By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration wants to ensure safe passage for people out of Gaza, especially for U.S. citizens, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Monday. “We still want to see safe passage out and particularly for the several hundred American citizens that we know are in Gaza …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Colorado cannot stop a Catholic medical center from offering an unproven treatment meant to reverse the effects of pill used in medication abortion, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico said in an opinion on Saturday that a Colorado law banning so-called medication abortion reversal treatment likely …
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By David Shepardson and Joseph White WASHINGTON/DETROIT -The United Auto Workers (UAW) union went on strike at Chrysler-parent Stellantis’s largest assembly plant on Monday, hitting the automaker’s profitable RAM 1500 pickup truck production in a major expansion of the more than month-old strike. The UAW, which is striking the three big Detroit automakers, blamed the …
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By Julia Harte (Reuters) -Commissioners in Lubbock County, Texas, on Monday voted to outlaw the act of transporting another person along their roads for an abortion, part of a strategy by conservative activists to further restrict abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The move makes Lubbock the biggest jurisdiction yet to …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nine Republicans will try to persuade the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday that they are qualified to serve as speaker as the group makes a third attempt to unify around a leader for the chamber. Here are the current candidates seeking to take the role that has been vacant since Oct. …
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By Kanishka Singh and Crispian Balmer WASHINGTON/VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Sunday and discussed the ongoing conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, the White House and the Vatican said in separate statements. They discussed “the need to prevent escalation in the …
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(Reuters) -A funeral was held on Sunday for the president of a Detroit synagogue who was killed over the weekend as police searched for a motive. Samantha Woll, an adviser to Democratic politicians and president of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, was found stabbed to death outside her home in the Lafayette Park neighborhood of Detroit …
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(This Oct. 21 story has been corrected to attribute a quote to White in paragraph 7) By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – The president of a Detroit synagogue was found stabbed to death on Saturday outside her home in the Lafayette Park neighborhood, police said. The death of Samantha Woll, 40, an adviser to Democratic politicians …
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(Reuters) -The Culinary Workers Union said on Saturday that thousands of members will participate in a rally next week on the Las Vegas Strip and some will participate in a civil disobedience action, as workers continue the push for a new five-year union contract. The rally comes after thousands of hospitality workers in Detroit walked …
(Reuters) – Negotiations between media companies and the union representing striking U.S. actors will restart on Tuesday, the two sides said in a joint statement on Saturday. Talks broke down last week as the sides clashed over streaming revenue and the use of artificial intelligence. The strike has disrupted film and television production, leaving thousands …
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