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(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it has sent warning letters to two online vendors for selling unapproved and misbranded versions of semaglutide and tirzepatide, the active ingredients in popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs. The letters were issued earlier this month to Synthetix, which sells drugs on a website called …

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By Brendan O’Brien and Rich McKay (Reuters) – A powerful, fast-moving winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of New England on Tuesday after it brought New York City its first significant snowfall in at least two years. Some 13 million people from New York City north into southern New England …

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By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Farms in the U.S. continued to get larger and the number of farms fell between 2017 and 2022, new data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed on Tuesday. The Census of Agriculture, taken every five years, counts and details U.S. farms and is used to shape the …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – The College Board agreed to pay $750,000 to settle claims by New York attorney general that it violated high school students’ privacy by selling personal information it collected when they took the SAT and other exams, the state said on Tuesday. Attorney General Letitia James said the nonprofit …

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By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to put on hold a judicial decision rejecting his claim that he is immune from being prosecuted for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, arguing that without such a shield “the presidency as we know it will …

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By Nathan Layne and Gram Slattery (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Monday endorsed North Carolina Republican Party Chair Michael Whatley as the next chair of the Republican National Committee and his daughter-in-law Lara Trump as co-chair, moving to cement his grip over the organization as he closes in on the presidential nomination. Trump, the frontrunner to …

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By Abhirup Roy (Reuters) – California lawmakers and labor unions rallied on Monday to call for laws to not allow autonomous trucks without human drivers, amid rising safety concerns after accidents involving self-driving taxis from General Motors and Alphabet. A robotaxi from Alphabet’s Waymo was torched by people celebrating Chinese New Year on Saturday, marking …

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