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By Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) -The White House is considering waiving U.S. gasoline environmental rules aimed at reducing summertime smog as a way to combat rising pump prices, according to three sources involved in the discussions. Refiners and blenders are required to avoid lower-cost components like butane in summer gasoline, but the White …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. health officials are in the process of releasing some Jynneos vaccine doses for use in monkeypox cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday. CDC officials said there are more than 1,000 doses of the vaccine, approved in the United States in 2019, in the national stockpile and …

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By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday warned he would order strict cutbacks on water usage statewide if businesses and residents did not slash their own consumption in the face of a severe drought. Newsom issued the ultimatum during a meeting a meeting with California’s largest water agencies ahead …

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By Deena Beasley (Reuters) -An influential U.S. panel has added screening for chronic kidney disease (CKD) to its list of preventive services under active consideration, the group’s chair told Reuters, a move that could help identify patients eligible for new drugs that treat the disease earlier.     The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) last …

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By Lisa Richwine (Reuters) -Lawyers for “Aquaman” actor Amber Heard decided not to call Johnny Depp back to the witness stand as they wrapped up their defense this week in the former couple’s defamation case, a source close to Heard said on Monday afternoon. Depp appeared on a list of potential witnesses as the trial …

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By Kanishka Singh and Daniel Wiessner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Videogame publisher Activision Blizzard Inc enforced a social media policy that conflicted with workers’ rights and illegally threatened staff in the policy’s enforcement, a U.S. government agency said on Monday. Unless Activision settles, the Los Angeles-based regional director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will issue …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan, in a series of critical comments about China he made in Tokyo that an aide said represented no change in U.S. policy on the self-ruled island. Biden’s comment, made during …

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By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) – Health authorities said they may have found a third case of the monkeypox virus in the United States and are running tests on a patient in South Florida to confirm if the person has contracted the disease, which is staging a rare outbreak outside of Africa. The case in …

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By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – A 48-year-old man was shot in the chest while riding on a New York City subway car on Sunday in what appeared to be the latest in a series of random attacks in the city’s transit system. The unidentified gunman fled when the train pulled into a station in Manhattan …

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