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By Brendan O’Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) – Millions of Americans across a wide swath of the U.S. Midwest, East Coast and South will enjoy a second day of weather more typical of June than February on Tuesday before a powerful cold front brings back winter with a vengeance. Summer-like temperatures ranging up to 40 degrees Fahrenheit …

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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. environment regulator said on Tuesday it is launching new cleanup projects at 25 hazardous waste sites from New Jersey to Oregon with $1 billion in funds. The sites are in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund program, originally created in 1980, which helps to repurpose land polluted by heavy …

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(Reuters) – The U.S. health regulator on Tuesday warned patients and healthcare providers about the potential risk of serious complications arising from the use of Hologic’s devices that are implanted in soft tissue. The company’s devices, BioZorb Marker and BioZorb LP Marker, are implanted in soft tissue, including breast tissue, where the site needs to …

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By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – The estate of disco legend Donna Summer filed a lawsuit in California federal court on Tuesday against Ye, the rap star formerly known as Kanye West, accusing him of incorporating her 1977 hit “I Feel Love” into his new album without permission. The lawsuit said that Ye and singer Ty …

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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Internal Revenue Service is ahead of last year’s tax filing metrics, achieving a 92% level of service on its main toll-free phone line and cutting hold time to less than two minutes, a U.S. Treasury official said on Tuesday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT: The IRS is eager to show that …

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By Jeff Mason NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden made light of conspiracy theories about him and pop superstar Taylor Swift during an appearance on a late night show and had a ready answer to the question of whether she’ll endorse him in 2024: that’s classified. During an appearance on NBC’s “Late Night …

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