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US federal court filing system breached in sweeping hack, Politico reports

7 Aug 2025

(Corrects to remove incorrect reference to Politico not saying whether anyone was suspected of being behind the hack) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. federal judiciary’s electronic case filing system has been compromised in a sweeping hack that is believed to have exposed sensitive court data in several states, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing two people with knowledge …

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Study attributes 440 ‘excess deaths’ to January’s Los Angeles wildfires

7 Aug 2025

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Wildfires that devastated parts of the Los Angeles area in January indirectly led to hundreds of deaths in the ensuing weeks, far exceeding the official toll of 31 fatalities, according to a study released on Wednesday. The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA, …

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Stanford student newspaper sues Trump administration for alleged free speech violations

7 Aug 2025

By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -Stanford University’s student newspaper sued the Trump Administration on Wednesday, arguing it has violated the free-speech rights of foreign students by threatening to deport them for writing stories that it considers “anti-American or anti-Israel.” The Stanford Daily and two unidentified students said in the lawsuit, filed in federal court in California against …

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Trump administration shifts FEMA staff to ICE during hurricane season

7 Aug 2025

By Ted Hesson and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration is transferring Federal Emergency Management Agency staffers to help speed the hiring of thousands of immigration enforcement agents, according to staff notices seen by Reuters and a government spokesperson, diverting resources away from the agency during the U.S. hurricane season. The Department of Homeland …

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U.S. Army sergeant suspected of shooting, wounding five soldiers at Fort Stewart in Georgia

6 Aug 2025

By Rich McKay, Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart ATLANTA (Reuters) -A U.S. Army sergeant shot and wounded five soldiers with a personal handgun on Wednesday at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield near Savannah, Georgia, before he was subdued by other soldiers and arrested, military officials said. All five soldiers were listed in stable condition following the …

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US jury deadlocks on Tornado Cash founder’s money laundering charge

6 Aug 2025

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. jury deadlocked on Wednesday on money laundering and sanctions evasion charges against the founder of Tornado Cash, a firm that makes cryptocurrency transactions harder to track. The jury in Manhattan federal court could not reach a verdict on charges Roman Storm conspired to launder the proceeds of hacks, …

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Baseball-Pawol to become first woman to umpire in regular-season MLB game

6 Aug 2025

By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to be an umpire in a regular-season Major League Baseball game this weekend, working for the Atlanta Braves’ three-game series at home against the Miami Marlins beginning on Saturday. She will work the bases in both games of Saturday’s doubleheader …

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Schumer condemns Trump administration’s $64-million NYC security cut

6 Aug 2025

By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -New York’s senior senator on Wednesday blasted the Trump administration’s plan to cut security funding for New York City, calling the decision “irresponsible and dangerous.” The Federal Emergency Management Agency posted a notice of New York’s reduced grant online on Friday, just days after a gunman killed four people inside …

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US FDA approves Jazz Pharma’s drug for rare brain tumor

6 Aug 2025

By Padmanabhan Ananthan and Puyaan Singh (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday that it has approved Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ drug to treat diffuse midline glioma, a rare and aggressive tumor, in adults and children aged one year and older. The approval expands Jazz’s cancer drug portfolio beyond its existing treatments for certain …

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US appeals court upholds SEC ‘gag rule’ over free speech objections

6 Aug 2025

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s so-called “gag rule,” rejecting a claim it illegally silences defendants who want to criticize the regulator after settling civil enforcement cases. In a 3-0 decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the rule was not unconstitutional …

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