By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The acting head of Transportation Security Administration said on Tuesday the agency did not rule out considering a plan to privatize the government agency while defending a proposed cut for screening officers. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Some Republican senators want to privatize the agency that was created by Congress after …
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By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s approval rating ticked slightly lower this week to 42%, matching the lowest level of his new term as Americans kept a dour view of his handling of the U.S. economy, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The results of the three-day poll, which concluded on Sunday, showed …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sean “Diddy” Combs once took an ecstasy pill shaped like President Barack Obama’s face, the hip-hop mogul’s former personal assistant testified on Tuesday at Combs’ racketeering and sex trafficking trial. David James, who worked for Combs from 2007 to 2009, told jurors during the second week of the …
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By Vanessa Balintec and Zoe Law TORONTO (Reuters) -Ry Shissler, a 40-year old cartographer who swims the backstroke, was planning to compete internationally for the first time during the WorldPride celebrations that start this month in Washington, D.C. But the trans athlete and their team, Toronto’s Purple Fins, made the difficult decision to skip the …
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(Reuters) -Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will discuss recommendations for updated COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the upcoming immunization campaign, including if these shots should target the LP.8.1 subvariant, documents filed on Tuesday showed. The documents, posted ahead of the advisers’ meeting on Thursday, said a discussion regarding the targeted strain for the …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Mexican Navy ship which crashed into New York’s Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend made no distress calls before the accident but called for support instead, Mexico’s Navy chief Raymundo Morales said on Tuesday. The port pilot maneuvering the Cuauhtémoc sailing vessel had little time to stop it because it was …
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By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – A maintenance worker at a New Orleans jail was under arrest, accused of helping 10 inmates escape last week, including some accused of murder, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said on Tuesday. The worker, Sterling Williams, 33, admitted to agents that he turned off the water supply to a cell …
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By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Tuesday that the MAHA Commission report President Donald Trump tasked him with producing would come out on Thursday. Trump signed an executive order to establish a commission to “Make America Healthy Again,” during Kennedy’s swearing in ceremony on …
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By Renee Hickman TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) -First-graders at John B. Wright elementary school in Tucson bounced into the brightly lit lunchroom, chattering with friends as they grabbed trays featuring juicy mandarin oranges, cherry tomatoes and butter lettuce, all grown at nearby farms that coax fresh produce from the Sonoran Desert. Those fruit and vegetables were …
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CANNES, France (Reuters) – U.S. actor Denzel Washington received a surprise honorary Palme d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday evening in recognition of his outstanding career, according to organisers. Washington, 70, was in southern France for the premiere of U.S. director Spike Lee’s latest film “Highest 2 Lowest,” an adaptation of legendary …
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