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By David Thomas (Reuters) -A Los Angeles federal jury on Tuesday found disbarred California attorney Tom Girardi guilty of four counts of wire fraud after U.S. prosecutors accused him of stealing $15 million in settlement funds from clients, prosecutors said. Girardi, 85, whose pollution case against a California utility inspired the Oscar-winning film “Erin Brockovich,” …

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By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) – Eli Lilly said on Tuesday it has begun selling vials of the lowest starter dose of its popular weight-loss drug Zepbound in the United States for $399 for a month’s supply through its direct-to-consumer website to help increase its availability in the marketplace. Zepbound is typically sold in auto-injector pens, …

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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Delaware’s highest court said on Tuesday it will hear an appeal by GSK and other drugmakers seeking to end more than 70,000 lawsuits claiming discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer. GSK, Pfizer, Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim are asking the court to overturn an order by a lower court judge allowing …

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By Dylan Bouscher MONTEREY, California (Reuters) – Hundreds of California sea lions have taken over San Carlos Beach in Monterey, California, prompting local officials to close the area to people. Caution tape has been put up but crowds are still drawn to the animal spectacle, taking photos of the sea lions as they rest and …

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By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Emergency crews in the Alaska tourist hub of Ketchikan braced on Monday for more landslides after a large, rain-drenched slope gave way on Sunday, killing one person, injuring three others and leaving dozens of homes damaged and without power. Photos from the aftermath of the slide showed a wide tract of …

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By Gerry Doyle (Reuters) – The launch of SpaceX’s four-person Polaris Dawn mission will be delayed by at least a day because of a helium leak in ground equipment at Kennedy Space Center, the company said on Tuesday, hours before the scheduled liftoff of its Crew Dragon capsule. The highlight of the five-day mission is …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who abandoned his campaign last week and endorsed Republican Donald Trump, said on Monday he was asked to be on the former president’s transition team if Trump wins the Nov. 5 election. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT In exchange for endorsing Trump, Kennedy, …

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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Democrats sued Georgia state election officials on Monday, alleging new rules that could allow local officials to delay certification of November’s presidential results were illegal. The lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of Fulton County by local Georgia Democratic politicians, the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Party of …

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