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Former NFL player sentenced to 5 years in healthcare fraud scheme

10 Feb 2022 10 Feb 2022

(Reuters) – Former National Football League linebacker Robert McCune was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison for orchestrating a scheme to defraud the healthcare benefits plan for retired NFL players, the U.S. Department of Justice said. McCune, 42, joins 13 co-defendants already sentenced for their roles in a nationwide scheme involving some $3 …

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U.S. confirms highly pathogenic bird flu at Indiana turkey farm

10 Feb 2022 10 Feb 2022

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu in an Indiana turkey flock on Wednesday, the nation’s first case in a commercial poultry operation since 2020. The outbreak brought swift reaction from importers seeking to limit the spread of the bird flu. China and …

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New York eases COVID-19 rules, Massachusetts to drop school mask mandate

10 Feb 2022 10 Feb 2022

By Julia Harte and Brendan O’Brien NEW YORK (Reuters) – The governors of New York and Massachusetts announced on Wednesday that they would end certain mask mandates in their states, joining a growing list of U.S. state leaders planning to lift face-covering rules as the latest COVID-19 surge eases. New York Governor Kathy Hochul said …

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U.S. Capitol riot probe hits Trump trade adviser Navarro with subpoena

10 Feb 2022 10 Feb 2022

By Patricia Zengerle and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol announced on Wednesday it had subpoenaed former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, a key player in then-President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn his election defeat. The House of Representatives committee said it is …

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Boston Fed picks Susan Collins, first Black woman to lead a Fed bank

10 Feb 2022 10 Feb 2022

By Ann Saphir (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on Wednesday named University of Michigan provost Susan Collins as its next chief, making her the first Black woman to lead a regional Fed bank and delivering a measure of new diversity to U.S. central bank leadership. Collins will start her job on July 1, …

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National Archives asks DOJ to probe Trump’s handling of records -Wash Post

9 Feb 2022 9 Feb 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The National Archives and Records Administration has asked the Justice Department to investigate former President Donald Trump’s handling of White House records, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The National Archives has said it retrieved 15 boxes of official materials from Trump’s Florida resort and that aide’s to the former president were …

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California conservationists and farmers unite to protect salmon

9 Feb 2022 9 Feb 2022

By Daniel Trotta and Nathan Frandino ROBBINS, Calif. (Reuters) – In an experiment a decade in the making, biologists are releasing hatchery salmon onto flooded Northern California rice fields, seeking to replenish endangered fish species while simultaneously benefiting the farmers’ business model. At a time when environmentalists are often pitted against agribusiness in California’s water …

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U.S. accuses couple of laundering $4.5 billion in bitcoin tied to 2016 hack

9 Feb 2022 9 Feb 2022

By Sarah N. Lynch, Raphael Satter and Luc Cohen WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it has unraveled its biggest-ever cryptocurrency theft, seizing a record-shattering $3.6 billion in bitcoin tied to the 2016 hack of digital currency exchange Bitfinex and arresting a husband-and-wife team on money laundering charges. Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, …

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U.S. plans to roll out COVID-19 shots for children under 5 years in February

9 Feb 2022 9 Feb 2022

(Reuters) – The U.S. government is planning to roll out COVID-19 shots for children under the age of 5 as soon as Feb. 21, according to a document from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering authorizing the use of the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech …

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Biden faces Republican opposition in trying to fill key FCC position

9 Feb 2022 9 Feb 2022

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s nominee for a key seat on the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) faced extensive Republican criticism at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. Gigi Sohn, a former senior aide to Tom Wheeler when he was chair of the FCC under President Barack Obama, faced tough questions from Senate …

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