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FILE - Facebook unveiled their new Meta sign at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on, Oct. 28, 2021. Meta, formerly known as Facebook, and ridesharing company Lyft separately announced Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, that they're letting workers delay their return when offices fully reopen early next year. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)

Judge allows Federal Trade Commission's latest suit against Facebook to move forward

The judge had previously tossed the FTC's first attempt at attacking Facebook's alleged monopoly power for lack of evidence. This time, the judge said the FTC "has done its homework."

A woman walks by a closed store in a mall in Montreal, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada. Some measures put in place by the Quebec government, including the closure of stores, go into effect today to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in the province. (Graham Hughes /The Canadian Press via AP)

In Quebec, people who refuse to be vaccinated for COVID will face a financial penalty

The Canadian province's premier said not getting vaccinated leads to consequences for the health care system and not all Quebecers should pay for that.

FILE - The Biogen Inc., headquarters is shown March 11, 2020, in Cambridge, Mass. Medicare says it will limit coverage of a $28,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug whose benefits have been widely questioned. Tuesday's decision from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is a major step in the nation’s search for ways to put a fair value on new medicines that offer tantalizing possibilities but come with prohibitive prices. It means that patients taking Biogen’s Aduhelm medication will have to be part of research efforts to assess the drug’s effectiveness in slowing the progression of dementia. The drug has sparked controversy since its approval by the Food and Drug Administration last June, which came against the recommendation of the agency’s outside advisers (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Medicare proposes covering expensive Alzheimer's drug for those in clinical trials

Aduhelm is the first treatment approved in the country to slow cognitive decline in those living with Alzheimer's. Doctors have refused to prescribe it, given the lack of data and evidence behind it.

A person prays on the ground outside the apartment building which suffered the city's deadliest fire in three decades, in the Bronx borough of New York on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Many of those who died in the Bronx apartment fire were from West Africa

The dead included 11 people from Gambia. A spokesperson for the medical examiner's office said officials are working to confirm the identities of the victims — nine adults and eight children.

FILE - A tunnel inside the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility is seen in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Jan. 26, 2018. The U.S. Navy will comply with Hawaii's order to remove fuel from a massive underground storage tank facility near Pearl Harbor blamed for contaminating drinking water, officials said Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)

U.S. Navy agrees to drain a Hawaii fuel tank system blamed for tainted drinking water

After initially resisting, the Navy will comply with the state's order to remove fuel from a massive underground storage tank facility near Pearl Harbor, officials say.

Republican state lawmakers rally for criminal justice changes in New York

“I would argue that the victims of all of these crimes we’re talking about, they are victims of color and minorities in many, many cases."

Ahead of eviction moratorium deadline, New York governor asks White House for more rent relief funds

So far, neither the Biden administration nor leaders in Congress have said that they plan to send more rent relief funding to New York.

FILE - A medical worker wearing a protective suit takes swab samples for the COVID-19 test on residents in Huaxian county in central China's Henan province on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. The northern Chinese city of Tianjin ordered a second round of COVID-19 testing on all 14 million residents Wednesday following the discovery of 97 cases of the omicron variant during initial screenings that began Sunday. (Chinatopix via AP, File)

China's Tianjin orders more testing on 14 million after omicron reaches city

The city of Tianjin ordered a second round of COVID-19 testing on Wednesday in the city about an hour from Beijing, which is set to host the Winter Olympics from February 4th.

PERRY, GA - SEPTEMBER 25: Former US President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on September 25, 2021 in Perry, Georgia. Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker, Georgia Secretary of State candidate Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA), and Georgia Lieutenant Gubernatorial candidate State Sen. Burt Jones (R-GA) also appeared as guests at the rally. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Read NPR's full interview with former President Donald Trump

NPR's Steve Inskeep spoke with former President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Trump continued to repeat false claims that the 2020 election was rigged.

New businesses soared to record highs in 2021. Here's a taste of one of them

The number of business applications reached 5.4 million last year, surpassing the 2020 record of 4.4 million. In the pandemic, millions of people have decided this is the moment to chase their dreams.

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