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By Laila Kearney HOUSTON (Reuters) – Southern California Edison will begin its first close-up physical inspections of certain power equipment under investigation for possible links to the start of the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles early this year, Edison International CEO Pedro Pizarro told Reuters at the CERAWeek conference in Houston on Thursday. Several fires …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Johns Hopkins University said on Thursday it will slash over 2,000 jobs in the U.S. and abroad after the administration of President Donald Trump terminated $800 million in grants to the renowned academic institution. It marked the biggest layoff in the university’s history and involved 247 domestic U.S. …

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By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration told staff this week it cannot guarantee workspaces or parking spots when they return to their offices en masse on Monday as required, raising concerns of further disruption at the agency. The warnings were issued in at least three separate division meetings, according to …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Nayera Abdallah CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) -Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to free an American-Israeli dual national if Israel begins the next phase of ceasefire talks towards a permanent end to the war, an offer Israel dismissed as “psychological warfare”. Hamas said it had made the offer to release New Jersey …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Education on Friday said its office for civil rights is investigating 45 universities, citing complaints that the schools engaged with a program that set eligibility based on race. Since Donald Trump returned to the presidency in January, his administration has sought to limit efforts to provide support to …

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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Columbia University on Thursday said it had doled out a range of punishments to students who occupied a campus building last spring during pro-Palestinian protests.  The announcement came a week after President Donald Trump’s administration announced that it had canceled $400 million in federal grants and contracts in response to …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An engine on an American Airlines jet caught fire after the plane diverted to Denver on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of passengers, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The airline said all 172 passengers and six crew members had exited the plane, though Denver International Airport said 12 people were …

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(Reuters) -The main U.S. immigration agency has told Congress it has a funding shortfall of $2 billion for this fiscal year, Axios reported on Friday citing unnamed sources. Congress will send the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) an extra $500 million as part of the stop-gap spending bill, although that will not cover the …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told Congress he signed an agreement with Elon Musk’s DOGE government reform team to provide assistance to the money-losing agency as it works to address “big problems.” USPS, an independent government agency with 635,000 employees that lost $9.5 billion last year, has been exempt from …

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