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Uncertainty clouds US transition at Mexico border as new rules take effect

13 May 2023 13 May 2023

By Daina Beth Solomon and Julio-Cesar Chavez CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico/EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) -The Biden administration began implementing a sweeping policy shift at the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday as a COVID-era order that had allowed the swift expulsion of many migrants expired and new asylum restrictions took effect amid confusion and uncertainty. Several last-minute court …

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Data of 237,000 US government employees breached

13 May 2023 13 May 2023

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The personal information of 237,000 current and former federal government employees has been exposed in a data breach at the U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT), sources briefed on the matter said on Friday. The breach hit systems for processing TRANServe transit benefits that reimburse government employees for some commuting costs. …

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JPMorgan opposes class-action status for Epstein accusers

13 May 2023 13 May 2023

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co on Friday asked a federal judge to deny class-action status to more than 100 women who said the bank helped enable the late financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse them. In a filing in Manhattan federal court, the largest U.S. bank said Epstein’s accusers …

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FDA issues marketing denial for 6,500 flavored e-cigarettes

13 May 2023 13 May 2023

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday issued marketing denial orders to 10 companies which collectively manufacture and market about 6,500 flavored e-liquid and e-cigarette products. The health regulator said these companies cannot market or distribute the products in the U.S. and retailers who sell them risk FDA enforcement action. Any company …

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U.S. demands recall of 67 million air bag inflators

13 May 2023 13 May 2023

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) demanded the recall of 67 million air bag inflators because it believes there is a safety defect, but auto supplier ARC Automotive Inc rejected the U.S. regulator’s request, documents released on Friday show. The auto safety agency said the inflators pose an unreasonable …

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Faced with tougher U.S. policy, migrants in Mexico pin hopes on asylum app

13 May 2023 13 May 2023

By Daina Beth Solomon CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Oriana Silva, a 30-year-old Venezuelan mother of two, was so determined to make it to the United States that she entered illegally and was expelled back to Mexico five times in seven months. Now, she is trying another way she hopes will be easier: the U.S. …

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Eisai, Biogen Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi would cost US Medicare up to $5 billion a year, study finds

13 May 2023 13 May 2023

(This May 11 story has been corrected to change some wording in the quote by Dr. Mafi in paragraph 15) By Deena Beasley (Reuters) – Wide coverage of Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi would raise future costs for the U.S. Medicare health plan by $2 billion to $5 billion a year, according to a study led by …

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Uncertainty clouds US transition at Mexico border as new rules take effect

12 May 2023 13 May 2023

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Wendy Sherman, US official who led diplomacy with China and Russia, to retire

12 May 2023 12 May 2023

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, the country’s number two diplomat, said on Friday she will retire at the end of June after three decades in Washington’s foreign policy establishment. Sherman is the first woman to serve in her current role, in which she has headed up the Biden administration’s diplomacy with …

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Former US Marine charged with manslaughter in NYC subway choking death

12 May 2023 12 May 2023

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A former U.S. Marine sergeant who killed a homeless man by putting him in a chokehold on the New York City subway was charged with manslaughter on Friday in a Manhattan criminal court, hours after he surrendered to police. A viral video showed Daniel Penny putting 30-year-old Jordan Neely …

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