Weekly News Quiz

Prices for the top 25 brand-name drugs have increased by an average of 81 percent since they entered the U.S. market, according to a new report from AARP’s Public Policy Institute.  In 19 other high-income countries, prices of those same drugs have fallen by an average of 13 percent.

Three states — Indiana, Minnesota and Tennessee — have banned the machines, while 27 other states have enacted laws to regulate them. Bitcoin Depot’s collapse follows AARP’s calls to lawmakers to clean up the crypto kiosk industry and stop the explosion of devastating scams facilitated by these machines.

“The one thing all successful weight loss programs have in common is they lower total calories,” one dietitian tells AARP. “If more calories are used by the body compared with those taken in, then weight loss will occur.... Beyond looking at total calories, consider if the weight loss plan is healthy, meaning it includes all food groups and offers plenty of variety.”

The total so far is 700, ranging from Thomas Edison’s pioneering sound recordings — originally captured on tinfoil, tin cylinders and wax cylinders — to the Hamilton cast recording. This year’s recently announced inductees include the Go-Go’s debut album, Beauty and the Beat, Chaka Khan’s hit “I Feel for You” and music from the Doom video game.