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How the NIH became the backbone of American medical research and a major driver of innovation and economic growth
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US tariffs are having an uneven effect on holiday prices and purchases

How the NIH became the backbone of American medical research and a major driver of innovation and economic growth
Roomba maker iRobot files for bankruptcy protection; will be taken private under restructuring
US tariffs are having an uneven effect on holiday prices and purchases

How the NIH became the backbone of American medical research and a major driver of innovation and economic growth

As a young medical student in 1975, I walked into a basement lab at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, to interview for a summer job. It turned out to be the start of a lifelong affiliation – first as a trainee, then as a grantee running a university laboratory and finally, now, as a researcher of economics and public policy studying the agency’s impact on health care and on the national economy. On that initial visit 50 years ago, I got my first direct experience with the NIH’s mission: to tap the enormous potential of basic science to improve human health and m

Roomba maker iRobot files for bankruptcy protection; will be taken private under restructuring

US tariffs are having an uneven effect on holiday prices and purchases

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Iran's rial currency plummets to new low, sparking fears of higher food prices

Iran’s rial slid further Monday to a new record low of more than 1.3 million to the U.S. dollar, deepening the currency’s collapse less than two weeks after it first breached the 1.2-million mark amid sanctions pressure and regional tensions. Currency traders in Tehran quoted the dollar above 1.3 million rials, underscoring the speed of the decline since Dec. 3, when the rial hit what was then a historic low. The rapid depreciation is compounding inflationary pressures, pushing up prices for food and other daily necessities and further straining household budg

Serbia organized crime prosecutors charge minister, others in connection with Kushner-linked project

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Here’s what’s in the House GOP health care bill

House Republicans are set to vote this week on their version of a health care bill as the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies looms ever closer.The legislation does not address that key premium assistance, though lawmakers may consider an amendment to the bill that would extend the enhanced subsidies. The details of such an amendment are still being discussed.Whatever happens in the House, however, the beefed-up subsidies are likely to lapse at year’s end since the Senate is not expected to vote on any health care proposals this week. A Democratic effort to extend the subsid

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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty in landmark national security trial, faces possible life sentence

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Jurors set to resume deliberations in the murder trial of Brian Walshe

The jury considering Brian Walshe’s fate in his murder trial is expected to resume deliberations in Dedham, Massachusetts, Monday morning.The panel of six men and six women deliberated for nearly four hours on Friday. When the judge asked if they wanted to stay late to continue, the jurors opted to go home for the weekend.Walshe is accused of killing his wife, Ana Walshe, on January 1, 2023, hours after ringing in the new year and with their three young children still in the house. Prosecutors say Walshe dismembered her body and disposed of her remains in area dumpsters near their home in Co

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As Hanukkah begins, the US Jewish community is on edge in the wake of a deadly Australian antisemitic attack

Members of the Jewish community across the world woke up Sunday to yet another fatal attack — something that has become all too common for those of the faith.The attack Sunday on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, which has been declared a terrorist incident, has left at least 15 people dead and 40 hospitalized in what police say was an incident targeting Jewish people.The shooting took place as hundreds gathered to celebrate the first of eights nights of Hanukkah, a holiday which takes place close to the winter solstice during the longest nights of the year. A millennia-old tradition, it celebrates th

‘I locked eyes with him’: Teaching assistant recalls moment Brown University shooter entered his classroom

CNN analyst details what we know about the detained person of interest

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Police release man detained as a person of interest in Brown University shooting

Saying the “evidence now points in a different direction,” law enforcement officials late Sunday released a man they had detained in connection with the Brown University shooting, which left two dead and nine injured.“This is what these investigations look like,” said Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha at a news conference. “Sometimes you head in one direction and then you have to regroup and go in another and that’s exactly what has happened over the last 24 hours or so.”Neronha said “there was a quantum of evidence which justified detaining this person as a person of

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As DOJ seeks to recharge Comey, judge deprives prosecutors from accessing key evidence for now

In a major win for former FBI Director James Comey in the Justice Department’s continued attempts to prosecute him, a judge is depriving federal investigators from accessing central evidence in the case for the foreseeable future.The federal judge’s ruling late Friday says investigators must return electronic data they kept from Comey’s friend and former lawyer Daniel Richman immediately, calling the search that led to the data “manifestly unconstitutional.”The evidence was first gathered more than five years ago in a leak investigation that resulted in no charges. Judge Colleen Koll

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Democrats want to win back Congress. First they need to weather their primary battles

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House Oversight Committee report alleges DC police chief manipulated crime data

A new House committee report alleges the former DC police chief pressured officers to manipulate crime data to create the appearance of a safer city.The report, released Sunday by the Republican-led House Oversight Committee, claims there was an active effort to downplay crime in the nation’s capital and that Chief Pamela A. Smith fostered a “toxic management culture.”The report comes as President Donald Trump has sought greater control over law enforcement in the district, citing a public safety emergency in August. Trump deployed National Guard troops and put the police department “u

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Mass shooting at Jewish event on Bondi Beach follows rising antisemitism in Australia

At least 11 people were killed Sunday in an attack on a Hannukah celebration at a popular Sydney beach and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was quick to call it an act of antisemitic terrorism. Antisemitism has been on the rise in Australia, fueled in part by Israel's war in Gaza, even as local Jewish groups have decried the lack of support from authorities. Worldwide, Australia and Italy experienced the biggest increase in antisemitic attacks in 2024, according to Uriya Shavit, who oversees an annual report about global antisemitism from Tel Aviv University.

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‘Heroic’ bystander who wrestled gun from Bondi Beach attacker is son of refugees and father to two

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Australia’s gun laws were already among the world’s toughest. The Bondi massacre could spark even tighter controls

Australia already has some of the world’s toughest gun laws, but the Bondi mass shooting could lead to even tougher rules as the realization spreads that they aren’t strong enough to prevent bloodshed.Restrictions were tightened almost 30 years ago after a lone gunman armed with semiautomatic weapons killed 35 people at the Port Arthur historic tourist site in Tasmania.The massacre shocked the government of the day into action, and within two weeks, new laws dictated tough rules on who could and couldn’t own a gun.Australia’s swift action has been held up as an example that change is p

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UK’s new spy chief warns the ‘front line is everywhere’ amid growing threat from Russia

The new head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service MI6 will warn the nation that the “front line is everywhere” in her first public speech on Monday, with the UK facing a growing threat from Russia.Blaise Metreweli became the first female chief of the Secret Intelligence Service’s 116-year history when she took up her post this fall. Commonly referred to as “C,” the chief is the only publicly named member of the famously secretive organization.In a speech at MI6 HQ in London, Metreweli is expected to highlight the increasingly complex landscape of threats facing the UK, includi