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CVS Health has struck a deal to buy Aetna, the insurance giant. The combined companies would have more clout with drugmakers and would aim to bring more health care to consumers in retail clinics.

With Aetna Deal, CVS Looks To Turn Stores Into Health Care Hubs

By combining a health insurer with a drugstore chain, CVS is looking to provide more care from its network of stores. The deal would also give the merged companies more clout with drugmakers.

Catalan members of the Spanish parliament speak to the press outside Estremera prison, outside of Madrid, on Monday. A judge from Spain's Supreme Court granted bail to six imprisoned former members of the Catalan government, while two other politicians and two activists will remain in jail.

4 Separatist Catalan Leaders To Remain In Jail, 6 Others Out On Bail

Spanish authorities took the politicians into custody after Catalonia, a formerly semiautonomous region, declared independence from Spain. Catalan's former president remains in exile in Belgium.

Rachel Brosnahan plays housewife-turned-stand-up-comic Midge Maisel in Amazon's new series, <em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.</em>

Zippy And Delightful, 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Spotlights An Unlikely Comic

Amazon's new series centers on a spurned 1950s housewife who has a knack for stand-up comedy. Critic John Powers says Rachel Brosnahan delivers a "genuinely funny performance" in the title role.

Ezra Pound poses in Rapallo, Italy, not long after his 1958 release from St. Elizabeths Hospital, where he spent 12 years.

Do Politics Matter In Poetry? New Biography Explores The Case Of Ezra Pound

A central figure in 20th century poetry, Pound was also an outspoken fascist. In The Bughouse, Daniel Swift investigates whether or not the poet's politics and madness matter to his work.

Peter Gagliardi, president of Way Finders Inc., at the Peter Pan Bus Terminal in Springfield.

Peter Pan Sells Old Bus Terminal To Housing Nonprofit

A major landmark in Springfield, Massachusetts, the Peter Pan Bus Terminal, will become the new home of Way Finders, an affordable housing nonprofit. The…

What The CVS And Aetna Merger Has To Do With Amazon

The $69 billion merger of the drug store chain CVS with insurer Aetna is about several things. Depending on whom you ask, it's about transforming the pharmacy store experience, getting a stronger foothold in lucrative sales of specialty prescription drugs — or about preparing for a future threat from Amazon.

Native Americans React To Cuts To Bears Ears National Monument

The Trump administration has decided to shrink the Bears Ears National Monument. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Shaun Chapoose, one of the Native American tribal leaders who fought for the monument's protections in the first place.

Former Rep. Corrine Brown, seen in 2015 in Tallahassee, Fla. She has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Ex-Rep. Corrine Brown Sentenced To 5 Years For Stealing From Bogus Charity

The former Democratic congresswoman, who was voted out by her Florida constituents last year, had been convicted of soliciting donations for a sham charity — then pocketing that cash herself.

What Can A Personality Test Tell Us About Who We Are?

The desire to find our tribe is universal. We like to know who we are and where we belong. This week, how this fascination has led to a thriving industry built on the sale of personality tests.

A Long Island teen accused of being an MS-13 gang member holds a medal he won in immigration detention. A judge has ruled there's not enough evidence to hold him.

Teens Arrested On Gang Suspicion Are Released Due To Lack Of Evidence

After his arrest in New York and immigration detention across three states, a 16-year-old has been released. A federal judge ruled there wasn't enough evidence to prove he was an MS-13 gang member.

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