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Those companies have agreed to sell new and existing drugs to the U.S.

government at the same price as other developed countries.

NPR's Yuki Noguchi has more on that story.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the flu, COVID-19, and RSV are all on the rise again.

But the flu is hitting hardest, as NPR's Rob Stein reports.

U.S.

Representative Elise Stefanik says she's suspending her campaign for New York governor and will not seek re-election to Congress.

Stefanik was a top Republican in the House and had at one point been considered by President Trump for an appointment to represent the U.S.

at the United Nations.

She said she did not want to spend much of the next year in a Republican primary for governor.

A commemoration was held Friday on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.

Thousands of people gathered to honor those killed and wounded when two gunmen opened fire last Sunday on a Hanukkah celebration.

Those who gathered formed a large circle in the ocean in an expression of solidarity with Sydney's Jewish community.

Fifteen people were killed in the attack and dozens of others were wounded.

Stocks closed up on Friday.

The Dow was up 183 points.

NASDAQ up 301 points.

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