By Sharon Bernstein and Scott DiSavino SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) -A man in a heat-stricken suburb of Los Angeles and a woman with two young kids in Pomona were among the Californians desperately seeking cool shelter as extreme temperatures baked the state on Wednesday for an eighth straight day. Temperatures were expected to top 108 degrees …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A requirement under the U.S. law known as Obamacare that private insurance plans cover drugs that prevent HIV infection at no cost to patients violates both federal law and the Constitution, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, siding with conservative lawyers who had challenged the measure on religious grounds. Ruling in …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Mediation Board was meeting with unions and freight railroads on Wednesday, joined by U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh in hopes of heading off a potential strike, the department and a railroad group told Reuters. Unions and freight railroads have so far struck five-year contract deals covering about 21,000 …
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By Brendan Pierson and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – A 1931 Michigan law banning abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest violates the state’s constitution, a state court judge ruled Wednesday, barring any prosecutors from enforcing it. Judge Elizabeth Gleicher of the Michigan Court of Claims found that Michigan’s constitution guarantees a right to bodily …
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By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -Texas state police have adopted a more aggressive strategy for responding to school shootings after scathing criticism of law enforcement’s handling of a massacre in Uvalde that killed 19 children and two teachers. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) confirmed in an email on Wednesday that it had made changes …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Temporary funding to keep the U.S. government operating beyond the current fiscal year that ends on Sept. 30 could extend until mid-December, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters, Schumer also said he intends to attach a permitting reform bill, which would aid the U.S. energy industry, to that …
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By David Shepardson (Reuters) -New York state on Wednesday ended a 28-month-old COVID-19 mandate requiring masks on trains, buses and other modes of public transit, as well as at airports and in ride-share vehicles, Governor Kathy Hochul said. “Starting today masks will be optional,” Hochul said at a news conference, citing recent revised guidance from …
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(Reuters) – A wildfire on Fairview avenue, in the county of Hemet, California, spread to 2,000 acres (810 hectares) killing two people and injuring another, the Cal Fire and Riverside County Fire Department said in an update late Monday. The wildfire began shortly after 2 p.m. (2100 GMT) on Monday, spreading rapidly, and an evacuation …
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By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – When inflation is low, locking in prices now for something down the road is hardly worth considering. But now it can be a big deal. Just ask Dennis Nolte. The senior vice president for Seacoast Investment Services in Winter Park, Florida, had the foresight to invest a lump …
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(Reuters) -Steve Bannon, a prominent associate of former U.S. President Donald Trump, is expected to face a new criminal indictment and surrender to state prosecutors on Thursday, the Washington Post reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Bannon’s prosecution will likely mirror aspects of a federal case in which Bannon was pardoned, the paper reported …
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