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Ten key moments from Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury on Wednesday convicted British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of recruiting and grooming four teenagers for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. ...
Dec 29, 2021
Biden inks $137 million contract to boost supply of key material for COVID tests -source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration plans to announce on Wednesday a $137 million contract for Millipore Sigma, a unit of Germany's Merck KGaA, to boost production capacity of a highly con...
Dec 29, 2021
Purdue bankruptcy judge extends temporary litigation shield for Sacklers
By Maria Chutchian (Reuters) - A bankruptcy judge has extended temporary protections against opioid-related litigation for the Sackler family members who own Purdue Pharma until Feb. 1 after another j...
Dec 29, 2021
Analysis: No tests, no problem? Experts question new U.S. CDC policy on COVID isolation period
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - New U.S. rules that halve the isolation period for asymptomatic COVID-19 infections lack safeguards that could result in even more infections as the nation fac...
Dec 29, 2021
Despite surge in Covid cases, deaths and hospitalizations low – Walensky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite a surge in coronavirus cases amid the spread of the highly infectious omicron variant, deaths and hospitalizations are comparatively low, Rochelle Walensky, director of ...
Dec 29, 2021
U.S. SEC charges Medallion Financial Corp over alleged fraud
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday charged Medallion Financial Corp and President and Chief Operating Officer Andrew Murstein with allegedly engaging in fr...
Dec 29, 2021
U.S. CDC chief hopes to make call on COVID boosters for 12-15 year-olds in days, weeks -CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Approval of a third COVID-19 vaccine dose for U.S. children aged 12-15 could be days or weeks away, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told CNN in ...
Dec 29, 2021
Maxwell jury to resume deliberations after judge warns of Omicron risk
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The jury in British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's sex abuse trial was set to resume deliberations on Wednesday, after the judge in the case warned of an increasing ri...
Dec 29, 2021
U.S. coronavirus cases hit record high
(Reuters) - The average number of daily COVID-19 cases in the United States has hit a record high of 258,312 over the past seven days, according to a Reuters tally. The previous peak for the seven-day...
Dec 29, 2021
Fifth victim dies in Denver shooting rampage; gunman identified
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A hotel clerk gravely wounded in a Denver-area shooting spree died on Tuesday, bringing to five the number of people killed in Monday night's rampage by a gunman, w...
Dec 28, 2021
