Health

Medicare announces 15 new drugs up for price negotiations, including Ozempic

Jan. 17, 2025

The Biden administration on Friday released the next round of prescription drugs selected for Medicare price negotiations, including Ozempic and Wegovy — the blockbuster diabetes and weight loss drugs. The drugs have faced public backlash over their high price, fueling demand for cheaper alternatives. The list, which includes 15 drugs, up from 10 last year, is the first step in a negotiation process between Medicare and drugmakers that is expected to take place over the coming months. The new negotiated prices won’t take effect until 2027.

International News

Israel ramps up deadly airstrikes on Gaza after ceasefire deal is reached

Jan. 17, 2025

The Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal will go into effect too late for Akram Abu Ahmed to see his children again. His family's sole survivor after an Israeli airstrike, Ahmed was sleeping in the area of Gaza City in the early hours of Thursday after celebrating news of the truce when he heard a loud sound and was thrown into the air. “Dust and screams surrounded me,” Abu Ahmed told NBC News' crew on the ground in Gaza on Thursday. His wife and three of his children were killed, including a daughter whom he said was a doctor.

International News

Israel-Hamas ceasefire: Israel Cabinet set to vote on deal after agreement on hostage release is reached

Jan. 17, 2025

Israel had delayed the vote, claiming Hamas was creating a “last-minute crisis,” without providing details. Hamas said it was committed to the hard-won agreement.

International News

Here's what we know about the Americans set to be released in first phase of the hostage deal

Jan. 17, 2025

Sagui Dekel-Chen, an American Israeli who refurbished old buses into mobile tech classrooms for underserved children, has not met his third daughter, who was born in southern Israel after he was taken hostage during Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack. His father, who says he's been through a “living hell” for 15 months now, says he won’t believe the news of his son's pending release until he's actually returned home.

Science & Tech

Moon added to list of vulnerable sites by World Monuments Fund

Jan. 17, 2025

For the first time, a location beyond Earth has been listed as vulnerable by the World Monuments Fund, an international nonprofit that every two years highlights 25 heritage sites at risk. The Fund included the moon on its 2025 Watch list due to the dawn of a new Space Age and the moon hosting more than 90 historic lunar sites relating to humanity’s presence on it, according to a news release from the group.

Science & Tech

SpaceX executes ‘chopsticks’ booster catch but Starship spacecraft explosion temporarily diverts flights

Jan. 17, 2025

SpaceX’s colossal Starship launch system lifted off on its seventh uncrewed test flight Thursday, with an upgraded version of the megarocket embarking on the program’s most ambitious flight to date. SpaceX was able to duplicate its prior feat of catching a booster that returned to Earth. But 8.5 minutes into flight, the Starship spacecraft itself was lost.

Automotive

Transportation nominee Duffy: ‘We will usher in a golden age of travel.’

Jan. 17, 2025

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, sailed through a convivial Senate nomination hearing Wednesday, promising to work with members on both sides of the aisle. Members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation questioned Duffy on issues including autonomous and electric vehicles, Amtrak and passenger rail projects, traffic safety, new transportation technologies and streamlining environmental reviews. In Duffy’s opening remarks, he said the U.S. Department of Transportation is a top priority for the incoming president. “He asked me to focus on big, durable projects that connect our country and people,” Duffy said. “If confirmed, I will work to reduce the red tape that slows critical infrastructure projects, ensuring funds are spent efficiently.”

Automotive

5 automotive topics to watch when Trump takes office

Jan. 17, 2025

Automotive industry stakeholders are facing regulatory uncertainty as they prepare for policies to change significantly after President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. The incoming administration aims to tackle a wide agenda relevant to automakers, experts told Automotive Dive, including changes to policy surrounding global trade, emissions and vehicle standards. However, experts also noted the incoming president will face several obstacles.

Automotive

How auto suppliers can prepare for tariffs against Canada and Mexico

Jan. 17, 2025

Automotive suppliers must plan for multiple scenarios as President-elect Donald Trump takes office with plans to implement tariffs against Canada and Mexico that will affect their supply chains, experts say. “Nothing would have more impact than tariffs on Canada and Mexico,” said Elaine Buckberg, senior fellow at Harvard University’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, former chief economist at General Motors and a former senior U.S. Treasury official.

Automotive

Biden’s EV tax credits, leasing loophole ‘most vulnerable,’ experts say

Jan. 17, 2025

President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans will likely cut federal tax credits for electric vehicles in 2025, experts said. The 30D new clean vehicle credit and 45W commercial clean vehicle credit, commonly known as the leasing loophole, are “most vulnerable,” said David Stewart, co-chair of the global public policy practice group at Squire Patton Boggs.