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House Republicans Aim To Eliminate Tax Credits For Orphan Drugs

For more than three decades, pharmaceutical companies have claimed a 50 percent tax credit for the cost of clinical trials of drugs for rare diseases. The credit is now in jeopardy.

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, center, and other lawmakers have a plan to overhaul the tax code that includes a provision that would repeal a tax credit for makers of drugs for rare diseases.

House Republicans Aim To Eliminate Tax Credits For Orphan Drugs

For more than three decades, pharmaceutical companies have claimed a 50 percent tax credit for the cost of clinical trials of drugs for rare diseases. The credit is now in jeopardy.

Moose and caribou antlers sit in a corner of the Alaska Fur Exchange in Anchorage. These large, high-quality antlers are unlikely to be cut down into pet chews and are mostly purchased by collectors.

Boom In Antler Pet Chews May Have Opened A Black Market

Hunters are waking up to find their prized antlers have been stolen overnight in Alaska, where online ads offering cash for antlers have proliferated.

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort (right) leaves District Court after pleading not guilty following his indictment on federal charges Monday.

As Mueller Picks Up Pace, Capital Roils With Talk Of Pardons And Firing

Indictments and a plea agreement in Robert Mueller's investigation led to reports that President Trump is considering firing Mueller or disarming him by pardoning the targets of the investigation.

Presenter Fiona Bruce helps out at the ROADSHOW reception desk at Polesden Lacey.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: Polesden Lacey

Airs Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017 at 7 p.m. on KPBS TV

A mobile blood bank parked in front of Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego.

American Red Cross Seeks Blood Donations Amid National Shortage

Here are some donation opportunities in San Diego County this week.

"Flippy," a burger-grilling robot developed by Miso Robotics, is now operating at a Caliburger in Pasadena.

'Flippy' The Fast Food Robot (Sort Of) Mans The Grill At Caliburger

The international burger chain says Flippy, which is so-far operating at a single franchise restaurant in Pasadena, Calif., can grill 150 burgers per hour.

‎Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler, and Spencer Stone play themselves in "The 15:17 to Paris," a film about their thwarting of a terrorist attack on a European train in 2015.

'The 15:17 To Paris' Film Uses Real Life Heroes To Play Themselves

New Clint Eastwood film looks to three Americans who thwarted a terrorist attack

In the new documentary "Myanmar’s Killing Fields," secret footage going back years shows the effort to kill and expel Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar. With accounts from victims, "Myanmar’s Killing Fields" examines evidence that security forces committed crimes against humanity. This is of a Rohingya woman named Mumtaz Begum, who tells FRONTLINE Myanmar soldiers killed several members of her family, raped her and set her house on fire.

FRONTLINE: Myanmar's Killing Fields

Airs Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill on Jan. 31. Waters called for an investigation into Trump administration ties to Russia.

This Week In Race: A Spicer Dust-Up, Muslim Latinas Speak Out, Blue Men See Red

Busy week per always: resistance to deportations, black women get spicy with the White House press secretary, and Muslim Latinas. Yeah, really.

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