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado transgender teenager who admitted to taking part in a shooting at a Denver-area charter school last year that left one student dead and eight others wounded was sentenced on Friday to life in prison plus an additional 38 years. FILE PHOTO: Crime scene tape is seen outside the school following…
Media|Washington Post Settles Lawsuit With Student in Viral Protest VideoA $250 million defamation suit over coverage of an encounter with a Native American elder came to a confidential end.Nicholas Sandmann, a Kentucky student, and Nathan Phillips, a Native American elder, in a video that went viral last year.Credit...Kaya Taitano, via ReutersJuly 24, 2020, 8:02 p.m.…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…