PECOS COUNTY, Texas (Reuters) – On a sprawling ranch in Pecos County in late July, oil well control specialist Hawk Dunlap used a backhoe to uncover an abandoned or so-called zombie well that had sprung back to life despite being plugged just over a year earlier, hissing gas and bubbling toxic water into the dry …
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(Reuters) -Meta Platforms’ Instagram failed to remove abusive comments aimed at female politicians who are potential candidates for the 2024 U.S. elections, according to a report by the non-profit Center for Countering Digital Hate on Wednesday. The report analyzed over half a million comments on Instagram posts by five Democratic and five Republican women politicians, …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Texas’s Republican top prosecutor on Wednesday sued the Biden administration in an effort to block a new federal rule on minimum staffing for nursing homes, saying it would force rural nursing homes out of business. Attorney General Ken Paxton said in the lawsuit that the administration has not explained why …
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By Ivelisse Rivera and Liya Cui SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – About half of all homes and businesses on Puerto Rico were without power on Wednesday as Hurricane Ernesto churned north into the warm waters of the Atlantic after dumping torrential rain on the U.S. territory. More than 725,000 homes and businesses on the …
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By Andrea Shalal and Jarrett Renshaw NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) -President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday he is putting $150 million in new federal funding towards developing technology to better help surgeons successfully remove cancerous tumors. The award, which Biden touted during a visit to New Orleans, is the latest infusion of cash in Biden’s “Cancer …
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By Ivelisse Rivera and Tyler Clifford SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) -Tropical Storm Ernesto threatened on Tuesday to bring heavy rainfall, dangerous storm surges and strong winds to the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, leading the U.S. territory to close schools and prepare for power outages. Hurricane conditions were possible as the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign said it was notified by the FBI last month that it was “targeted by a foreign actor influence operation,” a campaign official said on Tuesday. “We have robust cybersecurity measures in place, and are not aware of any security breaches of our systems resulting from those efforts,” …
(Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Representative Steny Hoyer suffered a mild stroke on Sunday but has no lingering symptoms and is expected to resume his normal schedule next week, his office said on Tuesday. The 85-year-old former House majority leader “responded well to treatment,” his office said in a statement. Hoyer was first elected to Congress …
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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -John Podesta, the White House’s senior adviser for international climate policy, touted the benefits on Tuesday for Republican states and districts of incentives offered by the Biden administration’s signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act. Podesta said in a speech in Washington he was confident that the law, which provides …
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By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) – A grand jury indicted an Ohio police officer on four counts of murder on Tuesday for his fatal shooting of a 21-year-old pregnant Black woman in a grocery-store parking lot. Blendon Township Police Officer Connor Grubb and another officer approached Ta’Kiya Young in her car on Aug. 24, 2023, suspecting …
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