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(Reuters) – California’s utilities regulator on Thursday granted a five-year extension to operate Pacific Gas and Electric’s Diablo Canyon power plant, the state’s only nuclear facility, to avoid electricity shortages during extreme weather events. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved extended operations at the 2,240-megawatts Diablo Canyon plant’s two reactor units until 2029 and …

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By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Emmy-winning actor Andre Braugher, best known for two television roles playing cops – one dramatic, the other comedic – was diagnosed with lung cancer months before his death this week at age 61, his publicist said on Thursday. Braugher, who made his 1989 film debut in the Civil …

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By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hundreds of Yazidi-Americans, led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad, filed a lawsuit against French cement maker Lafarge on Thursday, accusing it of conspiring to provide material support to a campaign of violence by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Represented by human rights lawyer Amal …

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By Kanishka Singh and Hannah Beier WASHINGTON/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A Jewish group demanding a ceasefire in Israel’s war in Gaza held protests on Thursday in eight U.S. cities on the eighth night of Hanukkah, blocking rush hour traffic on busy streets and bridges in Washington and Philadelphia. In Washington, the group Jewish Voice for Peace …

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By David Shepardson (Reuters) -General Motors said on Thursday it is laying off 1,300 workers at two Michigan auto factories in early January. The largest U.S. automaker said 945 workers will be laid off at its Orion Assembly plant, which is ending production of the Chevrolet Bolt EV and being converted for electric truck production …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Merck’s drug belzutifan for a type of kidney cancer. The drug, branded as Welireg, is used to treat patients with renal cell carcinoma who have received prior treatment. Renal cell carcinoma is a disease in which cancer cells are found in the lining of very …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request by the group that successfully challenged race-conscious college admissions policies before the U.S. Supreme Court to bar the U.S. Naval Academy from similarly considering race when evaluating candidates to attend the elite military school. At the end of a court hearing, U.S. District …

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By Stephanie Kelly, Jarrett Renshaw and Leah Douglas NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Biden administration is expected this week to recognize a soon-to-be-updated methodology favored by the ethanol industry in guidance to companies looking to claim tax credits for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. For months the administration …

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