(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Wednesday it will deliver COVID-19 tests for free to households across the country. Beginning Sept. 25, households will again be able to order four free tests through COVIDTests.gov, the health agency said, adding that the tests can detect currently circulating COVID-19 variants and …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP has been sued in the U.S. by a former senior director who claims the drugmaker refused to pay her nearly $130,000 in promised bonuses and stock options because she worked from home full-time. Elmarie Bodes, who was AstraZeneca’s senior director of business transformation until January, said in …
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(Reuters) – An October 2024 jury trial was scheduled for an 84-year-old white Missouri man charged for shooting and wounding a Black teenager who had mistakenly walked up to the man’s Kansas City house in April, after he pleaded not guilty again on Wednesday. Defendant Andrew Lester was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal …
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By David Morgan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives failed to advance two spending bills on Tuesday, as party infighting threatened the ability of Congress to fund the government and avert a partial shutdown at the end of the month. The House voted 214-212 to defeat a measure …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives failed to move forward on a fiscal 2024 defense spending bill on Tuesday, as Republicans remained stymied by party infighting less than two weeks before a possible government shutdown. (Reporting by David Morgan and Moira Warburton; Editing by Leslie Adler)
By Ben Klayman TOLEDO, Ohio (Reuters) -A Toledo grocery store parking lot was full of Jeeps and Fords on Tuesday morning in a show of strength by auto workers on strike from Stellantis’s nearby Jeep plant. Dozens set out in an Ohio-to-Michigan convoy to rally support for their walkout, many Jeeps adorned with signs reading …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, will plead not guilty to federal gun charges, his attorney said in a court filing on Tuesday. THE TAKE Hunter Biden, 53, is at the center of a political maelstrom, as House Republicans mount an impeachment inquiry against his father focused on alleged …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will host a second summit with leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum at the White House on Monday, part of his efforts to step up engagement with a region where the U.S. is in a battle for influence with China. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in …
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(Reuters) – The acting president of Temple University in Philadelphia, JoAnne Epps, fell ill on Tuesday while attending a memorial service on campus and died a short time later, the school said in a statement. She was 72. No cause of death was given. Local news media reported Epps collapsed on stage during the campus …
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By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -The chair of the U.S. House of Representatives’ committee on China is planning to meet with a semiconductor industry group to express concerns over U.S. investments in China’s chip industry, according to a source familiar with the matter. The source said the meeting was originally planned for Tuesday but was subsequently …
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