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U.S. FDA flags risk of heart inflammation after Novavax COVID vaccine

3 Jun 2022 3 Jun 2022

By Manas Mishra and Mrinalika Roy (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has raised concerns about a possible risk of heart inflammation from Novavax Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine, even as the company’s data showed it could reduce the chances of mild-to-severe disease. In Novavax’s nearly 30,000 patient trial, conducted between December 2020 and September 2021, …

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Biden says ‘Enough!’ on gun violence, demands action from Congress

3 Jun 2022 3 Jun 2022

By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Declaring “Enough, enough!” U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday called on Congress to ban assault weapons, expand background checks and implement other gun control measures to address a string of mass shootings that have struck the United States. Speaking from the White House, in a speech broadcast …

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U.S. lawyer Michael Avenatti gets 4 years in prison for defrauding Stormy Daniels

3 Jun 2022 3 Jun 2022

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Michael Avenatti, the brash California lawyer who took on then-President Donald Trump, was sentenced on Thursday to four years in prison for defrauding his best-known former client, the porn actress Stormy Daniels. A federal jury convicted Avenatti in February of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after a two-week …

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Biden says gun control efforts are not about taking away anyone’s guns

3 Jun 2022 3 Jun 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that current gun control efforts are not about taking away anyone’s guns, noting that too many everyday places in America have become killing fields. Speaking from the White House, the president said that nothing has been done after many mass shootings, but this time we …

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Oklahoma gunman killed 4 people, including surgeon who treated him

3 Jun 2022 3 Jun 2022

By Michael Noble Jr. TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – A man who fatally shot five people including himself at an Oklahoma medical building, after buying an assault-style rifle on the same day, had gone there to kill a doctor who he blamed for back pain he felt after surgery, authorities said on Thursday. The suspect, identified …

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Three people dead after shooting in Iowa church parking lot

3 Jun 2022 3 Jun 2022

(Reuters) -A man shot and killed two women in the parking lot of a church in Iowa state on Thursday and then turned the gun on himself, police said, adding three more dead to the toll in a series of recent shootings that have rocked the United States. The Iowa shooting took place shortly after …

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Republican pulls out his guns at U.S. gun-control hearing

3 Jun 2022 3 Jun 2022

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday objected to a Democratic attempt to advance new limits on gun purchases as one Rebpublican legislator pulled out his handguns at a hearing to complain that they could be banned. The House Judiciary Committee met in an emergency session in the …

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U.S. NHC says Potential Tropical Cyclone One to become storm by late Friday

3 Jun 2022 3 Jun 2022

(Reuters) – Potential Tropical Cyclone One is expected to become a tropical depression on Friday and a tropical storm later in the day or by night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Thursday. The system is located about 95 miles(155 km) north-northwest of Cozumel Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per …

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Shooting at Wisconsin cemetery leaves 2 wounded; no arrests

3 Jun 2022 3 Jun 2022

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -At least two people were wounded when multiple gunshots were fired at people attending a funeral in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on Thursday, police said. The incident came after deadly mass shootings at a supermarket in New York, an elementary school in Texas and a hospital in Oklahoma. Multiple gunshots …

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New U.S. hurricane outlook sees five major storms

2 Jun 2022 2 Jun 2022

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) – Forecasters on Thursday amped up their outlook for the U.S. Atlantic hurricane season, saying warm sea temperatures and the absence of a moderating wind shear portend a “well-above average” number of storms. Colorado State University researchers raised their estimate for tropical storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes by one apiece …

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