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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. U.S. attorney General Pam Bondi says U.S. agents have apprehended a suspect in the 2012 killings of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya. She says Zubair Al Bakush is in US Custody in the United States.
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Al Bakush will now face American justice on American soil. We will prosecute this alleged terrorist to the fullest extent of the law. He'll face charges related to murder, terrorism, arson, among others.
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One of the victims was the US Ambassador to Libya. Chris Stevens. A Libyan militant has already been convicted in the US and imprisoned for planning the attack. The the killings became a political issue during the Obama administration. Republicans challenged the former president over security issues. Newly revealed arrest records show that a high profile federal immigration raid on a Chicago apartment building mostly targeted squatters in the building, not Venezuelan gang members. The raid happened last September. NPR Sergio Martinez Beltran reports it has become a symbol of President Trump's aggressive immigration tactics.
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The court documents were first reported by ProPublica and are included a motion filed in an ongoing case challenging warrantless arrests in Chicago. In two arrest records, the government states the operation in the South Shore apartments was, quote, based on intelligence that there were illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments in the building. There is no mention of criminal gangs. Last year and again this week, a spokesperson for DHS told NPR in a statement that two people arrested in the raid were confirmed terrorists and members of Trende Aragua. 35 other migrants without legal status but with no connection to the gang were also arrested. Some had criminal records. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News.
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President Trump has unveiled a new website called TrumpRx.gov Consumers can use it for discounts on some limited medications, but they have to pay in cash instead of using their health insurance. Big pharmaceutical companies that manufacture obesity drugs are pushing back against their competitors. NPR's Sidney Lupkin says the latest is.
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Over Wegovy, the telehealth company. HIMSS says that it's launching its own version of the Wegovy pill made by a compounding pharmacy. And the starting dose will be $49, $100 less than Novo Nordisk's cash price for the brand name. Novo Nordisk launched its obesity pill in early January. Compounded drugs are made with the same active ingredients as brand name versions, but by specialized pharmacies not drug companies. They're not generics and haven't been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Traditionally, compounding pharmacies make customized drugs for people who may need them because they're allergic to an ingredient in the brand name version. For example, Novo Nordisk says it will take legal action against hims copy. Sydney Lupkin, NPR News.
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You're listening to npr. President Trump has used his social media account to share a video filled with election misinformation. But at the end, the video includes an overtly racist image of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama. They're portrayed as apes. This is a longtime racist trope from the Jim Crow era. White House press secretary Caroline Levitt says please stop the fake outrage. She says it is an Internet meme that depicts Democrats as characters from the Lion King and Trump as King of the Jungle, the only black Republican in the Senate, South Carolina's Tim Scott has condemned this. Starting today, Florida will only offer its driver's license exams in English. From member station wusf, Nancy Guan reports.
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Language translation services will no longer be allowed for the written or the behind the wheel test. The change applies to non commercial and commercial driver licenses before exams were offered in multiple languages like Spanish, Haitian Creole and Portuguese. Nancy Milan is the Hillsborough county tax collector. Her office issues driver licenses.
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Especially in a community that's so diverse, I think it may present some challenges in obtaining their credentials from here on out.
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Only a handful of other states have a similar English only policy. It includes Wyoming, Oklahoma and South Dakota. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles did not return requests for comment. For NPR News, I'm Nancy Gwan in Tampa.
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And I'm Korva Coleman News in Washington.
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