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U.S. officials say Pentagon committed to understanding UFO origins

17 May 2022

By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two senior U.S. defense intelligence officials said on Tuesday the Pentagon is committed to determining the origins of what it calls “unidentified aerial phenomena” – commonly termed UFOs – but acknowledged many remain beyond the government’s ability to explain. The two officials, Ronald Moultrie and Scott Bray, …

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Dallas hair salon shooting suspect had delusions about Asians, police say

17 May 2022

By Maria Caspani and Tyler Clifford (Reuters) -A Dallas man suspected of shooting three women in the city’s Koreatown neighborhood last week harbored delusions about Asian people, police officials said on Tuesday, as the FBI launched a hate crime investigation into the attack. Police identified the suspect as Jeremy Theron Smith, 36, and booked him …

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Depp lawyer questions Heard about drugs, love notes in defamation case

17 May 2022

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Johnny Depp’s attorney grilled the actor’s ex-wife Amber Heard on Tuesday, producing affectionate notes she wrote during their short-lived marriage to challenge her accounts of frequent violence and bolster the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star’s case for defamation. Depp, 58, is suing Heard for $50 million, saying she defamed …

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Exclusive-Nestle flies baby formula supplies to U.S. from Europe

17 May 2022

By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) -Nestle SA is flying baby formula supplies to the United States from the Netherlands and Switzerland to alleviate the shortage in U.S. supermarkets, the company said on Tuesday. Nestle is moving Gerber baby food formula to the United States from the Netherlands and Alfamino baby formula from Switzerland to the …

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California church shooter upset over Taiwan-China tensions -police

17 May 2022

By Sharon Bernstein and Andrew Hay (Reuters) -The man accused of killing a doctor and wounding five other people in a shooting at a Taiwanese-American church banquet in California methodically planned the attack because he was upset over Chinese-Taiwanese tensions, authorities said on Monday. The suspect, David Chou, 68, chained the doors and placed glue …

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Abbott, FDA enter deal over reopening of baby formula facility in Michigan

16 May 2022

(Reuters) -Abbott Laboratories said on Monday it had struck a deal with the U.S. health regulator under which it would resume production of baby formula at its troubled Michigan plant in two weeks, following certain clearances. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration began looking into the facility after complaints about bacterial infections in infants who …

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Amber Heard says she feared she would not survive Johnny Depp marriage

16 May 2022

By Lisa Richwine (Reuters) -“Aquaman” actor Amber Heard told jurors in a defamation case on Monday that she filed for divorce from Johnny Depp in 2016 because she worried she would not survive physical abuse by him. Under questioning by her attorneys, Heard said she took the step after the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star …

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U.S. Supreme Court backs Ted Cruz, dumps campaign finance curb

16 May 2022

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday further undermined campaign finance restrictions, striking down as a free speech violation part of a bipartisan 2002 law challenged by Republican Senator Ted Cruz that federal officials had touted as an anti-corruption safeguard. The justices, in a 6-3 ruling, found that a $250,000 cap …

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After Buffalo supermarket massacre, investigators examine warning signs

16 May 2022

By Jenna Zucker and Gabriella Borter BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) -An investigation into the shooting of more than a dozen people in Buffalo, New York, turned on Monday to whether warning signs of the attack were missed, as public figures decried the suspect’s racist ideology and the spread of white supremacy. Authorities said Payton Gendron, 18, …

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