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Republican Alabama governor signs IVF protections into law

7 Mar 2024

(Reuters) – Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed into law a measure aimed at protecting in vitro fertilization after the state Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos should be considered children, prompting at least three Alabama providers to halt the procedure. Both chambers of the state’s Republican-controlled legislature passed the proposal protecting IVF providers from …

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Voters in California city back rightward turn of city council

7 Mar 2024

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Voters in California’s Huntington Beach have approved two conservative ballot measures including one allowing the city to require voter identification for elections passed by an 8-point margin and another that effectively bans flying the LGBTQ pride flag at City Hall. The measures were proposed by four conservatives who took over …

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Patients or payroll? US healthcare hack creates hard choices

7 Mar 2024

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Nearly two weeks after the ransomware attack on UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare unit that has disrupted claims processing across the U.S., doctors are beginning to face a no win choice – stop treating patients or stop paying staff. The attack, which was disclosed on Feb. 21, shut down the system …

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US judge bars federal minority-business agency from considering race

7 Mar 2024

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal judge in Texas has barred a government agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce tasked with providing assistance to minority-owned businesses from turning away applicants based on race. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, an appointee of Republican former President Donald Trump in Fort Worth, in a Tuesday ruling …

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Jury finds armorer guilty in fatal ‘Rust’ shooting

7 Mar 2024

By Andrew Hay SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) -A New Mexico jury on Wednesday found “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez guilty of involuntary manslaughter, ending a trial over Hollywood’s first on-set fatal shooting in nearly 30 years. Ten days of testimony had focused on whether the relatively inexperienced armorer endangered fellow crew and cast members in …

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US judge in Texas rules minority business agency must serve all races

7 Mar 2024

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the U.S. Minority Business Development Agency, founded during the Nixon administration, must avail itself to disadvantaged entrepreneurs of all races and ethnicities, including whites. The summary judgment rendered on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, appointed in 2019 by then-President Donald …

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US Republican states, industry groups challenge EPA’s new soot pollution rule

7 Mar 2024

By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – Republican-led states and industry groups on Wednesday filed three lawsuits challenging a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule that toughens air quality standards for soot pollution. The lawsuits were filed in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit by a variety of industry groups and 25 states including …

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Three Western states propose more water cuts to save Colorado River

7 Mar 2024

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – California, Arizona and Nevada on Wednesday offered what they described as significant concessions on how much Colorado River water they claim, as their counterparts nearer the river’s source proposed more modest changes that would protect their rights. The dual proposals renew longstanding tensions between the two groups of states within …

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Elizabeth Carr, America’s first IVF baby, hopes to educate at State of the Union

6 Mar 2024

By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Elizabeth Carr, who 42 years ago became the first U.S. baby born through in vitro fertilization, hopes that her presence at President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday will encourage lawmakers to learn more about the procedure. Alabama’s state Supreme Court kicked off a furor last month …

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US VP Harris sells ‘Bidenomics’ in swing through Wisconsin

6 Mar 2024

By Jeff Mason MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris touted White House economic policies during a visit to Wisconsin on Wednesday as she and President Joe Biden struggle to convince voters to give them more credit for U.S. economic strength. Her stop in Madison, a college town filled with young voters critical to …

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