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CNN fires anchor Chris Cuomo over role in brother ex-governor’s sex scandal

5 Dec 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -CNN fired news anchor Chris Cuomo, the network announced on Saturday, after “additional information” came to light during an investigation into his efforts to help his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, deal with allegations of sexual misconduct. Cuomo, who hosted CNN’s most-watched prime-time news show, had been suspended on Tuesday. He …

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U.S. congressman posts family Christmas picture with guns, days after school shooting

5 Dec 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – (Note language in penultimate paragraph) A U.S. congressman on Saturday posted a Christmas picture of himself and what appeared to be his family, smiling and posing with an assortment of guns, just days after four teenagers were killed in a shooting at a Michigan high school. “Merry Christmas! ps. Santa, please bring …

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Biden and Putin set to talk about Ukraine in video call on Tuesday

5 Dec 2021

By Steve Holland and Tom Balmforth WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a video call on Tuesday, with the two leaders set to discuss the tense situation in Ukraine. “Biden will underscore U.S. concerns with Russian military activities on the border with Ukraine and reaffirm the United …

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U.S. administers 468.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines- CDC

4 Dec 2021

(Reuters) – The United States had administered 468,516,782 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 581,107,805 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Those figures are up from the 466,348,132 vaccine doses the CDC said had gone into arms by Dec. 3 out of 580,893,145 doses …

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Jurors at Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial shown Epstein’s massage table, photo of sex toys

4 Dec 2021

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A green massage table seized from Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach estate was carried into a Manhattan federal courtroom on Friday, where British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is on trial for her alleged role in the sex abuse of underage girls. Prosecutors have said many of Epstein’s encounters with teenagers began …

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Extreme weather, project delays may challenge NY power grid in 2021-2030- operator

4 Dec 2021

(Reuters) – New York’s power grid could face challenges in the 2021-2030 period, including higher demand spurred by extreme weather and delays in planned projects, the state’s power grid operator said on Friday. The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), in its comprehensive reliability plan https://www.nyiso.com/documents/20142/2248481/2021-2030-Comprehensive-Reliability-Plan.pdf/99a4a589-7a80-13f6-1864-d5a4b698b916 (CRP), also said during normal weather conditions its power …

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U.S. EPA to propose expanding credit eligibility under biofuel program -sources

4 Dec 2021

By Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Biden administration is expected to propose expanding the kinds of renewable fuel production processes that are eligible to receive credits under the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard program, three sources familiar with the matter said. The move could help increase production of advanced biofuels, which …

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Six more U.S. states find Omicron cases, Delta still top U.S. coronavirus threat

4 Dec 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Six more U.S. states confirmed infections of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Friday but the Delta strain likely remains a greater threat as winter sets in and Americans gather for the holidays, experts said. New Jersey, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Utah each reported their first cases of the Omicron variant …

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U.S. government opens civil rights probe into police in New York suburb

4 Dec 2021

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil rights inquiry into police practices in yet another city, investigating possible systemic abuses in the New York suburb of Mount Vernon and whether officers targeted Black residents, used excessive force and conducted illegal searches, officials said on Friday. The department’s Civil …

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