By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The bird flu virus strain that infected a Texas dairy farm worker in March was lethal to ferrets in experiments designed to mimic the disease in humans, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Friday. Seasonal flu, by contrast, makes ferrets sick but does not kill …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A court-appointed panel on Friday recommended how to divvy up a pool of $2.13 billion in legal fees from nationwide drug industry settlements over the U.S. opioid crisis, with top firms set to receive hundreds of millions of dollars. The panel gave national firm Motley Rice the largest share, with …
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By Jack Queen and Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -Hunter Biden’s daughter testified in her father’s defense on Friday that he seemed to respond well to drug treatment in the weeks before he bought a gun that prosecutors say he obtained illegally by failing to disclose his addiction. Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, has …
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By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – Families of the Sandy Hook massacre victims claimed victory in Alex Jones’ bankruptcy case on Friday, accepting the conspiracy theorist’s proposal to sell his assets, including InfoWars, to partly pay legal judgments to them for his lies about the 2012 U.S. school shooting. Jones, who filed for U.S. …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The two top officials of the Federal Election Commission are split over whether broadcast radio and television political advertisements should be required to disclose whether content is generated by artificial intelligence (AI). FEC vice chair Ellen Weintraub on Thursday supported the May proposal by U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman …
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By Alexandra Ulmer SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump raised $12 million on Thursday, two sources said, at an event hosted by two tech venture capitalists in San Francisco that drew Silicon Valley investors turned off by the Biden administration’s policies. Venture capitalists David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya, as well as Sacks’ wife …
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By Gram Slattery, Alexandra Ulmer and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When the topic of Donald Trump’s potential running mate arose at a Manhattan fundraiser last week, the Republican presidential candidate gave high marks to contenders including North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum and U.S. Senator Tim Scott. Some of the wealthy donors said Trump should …
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(Reuters) – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will “present the truth” about the war against Hamas in Gaza when he addresses the U.S. Congress on July 24 during a visit to Washington, Republican leaders said on Thursday. Netanyahu will speak to a joint session of the House of Representatives and the Senate, House …
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Netflix was sued on Thursday for at least $170 million by a Scottish woman who said she was defamed over her portrayal as a stalker in the hit mini-series “Baby Reindeer.” The plaintiff Fiona Harvey has publicly claimed to be the inspiration behind the character Martha, played by actress Jessica Gunning, …
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By Brendan O’Brien, Rich McKay (Reuters) -A massive high-pressure system known as a heat dome that has stalled over the U.S. Southwest was pushing temperatures in the region well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) on Thursday, leaving millions of Americans to swelter in the coming days. Some 31 million people from Northern California, …
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