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The Post also reported on another incident today. It quoted the father of a soldier killed in Afghanistan saying the president offered $25,000 from his personal account but never followed through.
We will have more details on all this after the news summary.
The death toll in the Northern California wildfires has reached 42 today. Officials in Sonoma County found the remains of the latest victim as they searched hundreds of burned homes. Meanwhile, fire crews made new gains overnight with the help of cooler weather and low winds.
A two-time Olympic medalist says the former team doctor for the U.S. women’s gymnastics team sexually abused her for years. McKayla Maroney is the most high-profile athlete to appear in the scandal. In a statement today, she said Dr. Larry Nassar began molesting her when she was just 13 years old. He was awaiting sentencing on a charge of child pornography, but denied any sexual abuse.
More questions tonight about drug prices. A new study finds that the costs of injectable cancer drugs, approved since 1996, have increased an average of 25 percent in eight years. It is much higher than the rate of inflation. The study was based at Emory University and published in “The Journal of Clinical Oncology”.
And on Wall Street, health insurers and IBM fueled a rise in stocks today. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 160 points, more than half a percent, to close above 23,000 for the first time. The Nasdaq rose only a fraction, and the S&P 500 is down two points.
