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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. A federal judge in Illinois says she will order federal agents into Chicago to limit immigration enforcement's use of force against peaceful protesters and journalists saying it violates their constitutional rights. Judge Sarah Ellis says federal agents will be required to give two warnings before using riot control weapons and that they can't use excessive force unless it's necessary to stop an immediate threat. The ruling, which is expected to be appealed by the Trump administration, refines an earlier temporary order requiring ICE agents to wear badges and ban them from using certain riot control techniques, including tear gas. President Trump is taking steps to lower the cost of obesity drugs. M.Pier's Franco-Ordonia's reports,

Trump announced a deal with two pharmaceutical companies that would allow some people to get drugs like OZMPIC for as little as $149 a month. Speaking from the Oval Office, President Trump announced the deal with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk for their GLP1 drugs that treat diabetes and obesity. These are two companies behind the groundbreaking weight loss drugs that have helped millions of Americans struggling with obesity, live better, longer lives, everything else. These are the two companies that really broke around. The deal includes coverage by Medicare and Medicaid, which could mean new customers for the companies. and the administration says about 10% of Medicare enrollees will be eligible.

The drugs will also be available to purchase online in a direct-to-consumer marketplace that the Trump administration plans to launch, called Trump RX. Franco Ordonez. NPR News, the White House. Three Chinese nationals doing research at the University of Michigan are facing federal charges. NPR's Ryan Lucas reports, the men are accused of smuggling biological materials into the U.S. and of making false statements.

The three Chinese scholars were conducting research at a University of Michigan Lab on J-1 visas. Court papers say the defendants received shipments from China containing biological materials related to roundworms. The materials were sent by another Chinese national working at the same University of Michigan Lab. That researcher recently pleaded no contest to smuggling and false statement counts

and was removed from the U.S. The three defendants now facing charges were stopped by federal agents last month at JFK Airport in New York. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement that attempting to smuggle biological materials into the country under the guise of research is a crime that threatens U.S. national and agricultural security. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington. Wall Street is trading lower at this hour. The Dow is down 309 points, the NASDAQ, down 349, S&P 500, down 58. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.

A teacher in Virginia who was shot by a six-year-old student two years ago has won $10 million in her lawsuit against the school system. A civil court jury found that Ebony Parker, an assistant principal, acted with gross negligence when a then-six-year-old child shot his first-grade teacher in 2023, and she was warned that he had a gun several times. The teacher, Abby Zwerner, was shot in her hand and in her chest where the bullet remains. In the classroom in Newport News, Virginia, the child's mother was sentenced to two years in state

prison for child neglect in connection with this shooting. A federal judge has approved the Justice Department's request to dismiss a criminal case against Boeing. And Pierce Joel Rose reports it stems from the crashes of 2 737 max jets in 2018

and 2019, which killed 346 people. Federal Judge Reed O'Connor in North Texas granted the Justice department's request to drop the case against Boeing despite some misgivings about the deal. At a hearing in September, O'Connor heard anguished objections from family members of some of those killed in the two crashes of 737 Max Jets. In his opinion, O'Connor said he agreed with those relatives that the non-prosecution deal is flawed, in part because Boeing will be allowed to select its own compliance consultant instead of an independent monitor. O'Connor rejected a different

plea deal last year over similar concerns, but this time O'Connor wrote the law left him no choice but to defer to the Justice Department. Boeing says it has paid out billions of dollars in settlements of civil lawsuits. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington. And I'm Janine Hurst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.