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By David Shepardson (Reuters) – New York said on Wednesday it will replace more than 900 city-owned fossil-fuel powered vehicles with electric models and install 315 additional EV charging ports after receiving a $10.1 million U.S. Transportation Department grant. The announcement is the latest by a U.S. government agency to speed the shift away from …

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HAVANA (Reuters) – The U.S. embassy in Havana resumed full immigrant visa processing and consular services for the first time since 2017 on Wednesday in a bid to stem the record-breaking flow of illegal migrants from Cuba north to the United States. The embassy, which looms over Cuba’s waterfront Malecon boulevard, slashed services in 2017 …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on lawmakers in the Republican-led House of Representatives to “get their act together,” saying the messy battle to determine the chamber’s leader reflects poorly on the United States. The fight over who will lead the House after Republicans gained a majority in November’s midterm …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday proposed new rules to make licensed radio spectrum in the 5 GHz band for the rising number of unmanned aircraft systems, or drones, in use. Currently, drones typically operate under unlicensed and low-power wireless communications rules or experimental licenses. The FCC also said …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jack Smith, the U.S. special counsel named to investigate Republican former President Donald Trump, has a reputation for winning tough cases against war criminals, mobsters and crooked police officers. Behind the scenes, however, Smith’s former colleagues say he is just as tenacious in his pursuit to get criminal …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Credit Acceptance Corp was sued on Wednesday by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and New York Attorney General Letitia James, who said the subprime auto lender engaged in predatory lending by driving low-income borrowers into used-car loans it knew they could not afford. The regulators said Credit Acceptance …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Under pressure from the Biden administration, two glass container makers and a security company have agreed to drop noncompete requirements which limited where employees could work if they left their jobs. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which enforces antitrust law, said that Ardagh Glass S.A. and O-I Glass Inc, the two largest …

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(Reuters) – After winning a slim majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in November’s midterm elections, Republicans are trying to elect a speaker. WHAT IS THE SPEAKER’S IMPORTANCE? The speaker of the House, second in the line of succession for the presidency after the vice president, leads the chamber and sets the …

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By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will allow retail pharmacies to offer abortion pills in the United States for the first time, the agency said on Tuesday, even as more states seek to ban medication abortion. The regulatory change will potentially expand abortion access as President Joe Biden’s administration …

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