By Rich McKay (Reuters) – A New York grand jury charged two prison guards with second-degree murder and eight others with related crimes, in the beating death of an inmate last month at a prison in Central New York, according to court papers unsealed on Wednesday. The 11-count Oneida County grand jury indictment says that …
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By Sneha S K and Mariam Sunny (Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s panel of outside experts on Wednesday recommended the use of respiratory syncytial virus vaccines in younger adults who are at increased risk of severe illness from the virus. The 15-member panel voted 14-to-0 to recommend that at-risk adults ages …
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By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status on Tuesday and said the university should apologize, a day after it rejected what it called unlawful demands to overhaul academic programs or lose federal grants. Beginning with Columbia University, the Trump administration has rebuked universities across …
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By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. officials will extend support for 11 months for a database of cyber weaknesses that plays a critical role in fighting bugs and hacks, a spokesperson said on Wednesday, just as the funding was due to run out. The expected cut-off of payments for the non-profit MITRE Corp’s Common Vulnerabilities …
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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. judge threatening to begin criminal contempt action against Donald Trump’s administration has for years handled high-stakes cases involving sensitive security or political issues, sometimes ruling in the Republican president’s favor. U.S. District Judge James “Jeb” Boasberg, an appointee of Democratic former President Barack Obama, is central to an …
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Pentagon investigation into leaks of classified and sensitive information has expanded to include two more aides to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his deputy, officials said on Wednesday. Reuters was first to report on Tuesday that Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to Hegseth, was escorted …
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By Howard Schneider CHICAGO (Reuters) – The legal case before the Supreme Court over President Donald Trump’s firing of two Democrats from federal labor boards does not likely apply to the Federal Reserve, the head of the U.S. central bank said on Wednesday. Fed Chair Jerome Powell, in response to a question at an event …
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By Rich McKay (Reuters) -The man charged with setting fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion while the governor and his family were there sleeping told police he did it because of the governor’s stance on the war in Gaza, according to a search warrant released on Wednesday. According to the warrant and a police affidavit, Cody Balmer …
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted national energy emergency status for a tunnel proposed by Enbridge for its Line 5 oil pipeline on Wednesday, fast-tracking a key federal permitting process. The pipeline tunnel is among the first to get an emergency designation after President Donald Trump declared a national …
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By Pete Schroeder (Reuters) -The White House has fired two Democratic board members of the National Credit Union Administration, the officials said on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump expanded efforts to influence independent regulatory agencies. Todd Harper and Tanya Otsuka, who both served on the NCUA’s board, said in separate statements that they had been …
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