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Trump to revoke Obama-era flood risk building standards – world news headlines from reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will revoke an Obama-era executive order on Tuesday that required strict building standards for government-funded projects to reduce exposure to increased flooding from sea level rise, sources said. Trump will sign his executive order this afternoon to revoke the standards as part of his administration’s plan to “streamline the current process” for infrastructure projects, a government official said. The official said the order will not prohibit state and local agencies from using a more stringent standard if they choose. Separately a White House
Read Moreworld news headlines – Woman charged with faking cancer, keeping donations from New York towns – world news headlines from reuters
(Reuters) – A 38-year-old Orlando woman who pretended to have terminal cancer and accepted donations when she lived in New York’s Westchester County several years ago was arrested on Friday and charged with fraud, U.S. prosecutors said. Vedoutie Hoobraj, 38, used the name Shivonie Deokaran while perpetrating the scam from about October 2014 through at least March 2016, federal prosecutors said in a statement. Hoobraj was charged with one count of wire fraud, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years, after being arrested on Friday morning in Orlando,
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