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(Removes extraneous letters in headline.) (Reuters) -Torrential rains triggered flash floods in New Mexico that killed at least three people on Tuesday, including two young children, and trapped dozens in homes and vehicles in the resort village of Ruidoso, a state emergency official and a village statement said. The children, aged four and seven years …

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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -The federal judge overseeing more than 2,300 lawsuits seeking to hold Uber liable to passengers who were sexually assaulted or harassed by drivers dismissed some key claims in the nationwide litigation. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco rejected some fraud and product liability claims on Tuesday. His decision addressing …

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(Reuters) -The Trump administration said it permitted a proposed coal mine in Claiborne County, Tennessee on Tuesday under an expedited process aimed at accelerating federal environmental reviews of energy projects. In a statement, the Department of the Interior said it granted approval for Hurricane Creek Mining LLC to mine coal on Bryson Mountain in Claiborne …

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By Nathan Layne SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (Reuters) -Accompanied by their newborn son, Michelet and his wife arrived at the St. Vincent de Paul Community Center in Springfield, Ohio, last week looking for help from the non-profit’s volunteers. They wanted to apply for a valuable document for the infant that for now seems out of reach for …

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By Tom Hals and Nate Raymond (Reuters) -President Donald Trump called the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 27 decision limiting the ability of federal judges to use nationwide injunctions to block his policies “a monumental victory,” but his legal win may be less definitive than it first appeared. The Supreme Court’s decision curtailed the ability of …

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(Reuters) -Investigators from the U.S. Department of Justice are questioning former employees of UnitedHealth Group as part of a probe into the company’s Medicare payment practices, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of the healthcare conglomerate were down 1.7% at $302.47 in early trading. The WSJ report …

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By Jane Ross, Steve Gorman and Maria Tsvetkova KERRVILLE, Texas (Reuters) -The death toll from the July Fourth flash flood that ravaged a swath of central Texas Hill Country rose on Tuesday to at least 109, many of them children, as search teams pressed on through mounds of mud-encrusted debris looking for scores of people …

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By Christian Martinez ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) -The Transportation Security Administration will no longer require travelers to remove their shoes during security checks at U.S. airports, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Tuesday, ending an unpopular policy. TSA had been requiring most U.S. air travelers to remove their shoes during screening for nearly …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI has launched criminal probes into former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey, Fox News Digital reported on Tuesday, citing sources. The probes are over alleged wrongdoing related to past government investigations about claims of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections in which President Donald Trump defeated …

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