FDA Head Says A COVID-19 Vaccine Could Get Emergency Approval Without Phase 3 Trial Results: FT

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Suspect in break-in at Los Angeles mayor's official residence charged with burglary, vandalism
A 29-year-old suspect in a break-in at the home of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass last weekend was charged Tuesday with burglary and vandalism, authorities said. Ephraim Matthew Hunter, a Los Angeles resident, was charged with a felony count of first-degree residential burglary and a felony count of vandalism, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón said. Hunter shattered a rear glass door early Sunday morning to gain entry to the Getty House, the mayor's official residence near downtown, and was cut by glass and left blood stains throughout the home, Gascón said.
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Reuters
Venezuela's Maduro says he is open to receiving UN rights envoy
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday he is willing to receive an envoy from the United Nations' human rights office, after his government asked staff to leave the South American country earlier this year. "I received the proposal to again open the Office for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk in Venezuela, and I agree we should overcome our differences," Maduro said on state television from the presidential police.
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Associated Press
Remnants of bird flu virus found in pasteurized milk, FDA says
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that samples of pasteurized milk had tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that has infected dairy cows. “To date, we have seen nothing that would change our assessment that the commercial milk supply is safe,” the FDA said in a statement. The announcement comes nearly a month after an avian influenza virus that has sickened millions of wild and commercial birds in recent years was detected in U.S. dairy cows in at least eight states.
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AFP
Post-WWII order on 'brink of collapse': Amnesty head
Amnesty International said Wednesday that the post-World War II order was on the "brink of collapse", threatened by bitter conflict on multiple fronts to the rapid and unregulated rise of artificial intelligence."For millions the world over, Gaza now symbolises utter moral failure by many of the architects of the post-World War Two system," she said.
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AFP
Megan Thee Stallion 'forced employee to watch her having sex': lawsuit
Megan Thee Stallion forced her cameraman to watch her having sex in a moving car, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles."Plaintiff could not get out of the car as it was both moving and he was in the middle of nowhere in a foreign country," says the suit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
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NBC News
Biden administration bans noncompete agreements, setting up legal showdown with business groups
The Biden administration has issued a nationwide ban on the ability of employers to make their workers sign noncompete agreements, a move regulators said would help boost employee pay but which is set to be challenged in court by business groups.
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Politico
Bird flu virus fragments detected in retail milk in US
It’s still unclear whether the detected virus was active. The FDA plans to release additional test results in the coming days.
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AFP
Tesla profits tumble but shares rise on new vehicle plan
Tesla reported a big drop in quarterly profits Tuesday amid an increasingly cutthroat electric vehicle market, but shares rallied as CEO Elon Musk pledged to accelerate plans for a more affordable EV. Tesla reported profits of $1.1 billion, down 55 percent from the year-ago quarter on revenues of $21.3 billion, down nine percent as the company described EV sales as "under pressure."But shares rocketed up more than 11 percent in after-hours trading after Tesla pledged to "accelerate" new more aff
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Associated Press
Garland speaks with victims' families as new exhibit highlights the faces of gun violence
Children fatally shot in their classrooms. Law enforcement gunned down while doing their jobs. Photos of their faces line the wall as part of a new exhibit inside the federal agency in Washington that's responsible for enforcing the nation’s gun laws.
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TODAY
15 quiche recipes for anytime of day
Our best quiche recipes can be served for breakfast, brunch or dinner, plus on holidays and special occasions. Find classic recipes like quiche lorraine here.
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Reuters
Trump meets with Japan's former prime minister Aso
Former Japanese prime minister Taro Aso, a senior figure in the country's ruling party, met with Donald Trump on Tuesday, becoming the latest U.S. ally seeking to establish ties with the Republican presidential candidate. The 83-year-old Aso, who is currently vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, entered Trump Tower in Manhattan on Tuesday evening and met with the former president for about an hour. "He's a highly respected man in Japan and beyond and somebody that I've liked and I've known through our very dear friend Shinzo," Trump said as he escorted Aso into the building, referring to the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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Associated Press
Mississippi lawmakers haggle over possible Medicaid expansion as their legislative session nears end
Top Mississippi lawmakers started negotiating Tuesday on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest states in the U.S. Mississippi is among the 10 states that have not expanded Medicaid coverage to people who work low-wage jobs that don't provide private health insurance. Expansion is getting its first serious discussion in the Mississippi Capitol this year because the new House speaker, Republican Jason White, says it is one of his priorities.
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NBC News
What to watch for in Tuesday's Pennsylvania primaries
The Pennsylvania primary will test the political implications of the Israel-Hamas war and set up key races in the battle for control of the Senate and House.
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NBC News
California judge orders review of Alameda County death penalty cases after Black and Jewish jurors' potential exclusion
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price said all of the California county’s death penalty cases are under review after a member of her office found evidence that prosecutors in a 30-year-old case had excluded Black and Jewish people from the jury.
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Associated Press
The first glow-in-the-dark animals may have been ancient corals deep in the ocean
Many animals can glow in the dark. In a new study, scientists report that deep-sea corals that lived 540 million years ago may have been the first animals to glow, far earlier than previously thought. “Light signaling is one of the earliest forms of communication that we know of — it’s very important in deep waters,” said Andrea Quattrini, a co-author of the study published Tuesday in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
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Reuters
Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing teachers to carry guns in schools
Tennessee lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would allow the state's teachers to carry concealed handguns at school, as protesters yelled their opposition from the gallery. The bill was approved in a 68-28 vote in the Republican-dominated Tennessee House. Tennessee has seen heated debate over gun laws since last year's shooting at a Nashville school left three children and three adult staffers dead.
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NBC News
Moderate Republicans prepare to fend off challenges from the right: From the Politics Desk
Moderate House Republican lawmakers are preparing to fend off primary challenges from the right in the coming weeks, including tonight in Pennsylvania.
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NBC News
Oregon kidnapping suspect arrested after attack was caught on doorbell camera
A kidnapping suspect in Oregon has been arrested after doorbell camera video captured him grabbing a woman and hauling her to a car.
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CNN
Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing teachers, school staff to be armed
State legislators in Tennessee passed a bill Tuesday allowing teachers and school staff in the state to be armed.
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Associated Press
Colombia rolls out new incentives to cut electricity consumption as dry weather persists
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government on Tuesday rolled out new incentives to reduce electricity consumption in the South American nation, which has been hit by a severe drought that has diminished the capacity of local hydroelectric plants and brought officials close to imposing power cuts. The ministry of mines and energy said that in the following weeks homes and businesses that exceed their average monthly electrical consumption will be charged additional fees for every extra kilowatt-hour used, while those who use less electricity than usual will be rewarded with discounts. Officials in Colombia hope the measures will help to reduce consumption and help local reservoirs recover.
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