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Alberto weakens to tropical depression over northern Mexico, 4 dead

22 Jun 2024

(Reuters) -Alberto, the first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, has weakened into a tropical depression as it moves inland over northeastern Mexico, bringing more heavy rains and flooding after leaving four dead, including three children. The governor of Mexico’s Nuevo Leon state told local media late Wednesday that at least three people …

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Three people killed, 10 wounded in Arkansas supermarket shooting

22 Jun 2024

(Reuters) -A shooter opened fire at an Arkansas supermarket on Friday, killing three civilians and wounding 10 other people, including two police officers, Arkansas State Police said. The suspect was also wounded in a shootout with police, Arkansas State Police Director Mike Hagar told reporters. The shooting occurred at the Mad Butcher grocery in Fordyce, …

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Attacker of Nancy Pelosi’s husband convicted, again, in California court

22 Jun 2024

(Reuters) – A right-wing conspiracy theorist who attacked the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer was convicted of a host of charges in state court on Friday, following his conviction in federal court last year. A California jury convicted David DePape of kidnapping, burglary, false imprisonment, threatening the family member …

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EPA to review Texas oversight of oil, gas wastewater disposal wells

22 Jun 2024

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will review Texas’ oversight of wells used for injecting oil drilling wastewater and carbon dioxide into the ground after “substantial concerns” from environmental groups that the operations are behind a spate of well blowouts, sinkholes and seismic activity. The EPA announced the review in …

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Teamsters president to speak at Republican Convention in Milwaukee

22 Jun 2024

By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, will speak at the Republican National Convention (RNC) next month in Milwaukee, former President Donald Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform on Friday. Trump said the Teamsters president, Sean O’Brien, had “accepted my invitation to speak at …

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Appeals court does not block US mandate to cover cancer screenings, HIV drugs

22 Jun 2024

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday refused to block a federal mandate requiring health insurers to cover preventive care services like cancer screenings and HIV-preventing medication at no extra cost to patients, but ruled against the government on a key legal issue that leaves the mandate’s future in doubt. A unanimous …

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Trump campaign refunds Winklevoss twins after bitcoin donations exceed limit, Bloomberg News reports

21 Jun 2024

(Reuters) – The billionaire Winklevoss twins, founders of cryptocurrency company Gemini, were refunded after their bitcoin donations to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign exceeded the maximum amount allowed under federal law, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, whose crypto firm in February entered settlement agreements with U.S. and New York state financial regulators …

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US FDA approves Bristol Myers’ colorectal cancer therapy

21 Jun 2024

By Christy Santhosh and Unnamalai L (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Bristol Myers Squibb’s combination therapy for treating colorectal cancer in patients with a specific gene mutation, the health regulator said on Friday. The approval under the agency’s accelerated process was based on an early- to mid-stage study, in which 94 …

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As Trump claims political bias, lawyer calls prosecutor too independent

21 Jun 2024

By Andrew Goudsward FORT PIERCE, Florida (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s lawyer argued on Friday that the criminal case charging the former U.S. president with mishandling classified documents should be thrown out because the prosecutor is too independent — even as Trump complains that his legal woes are directed by Democratic President Joe Biden. At a hearing …

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