June 2019

Trump halts fetal tissue research by government scientists

Lifestyle /

The Trump administration said Wednesday that it is ending medical research by government scientists that uses human fetal tissue,. The Health and Human Services Department said in a statement that government-funded research by universities that involves fetal tissue can continue for now, subject to additional scrutiny — although it also ended one major university project […]

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No-say Nissan had tech that drove Fiat Chrysler-Renault idea

Technology /

Nissan wasn’t consulted on the proposed merger between its alliance partner Renault and Fiat Chrysler, but the Japanese automaker’s reluctance to go along may have helped bring about the surprise collapse of the talks. While Nissan Motor Co. had a weaker bargaining position from the start, with its financial performance crumbling after the arrest last

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Death on the Rio Grande: A Look at a Perilous Migrant Route

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EAGLE PASS, Tex. — The 19-year-old pregnant migrant waded toward the American shore, deep enough in the Rio Grande for waves to splash against her waist. Pushing through the river’s current, and mindful of an alligator lingering upriver, she guided her friend’s crying 10-year-old boy toward a Border Patrol rescue boat. As the boat carried

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North Carolina GOP fails to override ‘born alive’ bill veto

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North Carolina Republicans failed on Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of legislation that would have created a new crime against doctors and nurses who fail to care for an infant delivered during an unsuccessful abortion. Enough Democrats sided with Cooper to block the override, which required 72 votes of support. The vote

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Pentagon Steps Up Dispute With Turkey Over Weapons Purchase From Moscow

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration stepped up a dispute with Turkey on Friday, saying the Pentagon would end cooperation over its new fighter jet program because Turkey is refusing to back down on buying Russia’s most sophisticated antiaircraft system. In carefully choreographed steps, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan released a letter he sent Thursday to

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Opioid maker agrees to pay $225M to settle federal probes

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An opioid manufacturer has agreed to pay $225 million to resolve federal investigations into allegations that it paid kickbacks and used other illegal marketing tactics to sell a powerful fentanyl spray, authorities said Wednesday. The settlement stems from criminal and civil probes into Insys Therapeutics Inc.’s scheme to pay doctors in exchange for prescriptions of

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