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By Cheney Orr and Brendan O’Brien GREENWOOD, Ind. (Reuters) -The gunman who killed three people in a shopping mall near Indianapolis would likely have taken many move lives if not for the “heroic” actions of an armed bystander who shot the suspect dead and stopped the attack, police said on Monday. Elisjsha Dicken, 22, who …

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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Swedish-born artist Claes Oldenburg, who turned everyday objects such as a clothespin, a baseball bat or a flashlight into giant sculptures of public art in the United States and around the world, died on Monday at age 93, the Paula Cooper Gallery said. Oldenburg came to prominence in New York …

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By Julie Steenhuysen and Jennifer Rigby CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) – Sexual health clinics on the frontline of the monkeypox response are already financially stretched, leaving the United States and UK ill-equipped to tackle the first major global health test since the COVID-19 pandemic. Infectious disease experts say sexual health clinics – which offer confidential walk-in diagnosis …

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By Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) -Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to the White House, confirmed he will retire by the end of President Joe Biden’s first term, but it could come much earlier than that, the infectious disease expert told Reuters in an interview on Monday. “I haven’t made an announcement of my retirement, …

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(Reuters) – New York’s governor on Monday ordered state agencies to step up surveillance of Long Island beaches by lifeguards, drones and helicopters following a string of five shark attacks in recent weeks. Authorities in Suffolk County, New York, began flying a drone over Smith Point County beach after two bathers suffered shark bites on …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday said a report on the Uvalde school shooting that left 21 dead is “devastating” and “unacceptable.” A Texas legislators’ probe of the shooting blamed “systemic failures” and poor leadership for contributing to the death toll, according to a report released on Sunday. (Reporting by …

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By Randi Love (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy’s famed Blue Angels aerial demonstration team on Monday named the first female pilot in the squadron’s history, the organization said. Lieutenant Amanda Lee is one of six new core members selected for the team, founded 76 years ago, the Navy said. It said women from the Navy …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Two New York state residents were charged with illegally using funds from Chinese and Singaporean investors to donate $600,000 to then-President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign in 2017, U.S. prosecutors said on Monday. The scheme was part of an effort by Sherry Li and Lianbo Wang to showcase political connections …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A gunman killed three people when he opened fire in the food court of a shopping mall outside Indianapolis on Sunday before a bystander fatally shot the assailant, Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison said. Two other people were injured in the incident, which took place in the early evening at Greenwood Park …

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