(Reuters) -Louie Anderson, a three-time Emmy Award winner, comedian and game show host, died on Friday morning after a battle with cancer, his publicist told Deadline. He was 68. The star of the comedy series “Baskets” died in Las Vegas, where he was admitted into a hospital earlier this week for treatment of diffuse large …
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By Deena Beasley (Reuters) – Alzheimer’s patient groups, disappointed by Medicare’s plan to sharply limit coverage of new drugs for the brain-wasting disease, are planning publicity and lobbying campaigns to protest a proposal they say could delay their use for 10 years. “Congress has to know how bad this will be for patients,” said John …
(Reuters) -U.S. federal agencies have been directed to raise the minimum wage for government employees to $15 an hour, according to a new guidance from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The directive will impact almost 70,000 federal employees most of whom work at the Departments of Defense, Agriculture and Veteran Affairs, OPM said in …
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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. congressional committee has invited board members at four oil majors to testify about the industry’s role in climate change and spreading “disinformation,” turning up the heat after lawmakers grilled CEOs last year. The hearing of officials from Exxon, Shell, Chevron and BP who were elected to spur change …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration plans to unveil new steps on Friday to retain international students who specialize in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), as part of its effort to counter China, officials said. The measures will allow specialists in STEM fields to use cultural-exchange visas to stay for up to 3 years …
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(Reuters) -U.S. authorities on Thursday charged a man with human smuggling of Indian nationals from Canada, the day after four people including a baby were found frozen to death in a remote part of Canada close to the Minnesota border. The U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota said 47-year-old Steve Shand had been arrested just south …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is discussing a scaled-back law focused on safeguarding election results and protecting election officials from harassment following Democrats’ twin defeats on a voting-rights bill. Lawmakers led by Republican Senator Susan Collins and including conservative Democrats Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, are due to …
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By Jan Wolfe and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives’ panel investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Thursday requested an interview with former U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter and White House aide Ivanka Trump. In a letter to Ivanka Trump, lawmakers said they were seeking her …
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will urge U.S. mayors on Friday to use more of their state and local COVID-19 aid funds to expand their workforces, a White House official said, an effort partly aimed at easing economic bottlenecks and inflation. In an address to the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ winter …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is announcing Thursday it is requiring that non-U.S. essential workers such as truck drivers and nurses who are crossing land borders be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, effective Saturday. The Biden administration first announced in October that effective Nov. 8 it would again …
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