Pharma’s Puerto Rico problems could mean drug shortages: FDA chief
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday the country may start to see a small number of drug shortages within two or three weeks due to delays in restoring manufacturing operations in Puerto Rico, where 10 …
Prosecutors still pursuing charges against driver in Philly Amtrak crash
(Reuters) – Pennsylvania’s attorney general is still pursuing criminal charges against the driver of a deadly Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia in 2015, appealing a judge’s decision last month to throw out the charges.
Washington judge limits scope of government warrant for data from anti-Trump site
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A District of Columbia Superior Court judge on Tuesday agreed to limit the scope of the data the U.S. Justice Department is seeking from an anti-Trump website, saying innocent peoples’ identities must be safeguarded to protect th…
Wildfires kill 15, damage 1,500 homes in California wine country
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (Reuters) – Fast-moving wildfires still raging across Northern California’s wine country had killed 15 people, left some 150 missing and destroyed 1,500 homes, wineries and other structures as of Tuesday afternoon, state fire offici…
Trump says his feud with senator Corker won’t hurt tax push
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his public feud with Senator Bob Corker would not harm his push for a tax code overhaul, hours after piling a new insult on the influential fellow Republican by mocking his physical sta…
D.C. judge limits scope of government warrant for data from anti-Trump site
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A District of Columbia Superior Court judge on Tuesday agreed to limit the scope of the data the U.S. Justice Department is seeking from an anti-Trump website, saying innocent peoples’ identities must be safeguarded to protect th…
U.S. business agency approves only 13 Puerto Rico disaster loans
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Small Business Administration said on Tuesday it had approved just 13 disaster loans for homes in Puerto Rico affected by Hurricane Maria, nearly three weeks after the storm devastated the U.S. territory and its power grid…
U.S. formally proposes to scrap Obama’s carbon-cutting plan
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency formally proposed on Tuesday to scrap the agency’s Obama-era plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, as the Trump administration seeks to slash foss…
Women claim Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted them: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New Yorker reported on Tuesday that 13 women have claimed that movie producer Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed or assaulted them, including three who told the magazine they had been raped.
Trump says he’s likely to sign healthcare order this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he likely will sign an order this week that is expected to allow Americans to buy stripped-down health insurance policies, a step some experts say would further undermine the Obamacare law t…
