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Brazil senate wants Bolsonaro charged with crimes against humanity for COVID response

1:25pm October 27, 2021

by Scott Neuman

A Senate panel recommends a number of other charges against the Brazilian president, including inciting an epidemic. But the chances that Jair Bolsonaro will be indicted look slim.

United Nations-backed Medicines Patent Pool reached an agreement with Merck and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics allowing MPP to license the manufacture of molnupiravir to pharmaceutical companies across the globe.

Merck will allow drugmakers in other countries to make its COVID-19 pill

1:21pm October 27, 2021

by Scott Neuman

The drug, known as molnupiravir, has shown promise in treating the disease. The agreement to license its production could help millions of people in the developing world gain access to it.

Atlanta pitcher Charlie Morton left Game 1 of the World Series against the Houston Astros with an injury that was later diagnosed as a fractured fibula.

3 things to know about Atlanta's win over Houston in Game 1 of the World Series

12:51pm October 27, 2021

by Bill Chappell

A broken leg, a new record and a bat man: a roundup of interesting stories that emerged from the Atlanta Braves' 6-2 victory over the Houston Astros.

Mountain Dew Throwback on display at a liquor store in Sunnyvale, Calif., May 28, 2009.

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He underpaid for a Mountain Dew by 43 cents. It almost cost him 7 years in prison

12:36pm October 27, 2021

by The Associated Press

Prosecutors in Pennsylvania dropped a theft count against Joseph Sobolewski, who because of the state's three-strikes law saw the original charge against him treated as a felony.

When Caitlin Wells Salerno and Jon Salerno's first son, Hank, was born, his delivery cost the family only $30. Gus' bill came in at more than $16,000, all told — including the $2,755 ER charge. The family was responsible for about $3,600 of the total.

A hospital hiked the price of a routine childbirth by calling it an 'emergency'

10:56am October 27, 2021

by Rae Ellen Bichell

Obstetrical emergency departments are a new aspect of some hospitals that can inflate medical bills for even the easiest, healthiest births. Just ask baby Gus' parents about their $2,755 ER charge.

Tammy and Benny Alexie have been married for over 35 years. Until Hurricane Ida, they had lived in the same house in Barataria, La.

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Benny watched his house drift away. Now, his community wants better storm protection

10:39am October 27, 2021

Residents of and around Jean Lafitte, La. say they haven't seen storm damage like this before. And they say the federal government could have done more for them as it did for the city upriver.

Prior to his arrest on charges stemming from the riot at the U.S. Capitol, Alan Hostetter led protests against lockdown policies related to COVID-19 and pro-Trump "Stop The Steal" rallies in California. In a recent video posted to the platform BitChute, h

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Why some alleged Capitol rioters are acting as their own attorneys

9:33am October 27, 2021

by Tom Dreisbach

More than 100 people charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol have pleaded guilty. But others are promising to take their cases to trial, including some who have decided to represent themselves.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speak to reporters Tuesday about a corporate minimum tax plan. On Wednesday Wyden unveiled another tax proposal, this one aimed at billionaires.

Senate Democrats unveil a plan for a new tax on billionaires

8:12am October 27, 2021

by Kelsey Snell

Democrats say the tax on billionaire assets would help pay for President Biden's social spending bill.

Jelani Day went missing on Aug. 24. LaSalle County Coroner Richard Ploch says Day's official cause of death was drowning.

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Jelani Day's death is ruled a drowning, the coroner says

8:55pm October 26, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

Day, a Illinois State University graduate student, was reported missing on Aug. 24. LaSalle County authorities say the manner in which he went into the Illinois River is currently unknown.

Kyle Rittenhouse pictured during a motion hearing at the Kenosha County Courthouse on Monday.

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Prosecutors cannot call those shot by Kyle Rittenhouse 'victims,' a judge has ruled

7:23pm October 26, 2021

by Becky Sullivan

But the defense may call them "arsonists" or "looters," the judge ruled. The criminal trial of Rittenhouse, the teenager who shot and killed two protesters in Kenosha, Wis., begins next week.