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NIH begins clinical trial testing COVID-19 vaccine in pregnant women
By Dania Nadeem (Reuters) - The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Wednesday it had begun a study to evaluate the immune responses generated by COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant or postpartu...
Jun 23, 2021
FBI Director Wray urges companies stop paying ransoms to hackers
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Chris Wray on Wednesday pleaded with public companies and other hacking victims to avoid paying ransom, saying he fears it will only embolden cybe...
Jun 23, 2021
U.S. House Republicans aim to use private sector to tackle climate change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 50 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday formed a group to discuss how to use the free market to fight climate change, in an example of a growi...
Jun 23, 2021
Former DNC chair Perez announces bid for Maryland governor
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Tom Perez, a former Democratic National Committee chairman, on Wednesday announced he was running for governor in his home state of Maryland in a bid to succeed outgoing...
Jun 23, 2021
Biden to replace housing finance agency chief after top court ruling -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will replace the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency with his own nominee, a White House official said on Wednesday after a U.S. Supreme Court ru...
Jun 23, 2021
No bail for ailing Proud Boys supporter over weapons cache, Capitol riot threats
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Proud Boys supporter accused of keeping a large weapons cache and making social media threats tied to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was denied bail on ...
Jun 23, 2021
Democrats push Republicans to forge $1.2 trillion U.S. infrastructure plan
By David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in Congress and at the White House nudged Republicans on Wednesday to join them in forging an agreement on a $1.2 trillion infrastruc...
Jun 23, 2021
Unauthorized COVID-19 drugs bound for Mexico seized by U.S. authorities – WSJ
(Reuters) - Federal authorities have seized at U.S. airports unauthorized versions of the COVID-19 treatment remdesivir destined for distribution in Mexico, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesd...
Jun 23, 2021
Partisan war over teaching history and racism stokes tensions in U.S. schools
By Gabriella Borter and James Oliphant ASHBURN, Virginia (Reuters) - The school board of Virginia's wealthy Loudoun County had planned to hold a routine meeting to close out the school year. Instead, ...
Jun 23, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court declines to expand police search powers
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to expand police powers, throwing out a lower court ruling that had allowed a California highway patrol officer t...
Jun 23, 2021
