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New York’s JFK Airport terminal remains closed after power outage

17 Feb 2023 17 Feb 2023

(Reuters) -A terminal at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) remained closed on Friday due to an electrical power outage, disrupting inbound and outbound flights at one of the world’s busiest airports. The outage began after an electrical panel failed and caused a small, isolated fire that was immediately extinguished overnight on …

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Rappers Drake, 21 Savage settle with Conde Nast over fake Vogue cover

17 Feb 2023 17 Feb 2023

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Drake and 21 Savage have settled a lawsuit by Conde Nast accusing the rappers of using the Vogue name and creating a fake Vogue magazine without permission to promote their recent No. 1 album “Her Loss.” In an internal memo on Thursday, Conde Nast general counsel Will Bowes said …

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FBI investigates hack of its own computer network

17 Feb 2023 17 Feb 2023

(Reuters) – The FBI is investigating a hack of its computer network, in an isolated incident that was now contained, the agency said on Friday. “The FBI is aware of the incident and is working to gain additional information,” the agency said in an emailed statement to Reuters, without providing further details. CNN, which first …

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U.S. environment agency affirms legal limits to mercury from power plants

17 Feb 2023 17 Feb 2023

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday reaffirmed the 2012 legal and scientific finding that regulating hazardous air toxics and mercury from power plants is necessary, a required step before it can strengthen those air regulations. The final rule is one of several regulations the agency is expected to finalize or propose …

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U.S. Senator Fetterman checks into hospital for depression treatment

17 Feb 2023 17 Feb 2023

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Senator John Fetterman, who flipped a Republican-held seat in last November’s elections just six months after suffering a near-fatal stroke, checked into a Washington-area hospital on Wednesday for treatment for clinical depression, his office said in a statement. The 53-year-old Pennsylvania senator was evaluated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center …

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California farm worker pleads not guilty to 7 murder counts

17 Feb 2023 17 Feb 2023

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -A 66-year-old immigrant farm worker accused of murdering seven colleagues in a mass shooting last month at two mushroom-growing sites near San Francisco pleaded not guilty on Thursday to all charges, according to the San Mateo County district attorney. Chunli Zhao, a Chinese citizen and lone suspect in the Jan. 23 …

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Fox knew vote rigging claims were false, Dominion says, as network defends coverage

17 Feb 2023 17 Feb 2023

By Helen Coster and Jack Queen (Reuters) -Fox News repeatedly broadcast lies about vote-rigging claims that it knew were “total bs,” Dominion Voting Systems said in a filing made public on Thursday, as part of the election technology company’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit. The media giant countered that the suit was an assault on a …

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Nikki Haley, Trump’s first major challenger, urges Republicans to turn the page

17 Feb 2023 17 Feb 2023

By Richard Cowan EXETER, N.H. (Reuters) -Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley brought her nascent campaign to New Hampshire on Thursday, portraying herself as a conservative firebrand while warning that to win elections Republicans must stop rehashing “old issues”. Speaking to a crowd of around 300 inside the Exeter Town Hall, about 45 miles (70 km) …

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U.S. EPA chief works to reassure Ohio residents after train derailment

17 Feb 2023 17 Feb 2023

By David Shepardson and Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan on Thursday sought to assure residents of East Palestine, Ohio, of the agency’s commitment to air and water testing after a Feb. 3 derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals caused a fire that sent a cloud of smoke over the town. …

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Exclusive: Trump lawyer hires own attorney in classified documents probe

17 Feb 2023 17 Feb 2023

By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – A lawyer for former President Donald Trump retained an attorney to represent himself as prosecutors step up their inquiry into the handling of sensitive documents at Trump’s Florida residence, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. Evan Corcoran, who has represented Trump in interactions with the government …

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