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By Andrew Hay ESPANOLA, New Mexico (Reuters) – A New Mexico county halted the reinstallation of a 16th-century Spanish conquistador statue on Wednesday after protests over the return of the bronze figure, removed three years ago during nationwide anti-racism demonstrations. The northern county of Rio Arriba postponed a Thursday reinstatement ceremony after activists occupied a …

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By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) – Two White House hopefuls squabbled over curtains on live television, while a third boasted he had been sleeping with a teacher for the past 38 years who happened to be his wife as a Republican presidential debate took some strange turns. The seven Republicans on stage at their party’s second …

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By James Oliphant and Tim Reid SIMI VALLEY, California (Reuters) -The seven Republicans on stage at their party’s second 2024 presidential primary debate aimed on Wednesday to convince voters they could be a viable alternative to frontrunner Donald Trump, who skipped the event. Here are takeaways from the sometimes unruly debate in Simi Valley, California: …

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(Reuters) – Baltimore police and U.S. marshals continued searching on Wednesday for the man suspected of killing Pava LaPere, a 26-year-old tech executive who was found dead at her apartment building on Monday. EcoMap Technologies, the company that LaPere cofounded, announced it would hold a vigil in her honor at Baltimore’s Washington Monument on Wednesday …

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that a government shutdown is not evitable, but that if there is one, a lot of vital work could be impacted in science and health. Speaking to reporters after remarks to a group of science and technology advisers in San Francisco, Biden said he did …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of taking bribes from three New Jersey businessmen, as calls for his resignation from fellow Democrats escalated. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan last week accused Menendez, 69, and his wife of accepting gold bars and hundreds of thousands of …

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