‘HIV-ending’ drug could be made for just $25 per patient a year, say researchers
As regulator prepares to approve lenacapavir in the US, campaigners are urging the manufacturer, Gilead, to make it ‘available and affordable for all who need it’
Kat Lay Global health correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/17/hiv-ending-drug-lenacapavir-manufacture-cost-per-patient-gilead
Sen. Klobuchar condemns Utah rep for misleading social posts
Plus: Killer had ‘hit list’; political violence on the rise; photos of makeshift memorial; and more.
by Peter Majerle
https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2025/06/sen-klobuchar-condemns-utah-rep-for-misleading-social-posts/
MyPillow’s Mike Lindell ordered to pay $2.3m in voting machine defamation trial
Eric Coomer, who worked at Dominion, sued Mike Lindell for spreading conspiracy theories that upended his life
Rachel Leingang
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/mypillow-mike-lindell-defamation-trial
‘He’s a mess’: Trump says he won’t call Tim Walz after Minnesota shootings
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jun/17/donald-trump-g7-iran-israel-ceasefire-us-politics-live-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-685166618f08a82a824fa17d#block-685166618f08a82a824fa17d
‘I have never seen such open corruption’: Trump’s crypto deals and loosening of rules shock observers
After courtship with crypto industry, president now profits immensely from a sector he once said ‘seems like a scam’
Peter Stone in Washington DC
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/trump-crypto-memecoin-corruption
Experts question whether $499 gold Trump phone can be US-made
Natalie Sherman, Business reporter, BBC News
Lily Jamali, North America technology correspondent
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrld3erq4eo
Fired ABC News journalist stands by his post criticizing Trump and adviser
Terry Moran was effectively dismissed from the network after calling Stephen Miller and Trump ‘world-class’ haters
Ramon Antonio Vargas
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/17/abc-news-journalist-trump-adviser
Georgia Republican officials to finally face election after years of legal delays
Members of state’s powerful public service commission must run for re-election after delays left them in office
George Chidi in Atlanta
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/georgia-public-service-commission-election
Solar stocks drop on Senate proposal to phase out tax credits by 2028
Shashwat Chauhan and Pooja Menon
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/solar-stocks-drop-senate-proposal-103357480.html
Kraft Heinz to remove artificial colors from Jell-O and Kool-Aid, among other brands, by 2027
The snack company also pledged to not launch any new products in the US with artificial colors, effectively immediately.
Brooke DiPalma · Senior Reporter
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kraft-heinz-to-remove-artificial-colors-from-jell-o-and-kool-aid-among-other-brands-by-2027-110054957.html
‘We were powerless’: inside the devastating Ohio State sexual abuse scandal
A college physician allegedly abused at least 177 male students during his tenure, a story revived in a harrowing new film that highlights how he got away with it
Andrew Lawrence
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/17/ohio-state-sexual-abuse-scandal
Ordinary Love by Marie Rutkoski review – some of the best sex scenes I’ve read this year
In this page-turning romance, teenage sweethearts reunite as thirtysomething women
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/17/ordinary-love-by-marie-rutkoski-review-some-of-the-best-sex-scenes-ive-read-this-year
Viking age burial site full of ancient objects found in Denmark, say experts
‘Spectacular’ discovery at site of about 30 graves includes pearls, coins, ceramics and a box containing gold thread
Agence France-Presse in Aarhus
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/17/viking-age-burial-site-full-of-ancient-objects-found-in-denmark-say-experts
Old Star Wars Times Two
Star Wars’ Boss Says It’s ‘Remarkable’ the ‘First Print’ of George Lucas’ 1977 Original Was Found and Screened After Decades; Discovery Called a ‘Miracle’
By Zack Sharf
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/star-wars-george-lucas-first-print-screens-1236430495/
‘Star Wars’ “Looks Terrible” in Screening of Long Lost Original 1977 Version
The years have not been kind to the oft-romanticized original print of the sci-fi classic, which lacks all of George Lucas’ post-release tweaks and polishes and looks “like a completely different film.”
By James Hibberd
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-1977-screening-version-review-1236291808/