Daily Archives: Fri, Dec 14th, 2018

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North Carolina governor vetoes voter ID bill

(Reuters) – North Carolina Democratic Governor Roy Cooper on Friday vetoed a Republican-authored bill requiring voters to present photo identification, saying it would disenfranchise poor, minority and elderly voters. Republicans have a large enough majority in the state legislature to override Cooper’s veto until January, when several Democrats who won seats in November will take…

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Special Report: J&J knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder

A Reuters examination of many of those documents, as well as deposition and trial testimony, shows that from at least 1971 to the early 2000s, the company’s raw talc and finished powders sometimes tested positive for small amounts of asbestos, and that company executives, mine managers, scientists, doctors and lawyers fretted over the problem and how to address it while failing to disclose it to regulators or the public.

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Republicans in Congress Are in Turmoil, Thanks to Trump

Republicans in Congress are expecting a partial government shutdown, “just in time for Christmas,†but they would probably rather have a lump of coal. President Trump’s harmful comments at a White House meeting with congressional Democrats on Tuesday about how he would accept blame for a shutdown have made the partial shutdown scenario much more…

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