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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit seeking to hold firearms maker Sig Sauer liable to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who was injured when his P320 gun went off accidentally during a training drill. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia said a trial judge …

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(Reuters) -The Trump administration is considering a five-year pilot program to cover weight-loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing documents from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The documents outline plans that would allow the government insurance programs to cover Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Ozempic, and Eli Lilly’s …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A coalition of Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to block policies the U.S. Department of Justice adopted under President Donald Trump to crack down on providers of medical gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Sixteen states, along with the District of Columbia, in a lawsuit filed in federal court …

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(Reuters) -Four flight attendants on the Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 plane that experienced a mid-air cabin panel blowout in January last year are suing Boeing for physical and emotional injuries. In separate lawsuits, they are seeking compensation for past and future economic damages, citing physical and mental injuries, emotional distress and other financial costs. …

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By Joseph Ax and Steve Gorman NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York Governor Kathy Hochul and her acting New Jersey counterpart declared states of emergency for areas facing the threat of flash floods on Thursday from heavy downpours disrupting rail and air travel along the Eastern Seaboard. The National Weather Service posted flash flood warnings along …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told physician groups, public health professionals and infectious disease experts that they will no longer be invited to help review vaccine data and develop recommendations, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -The family of deceased Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre is urging President Donald Trump not to grant clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite serving a 20-year prison sentence for helping Epstein abuse underage girls.  Giuffre’s family also said it was “shocking” to hear Trump say earlier this week …

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By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -After paving over the Rose Garden and adding gold leaf in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump will embark on his most dramatic addition to the White House yet: a new, $200 million ballroom to be built adjacent to the mansion’s East Wing. Trump, a former real …

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(Deletes extraneous letter in first paragraph) By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -The mayor of a Texas city at the center of flash flooding that killed over 130 people earlier this month asked state lawmakers on Thursday to help get a warning system in place within a year.  Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring told a joint Senate-House committee …

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