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By Brad Brooks and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -A powerful tornado ripped through a small Iowa town on Tuesday, killing multiple people and leaving at least a dozen injured, authorities said. Images from the town of Greenfield show a path of utter destruction, with homes reduced to splinters, debris strewn everywhere and several large wind turbines …

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(Reuters) -NASA again delayed Boeing’s debut crewed flight of its Starliner capsule on Tuesday so engineers can spend more time evaluating a helium leak in the spacecraft’s propulsion system, the agency said in a statement. The launch, previously set for May 25, is now on hold, with the next possible launch date under discussion, the …

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DUBLIN (Reuters) – A live video portal linking New York with Dublin has reopened after being fitted with sensors that organisers hope will block out inappropriate behaviour by passers-by – including exposing body parts – that led to its shut-down a week ago. The Portal sculpture opened earlier this month linking a street in New …

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By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – Republican attorneys general from 20 U.S. states sued the Biden administration on Tuesday, seeking to block new reforms to the U.S. environmental review process for major projects such as transmission lines and wind and solar farms. States including Iowa, North Dakota, Texas and Florida challenged reforms included in a rule …

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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Judges on California’s top court on Tuesday considered whether voters had the power to allow app-based services such as Uber and Lyft to classify drivers in the state as independent contractors rather than as employees with greater benefits. The seven-member California Supreme Court heard oral arguments in San Francisco in a …

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By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday that would bar the president and other top officials from accepting payments from foreign governments while in office, a measure clearly aimed at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. The bill, which has no chance of passing the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives as …

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