Connecticut law ending religious vaccine exemptions for children is upheld

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A divided federal appeals court on Friday rejected a challenge to a Connecticut law that ended the state’s decades-old religious exemptions from immunization requirements for children in schools, colleges and day care. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said ending religious exemptions, while still allowing medical…

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Judge allows key US antitrust Google search claims to go to trial

By David Shepardson and Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge hearing the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit accusing Google of unlawfully maintaining monopolies in the internet search market let stand key claims made by the federal government. Google, a unit of Alphabet, had asked for summary judgment on all the government’s claims in the case….

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Ukraine aims to retake ground by Bakhmut, Russia says it repelled attacks

(Reuters) – Ukrainian military officials said on Friday that Kyiv was persistently working to retake land near the shattered eastern city of Bakhmut while Russian forces were pouring in additional troops in a bid to stop Kyiv’s advances. “The Russians are throwing huge numbers of forces into the Bakhmut area,” Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister Hanna…

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