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Altaf Qasim is the European Head of Investment Strategy and Research for State Street Investment Management.
Altaf, thank you so much for being with us on What's News.
Coming up, the rest of the day's news, including a pair of health updates as U.S.
life expectancy ticks higher after the break.
FBI agents have searched the main election office in Fulton County, Georgia, seeking records related to the 2020 presidential election.
The Trump administration is stepping up efforts to reexamine the president's loss to Joe Biden, with Trump promising last week that, quote, people will soon be prosecuted.
Trump has repeatedly alleged that Fulton County produced fraudulent results and urged various officials, including Georgia's Secretary of State, to help find enough votes to overturn his narrow defeat in the state.
Rob Pitts is the chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, heard here courtesy of Atlanta News First.
Georgia election officials conducted two recounts that confirmed Biden's victory in the state, and no court or election authority found evidence of widespread fraud in the presidential election.
reached a record high in 2024, with Americans now living 79 years on average.
That follows the largest year-to-year drop in deaths stemming from drug overdoses, with the National Center for Health Statistics saying they decreased by more than 26 percent between 2023 and 2024.
The increase in life expectancy signals a rebound from declines during the coronavirus pandemic and progress in tackling the opioid crisis.
And finally, enthusiasm for GLP-1 weight loss drugs like Wegovi and Ozempic isn't letting up.
Nearly one in five Americans have now tried them amid a marketing push pitching them as lifestyle fixes.
But journal health columnist Sumathi Reddy says that obesity doctors and researchers find that messaging problematic, as new research confirms that the drugs were designed to be lifelong treatments.
And to read more about what happens when you stop taking GLP-1s, check out the link we've left in our show notes.
And that's it for What's News for this Thursday morning.
Today's show was produced by Daniel Bach and Hattie Moyer.