Louisiana sued over law classifying abortion pills as controlled substances
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A group of healthcare providers and others on Thursday sued Louisiana in an effort to block a law that classified mifepristone and misoprostol, the drugs used in medication abortion, as controlled substances in the st...
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Oregon identifies 3 human cases of bird flu in people from Washington state
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Bird flu has infected three more people from Washington state after they were exposed to poultry that tested positive for the virus, according to health authorities in Oregon, where the cases were identified. A total of 39 peopl...
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Lock of Washington's hair and other presidential memorabilia up for auction
By Christine Kiernan NEW YORK (Reuters) - As the world turns its attention to the U.S. election on Nov. 5, presidential history aficionados may be particularly interested in an auction later in the month that has objects on sale ranging from a lock...
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Trump escalates false election claims in battleground Pennsylvania
By Joseph Tanfani and Andrew Goudsward PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his supporters are spreading false claims about the election in battleground Pennsylvania ahead of Tuesday's vote, escalating concern...
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Environmentalists sue over US approval of ioneer's Nevada lithium mine
By Nate Raymond and Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - Environmental and Indigenous groups on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Interior Department's approval of ioneer's Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine in Nevada, the first domestic source of the ...
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Trump sues CBS over Kamala Harris interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sued CBS on Thursday over an interview of his Democratic rival Kamala Harris aired in early October that the lawsuit alleged was "doctored" and misleading, according to a court f...
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Abbott, Reckitt cleared of liability in latest preterm formula case
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Abbott and Reckitt unit Mead Johnson are not responsible for a young boy's debilitating intestinal disease, a jury found on Thursday in a lawsuit accusing them of failing to warn of their premature baby formulas' risk...
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Ex-Trump lawyer Chesebro's law license suspended over fake elector scheme
By David Thomas (Reuters) - An appeals court on Thursday indefinitely suspended the New York law license of Kenneth Chesebro, a former lawyer for Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign, after he pleaded guilty last year to a charge stemming from...
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Pennsylvania man charged with insider trading related to CVS takeover
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors charged a Pennsylvania man on Thursday with insider trading for using tips from his domestic partner to trade illegally ahead of CVS Health's $9.5 billion purchase last year of primary care provid...
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Harris campaign rejects Trump claims of election fraud in Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Kamala Harris' election campaign on Thursday rejected claims by Republican Donald Trump of widespread election fraud in Pennsylvania and said the system was working as it should to identify the small number of issues...
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