By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Independent truckers who ferry goods to and from the nation’s busiest seaport complex in Southern California on Wednesday stopped work to protest a state law that makes it harder for businesses to treat workers as independent contractors rather than employees. Their actions come at a critical time for …
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By Julio-Cesar Chavez and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A surveillance video showing a long delay by Texas police and federal agents before they acted to stop the mass shooting at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School shows that their response was “indefensible,” U.S. Senator Ted Cruz said on Wednesday. The publication of the edited video on …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of Novavax Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, clearing the way for a shot whose more traditional technology has raised hopes of wider acceptance among vaccine skeptics. Shares of Novavax rose 1.3% to $70.89 after its two-dose vaccine became the fourth COVID shot to be authorized …
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By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) -Michael Cox, a former Boston police officer who was once beaten by colleagues who mistook him for a suspect, was named by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu to lead the largest police department in Massachusetts. At a news conference announcing his appointment as commissioner, Cox, who is Black, said that he was …
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By Randi Love NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City police on Wednesday arrested a suspect in the stabbings of three homeless men, one of whom has died. Trevon Murphy, a 40-year-old homeless man, was brought in as a person of interest on Wednesday morning and then placed under arrest in connection with the stabbings, …
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By Jeff Mason Cleveland (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the U.S. Justice Department would take appropriate action if the investigation of a police shooting of a Black man in Akron, Ohio, reveals potential violations of federal criminal statutes. Video released on Sunday showed eight police officers in Akron, Ohio, were involved in …
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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Aquaman” actor Amber Heard lost a bid for a new trial in her defamation case with ex-husband Johnny Depp on Wednesday when a judge rejected her lawyers’ argument that one of the jurors had served improperly. In June, Heard was ordered to pay Depp $10.35 million in damages …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former White House national security adviser, said on Tuesday that he had helped plan attempted coups in foreign countries. Bolton made the remarks to CNN after the day’s congressional hearing into the Jan 6, 2021, attack on the …
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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – The fire in California’s Yosemite National Park may benefit some of the world’s oldest giant sequoias by helping release seeds and clear debris from the forest floor, preventing more severe blazes that could wipe out many of the massive trees, an official said on Tuesday. The fire started on Thursday …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Tuesday it was in “close contact” with SpaceX as the company reviewed a fire that occurred as part of its Super Heavy booster rocket development, but that the agency was barred from investigating the matter. The FAA said U.S. law “limits the FAA’s safety …
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