By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – More than 7.2 million cubic feet of natural gas escaped in a leak at a key Alaska oil field, forcing workers to evacuate and cutting production last month, operator ConocoPhillips and a state regulatory agency said. ConocoPhillips is working to seal off the leak at its Alpine field, …
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By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking into vaccines as an option to protect poultry against deadly bird flu, the agency’s chief veterinary officer said as the country faces its worst outbreak since 2015. Supporters say vaccines could help keep poultry alive, prevent financial losses and control food costs, …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday announced plans to revamp itself, with Director Rochelle Walensky hiring an outside senior federal health official to conduct a one-month review. James Macrae, an associate administrator in the Department of Health and Human Services, will join CDC on a one-month assignment from April …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson moved a step closer to being confirmed as a justice on Monday when the Senate voted to break a Judiciary Committee deadlock over her nomination and send it to the full Senate for consideration. The Senate voted 53-47 to discharge President Joe Biden’s nominee to …
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By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) -Starbucks Corp will pause billions of dollars of stock buybacks to invest more in employees and stores, longtime former chief executive Howard Schultz said on Monday on his return to lead the global coffee chain for a third time. Schultz disclosed the plan in a letter to Starbucks workers, …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Mayor Eric Adams on Monday announced the launch of digital billboards across Florida denouncing that state’s law that bans most classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity and urging the LGBTQ community to move to New York City. Signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on March 28, the …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An agreement to provide $10 billion in U.S. funding for COVID-19 aid has been reached in the Senate, lawmakers said on Monday. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the chamber, and Republican Senator Mitt Romney hailed the deal, but Schumer said he was disappointed that an agreement …
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By Brendan O’Brien and Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – A 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a shooting in Sacramento, California over the weekend that killed six people and injured 12 others a few blocks from the state capitol. Dandre Martin was taken into custody on Sunday as a “related suspect” in the case, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday said he will schedule a final vote later this week on President Joe Biden’s nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be a Supreme Court justice. In a speech on the Senate floor, Schumer, a Democrat, said he will “set in motion a process that …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Monday said it welcomed progress on an emerging deal in Congress for additional COVID aid but said it would not meet all the “dire” needs that a higher amount of aid would achieve. “We are encouraged by the strong progress that Congress is making in finalizing a …
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