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The Washington Post also reported on another incident today. It quoted the father of a soldier killed in Afghanistan as saying that the president offered $25,000 from his personal account, but he never did.
We’ll have more details about all this after the news summary.
The death toll from wildfires in Northern California rose today to 42 people. Sonoma County officials found the remains of the latest victim while searching hundreds of burned homes. Meanwhile, fire crews made new gains overnight with the help of cold weather and low winds.
A two-time Olympic medalist said the former US women’s gymnastics team doctor sexually abused her for years. McKayla Maroney is the highest-profile athlete to come forward in the scandal. She said in a statement today that Dr. Larry Nassar began molesting her when she was only 13 years old. He is awaiting sentencing on child pornography charges, but has denied any sexual assault.
More questions tonight about drug pricing. The costs of injectable cancer drugs, which have been approved since 1996, have risen by an average of 25 percent over eight years, a new study finds. This is much higher than the inflation rate. The study was conducted at Emory University and published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
On Wall Street, health insurance companies and IBM fueled a big stock rally today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 160 points, more than half a percent, to close above 23,000 for the first time. The Nasdaq rose slightly, while the S&P 500 rose 2 points.