By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors argued on Tuesday that an engineer could flee to Iran if he was granted bail while awaiting trial on charges related to a deadly drone attack on a U.S. military base in Jordan carried out last year by Iran-backed militants. Federal prosecutors in Boston had three weeks …
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By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) – Devastating fires in the Los Angeles area are likely to put modest pressure on the U.S. national economy in the near term but are unlikely to derail strong forward momentum, economists say. Forecasters reckon the fires’ destruction of property and job market disruptions could put upward pressure on inflation …
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By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – The use of treated sewage sludge as fertilizer on farms can pose a health risk to residents and consumers because of the presence of “forever chemicals” that break down slowly, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday. The sludge, known as biosolids, is applied to less than 1% of …
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By Costas Pitas LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – In the week after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, Isla Lima submitted paperwork to change her gender from male to female in official documents, as some LGBTQ people worry their rights could be cut back. Trump, who won the Nov. 5, 2024 vote and will be …
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By Sriparna Roy, Ananya Mariam Rajesh (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed that food companies display nutrition labels on the front of the packages, in its latest push under the outgoing Biden administration to help consumers make healthier choices. The agency’s nutrition priorities are part of a government-wide effort to fight …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -Republican President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to reshape U.S. policy with a blizzard of executive orders within hours of taking office next week. Here is a look at what the president can and cannot do by executive order. WHAT IS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER? An executive order is an order issued unilaterally …
By Gabriella Borter and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With 30 miles (48 km) of tall black temporary fencing, 25,000 law enforcement officers and security checkpoints set up to process hundreds of thousands of spectators, Washington is braced for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week. The Monday swearing-in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Law enforcement officials stand ready to safeguard next month’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, the lead federal coordinator for the NFL championship said on Tuesday, after the New Year’s Day attack in the city that killed 14 people and injured dozens more. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texas native who backed Islamic …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal judge in Texas has blocked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from enforcing a looming requirement that cigarette packages and advertisements contain graphic warnings illustrating the health risks of smoking. U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker in Tyler, Texas, on Monday sided with R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday to provide federal support to address massive energy needs for fast-growing advanced artificial intelligence data centers, the White House said. The order calls for leasing federal sites owned by Defense and Energy departments to host gigawatt-scale AI data centers and …
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