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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned key parts of the convictions of two Alabama doctors accused of running a massive “pill mill” after the U.S. Supreme Court in June made it harder to prosecute physicians for illegally prescribing addictive drugs like opioids. The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of …

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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A day after Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives rejected Donald Trump’s plea to support Kevin McCarthy’s campaign for speaker, one of McCarthy’s hardline opponents cast his vote for the former president. Representative Matt Gaetz, one of 20 House hardliners who have rejected McCarthy, cast his ballot for …

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By Frank Pingue (Reuters) -The Buffalo Bills said on Wednesday that safety Damar Hamlin has shown “signs of improvement” since suffering a cardiac arrest during a Monday night NFL game in Cincinnati, but that he is still in critical condition. “Damar remains in the ICU (intensive care unit) in critical condition with signs of improvement …

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By Andrea Shalal and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department filed a brief with the Supreme Court late on Wednesday defending President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel billions of dollars in federal student loans, arguing that two cases lacked standing to challenge the debt relief. Biden in August said the U.S. government would …

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(Reuters) – A doctor whom police say intentionally drove his Tesla off a California cliff – injuring his two children, his wife and himself – will face attempted murder and child abuse charges when released from a hospital where he was in stable condition on Wednesday. Dharmesh Patel, 41, a radiologist from Pasadena, was placed …

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By Sharon Bernstein and Steve Gorman SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) -Emergency crews braced for the latest bout of high winds and torrential rains sweeping California on Wednesday, renewing the threat of power outages and deadly flooding that gripped parts of San Francisco Bay and Sacramento over New Year’s weekend. The “atmospheric river” – an airborne current …

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(Reuters) -Walgreens Boot Alliance Inc and CVS Health Corp said on Wednesday they plan to offer abortion pills following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to allow retail pharmacies to offer the drug in the country for the first time. The FDA on Tuesday finalized a rule allowing one of two drugs to …

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