By Akash Sriram and Aditya Soni (Reuters) -Hours after the high-profile launch of Trump Mobile, a new Trump-branded mobile service provider, in June, callers to the company’s customer support line were greeted with, “Omega Auto Care, how can I help you?” Two calls placed by Reuters that day to the mobile service’s helpline rang to the …
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(Reuters) -A New Mexico judge has thrown out a misconduct lawsuit filed by actor Alec Baldwin against local prosecutors and sheriff’s officials over their pursuit of criminal charges against him for the fatal 2021 shooting on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” Judge Casey Fitch dismissed Baldwin’s complaint on Tuesday for lack of “significant …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday overruled Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, and ordered the removal of the government’s top vaccine regulator, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing four people with knowledge. (Reporting by Jasper Ward)
(Reuters) -California Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing legislation to bolster the state’s wildfire fund with an additional $18 billion for utilities, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the plan. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. In 2019, California lawmakers established the $21 billion California Wildfire Fund, managed by the California Earthquake Authority, …
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of the National Transportation Safety Board sharply criticized U.S. officials for failing to act before the January 29 collision of a U.S. Army helicopter with an American Airlines regional jet in Washington that killed 67 people. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said on Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration …
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By Joseph Ax and Julia Harte NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York City detectives investigating this week’s mass shooting were interviewing the attacker’s associates in his home state of Nevada on Wednesday, as gun safety advocates expressed dismay that he was able to buy a gun there legally last month despite two reported mental health hospitalizations. …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Brown University reached a deal on Wednesday with President Donald Trump’s administration to restore funding for the university’s federally sponsored medical and health sciences research and to resolve some compliance reviews, the university and the government said on Wednesday. Brown University said that as part of the deal, it will …
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By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s administration, seeking to ease an uproar plaguing his presidency, urged two judges to release testimony to a grand jury that indicted Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell on sex trafficking charges. In late-night court filings on Tuesday, U.S. federal prosecutors said unsealing the materials would …
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By Jana Winter and Sami Marshak WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Cameras at 345 Park Avenue flagged an approaching gunman on Monday as a potential threat that required immediate attention, seconds before he burst into the office skyscraper’s lobby and began firing, according to two former federal officials familiar with New York building security systems. A still …
(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning to issue a travel notice for China as mosquito-borne chikungunya infections rise in the country, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. “CDC is aware of the reported chikungunya outbreak in Guangdong Province in China and is currently assessing the size and extent of the outbreak,” …
