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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The three largest U.S. drug distributors have agreed to pay $300 million to resolve claims by health insurers and benefit plans that they helped fuel the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic, according to court papers filed on Friday. The proposed class action settlement with McKesson Corp, Cencora Inc and Cardinal Health Inc …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Three Democratic U.S. senators urged the Biden administration on Friday to reduce the import quota on oil and gas drilling pipes from South Korea, saying it has affected companies with operations in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The senators, Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Bob Casey and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, said …

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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kamala Harris’ strong support for Israel as it continues its war in Gaza is fueling calls for a fresh round of protests at campaign stops, universities and public events in the weeks ahead, activists told Reuters, describing what they said was her failure to listen to pro-Palestinian voices. Arab …

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(Reuters) -Columbus Blue Jackets standout Johnny Gaudreau and his younger brother have died after being struck by a vehicle while riding bikes in New Jersey, the team and National Hockey League (NHL) announced on Friday. Gaudreau, 31, spent 11 seasons as a forward in the NHL with the Calgary Flames and Blue Jackets and earned …

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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer spending increased solidly in July, suggesting the economy remained on firmer ground early in the third quarter and arguing against a half-percentage-point interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve next month. The report from the Commerce Department on Friday also showed prices rising moderately last month, curbing …

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By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) -The new school year is still days away, but student protesters have already made a noisy return to Columbia University’s New York campus, the epicenter of a pro-Palestinian protest movement that spread to schools around the world this spring. Blowing whistles and banging drums, pots and pans and the …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -The two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million judgment against Rudolph Giuliani filed a civil lawsuit against the onetime personal lawyer to Donald Trump, accusing him of trying to put his Florida luxury condominium beyond their reach. In a complaint on Friday, Ruby Freeman and her …

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(Reuters) – Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has laid out an energy policy platform centered around maximizing U.S. fuel and power output, in part by dismantling the Biden administration’s centerpiece efforts to fight climate change. The Republican former president’s campaign has said thatPresident Joe Biden’s efforts to support adoption of electric vehicles while curbing the use …

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By Christy Santhosh (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted expanded approval to Emergent BioSolutions’ smallpox vaccine for use in people at high risk of mpox infection. The FDA clearance, announced late on Thursday by the company, makes the vaccine the second approved shot against mpox in the U.S. after Bavarian Nordic’s Jynneos. Emergent, …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A senior executive at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike will testify before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Sept. 24 on the company’s faulty software update that caused a global IT outage. Adam Meyers, senior vice president for counter adversary operations at CrowdStrike, will testify before the House Homeland Security Cybersecurity …

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