Supreme Court passes on gun lock rules in San Francisco
The Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to San Francisco's 2007 handgun safety law requiring trigger locks or locked containers when not carried. Justices Thomas and Scalia dissented. The decision leaves in place a rule aimed at preventing accidents and theft, amid broader debates on gun rights after Heller and McDonald.
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High Court
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Samuel Alito
San Francisco
Heller
District of Columbia
FDA weighs cost and merit of new cholesterol drugs
Supporters of PCSK9 inhibitors expect major heart disease help but critics warn the price could push health care spending. An FDA advisory committee will review medical merits Tuesday and Wednesday before a summer decision. If approved for all high risk patients, annual costs could reach $100 billion, even with limited use projections in the tens of billions.
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Elliott Antman
American Heart Association
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Daniel Rader
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Sanofi
Antman
Steve Nissen
Cleveland Clinic
Steve Miller
Express Scripts
Miller
Rare U S prison escapes amid growing inmate population
Escapes from high security prisons remain exceedingly rare as the U S prison population grows. In New York between 2009 and 2013 only one inmate escaped a maximum security facility, with ten escapes from minimum or medium security and all recaptured within a day.
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Martin Horn
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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Clinton
Dannemora
Horn
G7 leaders wrap up summit with calls for action and sanctions
The G7 meeting in Germany ended with a pledge to act on climate change market volatility terrorism and Ukraine. Merkel urged end of fossil fuel use by century's end and Greece to stay in the EU while sanctions on Russia remain until Ukraine ceasefire holds. Obama promised stronger support with Iraqi security training and equipment.
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Sochi
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