(Reuters) – The U.S. economy is on track to spew between 35% and 43% less carbon dioxide by 2030 from 2005 levels as a consequence of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a U.S. government report released on Tuesday showed. President Joe Biden’s IRA, which took effect in August 2022, provides billions of dollars in tax …
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(Reuters) – An area of low pressure located over the eastern tropical Atlantic has a 40% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said early Wednesday. “A tropical depression is likely to form by this weekend over the central tropical Atlantic,” the Miami-based forecaster said. (Reporting …
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By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The Los Angeles City Council voted on Friday to launch a process to designate actress Marilyn Monroe’s former home, where she died of a drug overdose in 1962, a historic and cultural monument, blocking plans to demolish the property. The motion to initiate consideration of the Spanish Colonial-style house …
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By Bhanvi Satija and Michael Erman (Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director on Tuesday signed off on broad use of updated COVID-19 vaccines approved by the government – covering ages 6 months and up – as the country prepares to start a vaccination campaign within days. The final recommendation from director …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. airlines on Tuesday expressed growing frustration with Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control staffing (ATC) shortages, which have snarled flights and forced regulators to extend waivers on minimum flight requirements. “In the short to medium term we have to reduce flights in very impacted airports because the system …
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(Reuters) – Up to $135 billion of jobless benefits paid out by U.S. states during the coronavirus pandemic may have arisen from fraudulent claims, Washington’s top government watchdog said on Tuesday in a report suggesting the problem is much bigger than previously estimated. Waves of fraudulent claims for unemployment insurance benefits have episodically inflated the …
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday voted to name a street intersection in memory of Mahsa Amini, whose death in the custody of the morality police in Iran nearly a year ago sparked months of nationwide protests there. Los Angeles, the second most populous U.S. city, is home to an …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island began to erupt on Sunday afternoon, with flows currently confined to the surrounding crater floor, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Sunday. Webcam images show fissures at the base of the volcano’s crater that are generating lava flows on the surface of the crater floor. …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to China, Japan and South Korea soon, an aide to Schumer said on Tuesday. It would be a high-profile trip by Schumer, who has repeatedly urged the United States to take a harder line on China …
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(Reuters) – U.S. COVID vaccine manufacturers set list prices for their shots between $120 and $130 per dose, company executives said at an advisory panel meeting of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. Pfizer and German partner BioNTech set the list price at $120 per dose, while Moderna said the list price …
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