By Frank Pingue (Reuters) -The Buffalo Bills said on Wednesday that safety Damar Hamlin has shown “signs of improvement” since suffering a cardiac arrest during a Monday night NFL game in Cincinnati, but that he is still in critical condition. “Damar remains in the ICU (intensive care unit) in critical condition with signs of improvement …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -The architect of the largest U.S. college admissions fraud scheme ever uncovered was sentenced on Wednesday to 3-1/2 years in prison for helping wealthy parents secure the admission of their children to elite universities through cheating and bribery. The sentence imposed on former college admissions consultant William “Rick” Singer by …
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By Steve Holland, Ted Hesson and Dave Graham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States plans to accept up to 30,000 migrants per month from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela under a program paired with expulsions of people from those countries caught at the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. and Mexican officials said. The expanded humanitarian program would build …
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LIMA (Reuters) -Police used tear gas to disperse protesters trying to approach Peru’s Congress headquarters on Wednesday, as thousands took to the streets two weeks after a wave of deadly protests over the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo. By early evening, there were no reports of clashes with police, who closed off access to …
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(Reuters) – Eight people including five minors were found dead of gunshot wounds on Wednesday at a home in Enoch, Utah, city officials said in a press release. Police summoned to the home for a welfare check found the bodies of three adults and five minors, the statement said. “Each appeared to have sustained gunshot …
By Sharon Bernstein and Steve Gorman SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) -Emergency crews braced for the latest bout of high winds and torrential rains sweeping California on Wednesday, renewing the threat of power outages and deadly flooding that gripped parts of San Francisco Bay and Sacramento over New Year’s weekend. The “atmospheric river” – an airborne current …
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(Reuters) -Walgreens Boot Alliance Inc and CVS Health Corp said on Wednesday they plan to offer abortion pills following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to allow retail pharmacies to offer the drug in the country for the first time. The FDA on Tuesday finalized a rule allowing one of two drugs to …
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By David Shepardson (Reuters) – New York said on Wednesday it will replace more than 900 city-owned fossil-fuel powered vehicles with electric models and install 315 additional EV charging ports after receiving a $10.1 million U.S. Transportation Department grant. The announcement is the latest by a U.S. government agency to speed the shift away from …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee chair Maria Cantwell on Wednesday said the panel intended to hold hearings after Southwest Airlines’ recent meltdown that led to nearly 16,000 flight cancellations in the week ending Dec. 29. “Southwest’s customers are rightfully dissatisfied and deserve better,” Cantwell said in a statement. “These consumers …
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By Angus Berwick (Reuters) – FTX’s former top lawyer Daniel Friedberg has cooperated with U.S. prosecutors as they investigate the crypto firm’s collapse, a source familiar with the matter said, adding pressure on founder Sam Bankman-Fried who was arrested on criminal fraud charges last month. Friedberg gave details about FTX in a Nov. 22 meeting …
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