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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a new water strategy on Thursday that plans for a future with 10% less water and shifts the emphasis from conservation to capturing more water that otherwise flows out to sea. Climate change has contributed to more severe drought but has also set the stage …

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ZURICH (Reuters) – Roche has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration for its Xofluza drug to treat influenza in children aged five years and older, the drugmaker said on Friday. The medicine has been approved to treat acute uncomplicated influenza in otherwise healthy children who have shown symptoms for no more than …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. consumer watchdog agency said on Thursday that it will consider rules to better protect Americans’ privacy and crack down on businesses that collect far-reaching personal information without consumers’ full understanding. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a notice that it is considering writing rules to address lax …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. federal agents were looking for documents relating to nuclear weapons when they searched former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida this week, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. It was not clear if such documents were recovered, the Post reported. (Reporting by Dan Whitcomb)

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday said Peloton Interactive Inc must face a proposed class action lawsuit accusing the fitness equipment maker of misleading customers about the “ever-growing” size of its library of on-demand fitness classes. The decision was issued by U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman in Manhattan. (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer recommend quarantines or test-to-stay programs at schools or daycare centers for people exposed to COVID-19, the agency said in updated guidelines on Thursday. The agency also said it was no longer recommending unvaccinated people quarantine after exposure as around 95% of the U.S. …

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By Nathan Frandino (Reuters) – Metro system riders in California’s San Francisco Bay Area may have noticed a new station guard in recent months. A 5-year-old Harris’s hawk named Pac-Man has taken up the perch at El Cerrito del Norte station, where he’s on the look out – not for fare evaders, but pigeons. Ricky …

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