By Shariq Khan and David French (Reuters) – A Texas family which owns 70,000 acres in the Permian basin is exploring options including a sale, putting up for grabs one of the largest family-owned tracts in the heart of U.S. shale country, people familiar with the matter said. The land, known as the Mabee Ranch …
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By Eric Cox and Carlos Barria JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) -Seven new distribution sites opened in Mississippi’s state capital on Thursday to dispense bottled water to people who have been without clean tap water since the city’s long-troubled treatment plant failed four days ago. While residents lined up at distribution sites and grocery stores in Jackson …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump and the ‘MAGA’ Republican politicians who follow in his footsteps are threatening the United States, President Joe Biden said on Thursday. “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,” Biden said, speaking in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. “I …
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By Leroy Leo and Michael Erman (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday recommended the use of redesigned COVID-19 booster shots for people aged 12 years and older to target the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants of the coronavirus. The green light for the use of redesigned Omicron COVID …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday said Americans have increased requests for at-home COVID-19 tests as the federal government prepares to stop providing free tests on Friday. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that “we’re going to do everything we can to get people their tests.” (Reporting by Jeff Mason and …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former New York City police officer Thomas Webster, who assaulted police in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison, the longest sentence yet handed down in a case related to the attack. “The Defendant is sentenced to concurrent terms …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. law enforcement agents on Thursday searched New York properties linked to Viktor Vekselberg, a sanctioned billionaire Russian oligarch, NBC New York reported, as Washington seeks to use sanctions and property seizures to pressure Moscow to stop its invasion of Ukraine. A Reuters witness observed FBI and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) …
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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For the first time since 1972, Alaska is sending a Democrat to occupy its only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives through a new ranked voting ballot, the state’s division of elections announced on Thursday. Mary Peltola has made history by becoming the first Alaska Native to represent …
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By Gloria Dickie and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S. government is drastically underestimating the social cost of carbon dioxide emissions, which is 3.6 times higher than the estimate currently used to inform many of Washington’s key climate policies, a study suggested on Thursday. Carbon dioxide is the greenhouse gas chiefly responsible for global …
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By Nichola Groom (Reuters) -California lawmakers on Thursday voted to extend the life of the state’s only nuclear power plant by five years, and approved several other measures to bolster the state’s already aggressive climate change policies and shore up its fragile power sector. The set of bills mark a victory for Democratic Governor Gavin …
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