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First Trump allies in Georgia election subversion case surrender

23 Aug 2023 23 Aug 2023

By Jack Queen ATLANTA (Reuters) -The first of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in Georgia’s criminal case accusing the former U.S. president and his associates of subverting his 2020 election loss surrendered at an Atlanta jail on Tuesday, according to county records and a statement. Trump’s former lawyer John Eastman and Republican poll watcher Scott Hall both …

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Number of US children killed by guns hit record high in 2021 – study

23 Aug 2023 23 Aug 2023

By Rachel Nostrant (Reuters) – Child gun deaths in the United States have hit a record high, according to a new study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s mortality database, the study published on Monday in the AAP’s journal Pediatrics found that 4,752 children died from …

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Maui wildfire victims fear land grab may threaten Hawaiian culture

23 Aug 2023 23 Aug 2023

By Andrew Hay and Liliana Salgado KAANAPALI, Hawaii (Reuters) – Deborah Loeffler felt she could not lose much more after a wildfire destroyed the home in Maui, where five generations of her family have lived, and a son died the same day on the U.S. mainland. Grieving and overwhelmed, Loeffler was soon beset by emails …

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Death of Obama’s personal chef ruled an accident

23 Aug 2023 23 Aug 2023

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The death of former U.S. President Barack Obama’s personal chef Tafari Campbell while paddleboarding in the Massachusetts resort community of Martha’s Vineyard was an accident, a state official said on Tuesday. Timothy McGuirk, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, told the media that …

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US FDA panel backs Otsuka’s blood pressure treatment device

23 Aug 2023 23 Aug 2023

By Sriparna Roy (Reuters) -A panel of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday recommended the use of a device made by a unit of Otsuka Holdings in a type of surgery to treat high blood pressure. The FDA panel backed the use of the device made by the Japanese company’s …

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US OKs state auto-repair law after raising hacking concerns

22 Aug 2023 23 Aug 2023

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S auto safety regulators said Tuesday automakers can comply with a Massachusetts law requiring them to share vehicle data with independent repair shops, reversing course after previously objecting that it could make vehicles vulnerable to hacking. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said automakers could safely share diagnostic data …

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Factbox-When is the first Republican primary debate? Who will be there?

22 Aug 2023 23 Aug 2023

By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Eight top Republican presidential contenders will take part on Wednesday in the first debate of the 2024 primary election cycle. Here are some facts about the showdown: WHEN AND WHERE WILL IT TAKE PLACE? The debate will take place at the Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee on Wednesday at 8 …

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Key hearing for U.S. carbon capture pipeline begins in Iowa

22 Aug 2023 22 Aug 2023

By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – Iowa residents living along the route of the U.S.’s largest proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) pipeline told state regulators they were worried about possible ruptures and land takings at the start of a hearing that will determine the fate of the project. The hearing, which could last weeks, is …

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US govt awards $1.4 billion for development of new COVID therapies, vaccines

22 Aug 2023 22 Aug 2023

(Reuters) – The U.S. government said on Tuesday it had awarded $1.4 billion for the development of new therapies and vaccines against COVID-19, including a $326 million contract with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals for a next-generation antibody therapy for prevention of infections. The funding to Regeneron is a part of a $5 billion initiative dubbed “Project NextGen” …

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Fed doves, Fed hawks: US central bankers in their words

22 Aug 2023 22 Aug 2023

(Reuters) – The labels “dove” and “hawk” have long been used by central bank watchers to describe the monetary policy leanings of policymakers, with a dove more focused on risks to the labor market and a hawk more focused on the threat of inflation. The topsy-turvy economic environment of the coronavirus pandemic sidelined those differences, …

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