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By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -A gunman armed with a pistol opened fire outside a casino in Reno, Nevada, on Monday, killing three people and critically wounding two others before he was shot and badly wounded by police, authorities said. The shooting unfolded shortly before 7:30 a.m. local time at the valet station in the parking …

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By Kamal Choudhury and Christy Santhosh (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved PTC Therapeutics’ oral drug to treat a rare inherited metabolic disorder that prevents the body from properly breaking down certain amino acids, the company said on Monday. The approval allows PTC to expand its revenue base as its top-selling Duchenne …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Groups representing major U.S. airlines, travel companies and airports on Monday urged the Senate to reject a bill that would limit the ability of the Transportation Security Administration to use facial recognition software at security checkpoints. The Senate Commerce Committee is set on Wednesday to consider bipartisan legislation to protect …

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By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Monday that he will work to “fix” the program that compensates victims of vaccine injuries, the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Kennedy, a long-time vaccine skeptic and former vaccine injury plaintiff lawyer, accused the program and its so-called “Vaccine Court” of …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. spy satellite agency said on Monday authorities are investigating an unspecified incident affecting a website serving prospective intelligence community contractors. The National Reconnaissance Office said in a statement that there had been “an incident involving our unclassified Acquisition Research Center website” which was currently being probed “in collaboration with federal law enforcement.” The …

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By Courtney Rozen and Daniel Wiessner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal employees may discuss and promote their religious beliefs in the workplace, the Trump administration said on Monday, citing religious freedoms protected by the U.S. Constitution. Agency employees may seek to “persuade others of the correctness of their own religious views” in the office, wrote Scott Kupor, …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. government watchdog said on Monday it will probe the Federal Aviation Administration’s 2024 decision to relocate some Newark air traffic controllers to Philadelphia from New York to address staffing shortages and congested New York City-area airspace. The Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector General is opening the review after …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal judge on Monday blocked enforcement of a provision in U.S. President Donald Trump’s recently enacted tax and spending bill that would deprive Planned Parenthood and its members of Medicaid funding, saying it is likely unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston issued a preliminary injunction after finding the …

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By Tim Reid MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) -Under a broiling Alabama sky a frustrated Robby Robertson, a construction site superintendent, surveys an 84,000 square foot, mostly built recreation center close to the Gulf coast port city of Mobile. The site is eerily quiet. Last month, the $20 million project was on track for on-time completion by November …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Monday asked a U.S. court to order a swift deposition for billionaire Rupert Murdoch in the U.S. president’s defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over its July 17 article asserting Trump’s name was on a 2003 birthday greeting for the late financier and sex offender …

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