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(Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors were investigating Signature Bank’s association with crypto clients before regulators suddenly seized the lender last weekend, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. U.S. Justice Department investigators in Washington and Manhattan were examining whether the now-collapsed bank took necessary steps to detect potential money laundering by its …

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(Reuters) – NASA on Tuesday said it had picked U.S. rocket builder Firefly Aerospace to put a lander on the moon’s far side in 2026, under a nearly $112 million contract. “The commercial lander will deliver two agency payloads, as well as communication and data relay satellite for lunar orbit, which is an ESA (European …

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(Reuters) – The special prosecutor handling the case against actor Alec Baldwin in the 2021 “Rust” movie set shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins announced on Tuesday she is stepping down, as Baldwin’s lawyers had sought. The decision by special prosecutor Andrea Reeb came a month after Baldwin’s attorney filed a motion to remove her …

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By Steve Gorman and Julia Harte LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) -The latest in a series of atmospheric river storms soaked California on Tuesday, bringing another deluge of rain to the already-saturated state, while a Nor’easter swirling over New York and New England prompted emergency orders and closed roads. Several inches of rain was forecast in …

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(Reuters) – Atmospheric rivers are storms akin to rivers in the sky that dump massive amounts of rain and can cause flooding, trigger mudslides and result in loss of life and enormous property damage. The latest in a series of atmospheric river storms soaked California on Tuesday, causing flooding and mandatory evacuations for residents in …

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(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had expanded the emergency use authorization (EUA) of the company and its partner BioNTech SE’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine as a single booster dose in certain children. The amended authorization is for children six months through four years of age who have …

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By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – Ryan Redington, who hails from a family of hall-of-fame mushers, reached Nome, Alaska, ahead of his rivals on Tuesday to win the grueling Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in his 16th try. Redington completed the nearly 1,000-mile (1,610-km) endurance test in eight days, 21 hours and 12:58 minutes, led by …

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By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – The Biden administration said on Tuesday it rescinded a land swap deal struck by former President Donald Trump’s interior secretary that would have allowed a new road to cut through an Alaska wildlife refuge. The decision comes as President Joe Biden’s administration faces heavy criticism from environmental groups for its …

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