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By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) -Bird flu has infected three more people from Washington state after they were exposed to poultry that tested positive for the virus, according to health authorities in Washington and in Oregon, where the human cases were identified. A total of 39 people have tested positive in the U.S. this year, …

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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A group of healthcare providers and others on Thursday sued Louisiana in an effort to block a law that classified mifepristone and misoprostol, the drugs used in medication abortion, as controlled substances in the state. “Controlled substances” refer to drugs or other substances that are tightly controlled by the government …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sued CBS on Thursday over an interview of his Democratic rival Kamala Harris aired on its “60 Minutes” news program in early October that the lawsuit alleged was misleading, according to a court filing. The complaint, filed in federal court in the Northern District of Texas, alleges the …

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By Jack Queen PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania state judge said on Thursday he would not immediately move forward with a lawsuit that seeks to stop Elon Musk’s $1 million voter giveaway ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election. At a hearing in Pennsylvania, Judge Angelo Foglietta said he would place the lawsuit on …

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By Andrea Shalal and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrat Kamala Harris’ election campaign on Thursday rejected claims by Republican Donald Trump of widespread election fraud in the battleground state of Pennsylvania and said the system was working as it should to identify the small number of issues arising. A senior Harris campaign official said the …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors rejected Sean “Diddy” Combs’ accusation that government agents leaked evidence to undermine his defense against criminal sex trafficking charges and said the music mogul doesn’t deserve a list of names of his accusers. In a Wednesday night filing in federal court in Manhattan, prosecutors said Combs …

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By David Shepardson (Reuters) -Federal appellate judges signaled skepticism on Thursday over whether the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has the authority to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules, a move that was challenged by groups representing internet service providers. A three-judge panel of the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in an industry …

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(Reuters) -The Biden administration on Thursday announced an $825 million investment in a new semiconductor research and development facility in Albany, New York, aiming to boost high-tech manufacturing and reduce reliance on foreign technology. The New York facility will be expected to drive innovation in EUV technology, a complex process necessary to make semiconductors, the …

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