HIGHER DRUG COSTS
A study published in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA found that one in five adults over 65 skipped or delayed medication in 2022 because of costs. Back in 2016, only one in seven seniors had the same issue, marking a sharp increase in the past 6 years. The study cited both high inflation and rising prescription drug costs for the issue and found that even among those who didn't skip medication, 8 percent cut down on necessities like gas or groceries in order to afford it.
TIKTOKERS STRIKE BACK
TikTok creators in Montana are suing the state after it passed a law banning the Chinese-owned video sharing app. The creators are claiming that the law is unconstitutional and an infringement on their free speech rights. The five plaintiffs include podcaster and cosplayer 'Lady Dred Knot' and mountaineer Alice Held, who both have over 200 thousand followers. Iin addition to the creators named in the suit, some of TikTok's biggest names are based in the state, including author Hank Green, who has over 7 million followers.
Authorities say a man driving a U-Haul truck struck and injured several people in New York City before police were able to pin the vehicle against a building.
Thousands left homeless by a massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria a week ago packed into crowded tents or lined up in the streets for hot meals Monday,
China on Monday said more than 10 U.S. high-altitude balloons have flown in its airspace during the past year without its permission.
It was the fourth object shot out of the sky by U.S. fighter jets in eight days, along with ones over Alaska and Canada and a suspected Chinese spy balloon.
Mourners gathered Saturday at a New York City mosque to remember a family of four from Queens who were killed while visiting relatives in Turkey.
The impact of inflation continues to burden families on a wide range of issues, such as childcare.
A U.S. military fighter jet has shot down an unknown object flying off the coast of Alaska.
Rescuers pulled several earthquake survivors from the shattered remnants of buildings Friday, including some who lasted more than 100 hours trapped under crushed concrete.
Hundreds of thousands of school age students went missing from the public school rolls during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and have not been accounted for since.
The Pentagon says the Chinese balloon shot down off the South Carolina coast was part of a large surveillance program that China has been conducting for “several years."
