(Reuters) – Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear on Wednesday vetoed a bill passed by the state’s Republican-dominated legislature that would have banned transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports from sixth grade through college. The bill is one of several passed in conservative states in recent weeks by lawmakers who say that those born male would …
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By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will announce a decision as early as Thursday on numerous pending applications from small fuel producers seeking to be excused from biofuel blending mandates, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The EPA has accumulated a backlog of more than 60 requests …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed legislation to provide the U.S. Postal Service with about $50 billion in financial relief over a decade, paving the way for future reforms as the service aims to overturn years in the red. Struggling with diminishing mail volumes despite having to deliver to a …
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By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman (Reuters) -Top U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials on Wednesday said the agency is aiming to decide by June whether to change the design of COVID-19 vaccines in order to combat future variants, even if it does not have all the necessary information to measure their effectiveness. “We’re going …
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By Ahmed Aboulenein and Julie Steenhuysen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday tasked the U.S. health department with developing a national action plan to tackle the looming health crisis of long COVID, a complex, multi-symptom condition that leaves many of its sufferers unable to work. Long COVID, which arises months after a COVID-19 infection, …
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By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated two new commissioners to serve at the nation’s securities regulator in a move that will help the agency regain its full strength amid vacancies. The two Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hopefuls would first need to be confirmed in the Senate before they …
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By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday issued the first acquittal in a criminal trial stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, saying prosecutors failed to prove their case against a New Mexico man facing misdemeanor charges. In a case that could embolden some of the hundreds …
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By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -As Washington emerges from its COVID cocoon, with tourists returning to the U.S. Capitol and officials attending a white-tie party that had been scotched for the past two years, the coronavirus is again stalking the halls of power. At least a half-dozen senior officials, including members of President Joe Biden’s …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ communications director tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, the White House said. The director, Jamal Simmons, was in close contact to Harris as defined by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance, the White House added. Harris plans to follow CDC guidance and continue her public …
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(Reuters) -The threat of tornadoes and other extreme weather again loomed over the U.S. Southeast on Wednesday, a day after a swarm of twisters destroyed structures, uprooted trees and killed at least one person. Some 25 million people in Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida are facing the threat of strong thunderstorms, with the potential to …
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