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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A son of drug kingpin El Chapo was extradited to the United States on Friday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. “Today, as a result of United States and Mexico law enforcement cooperation, Ovidio Guzman Lopez, a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel was extradited to the United States,” Garland said in …

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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) -New Mexico’s governor on Friday narrowed her heavily criticized blanket suspension on the right to carry guns in the state’s largest metropolitan area to one just covering parks and playgrounds in Albuquerque and its surrounding county. Michelle Lujan Grisham framed the initial suspension, which a federal judge blocked after gun rights …

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(Reuters) -The death toll from last month’s wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui has dropped to 97 and the number of people missing is now 31, Hawaii Governor Josh Green told CNN in an interview on Friday. Green said last week the death toll was 115 and 66 people were missing. “The death toll …

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By Steve Holland and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday called on automakers to concede more to workers who walked off the job at Detroit’s largest car companies, accusing them of enjoying record profits without sharing them fairly with workers. The UAW strike at three factories owned by General Motors, Ford …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Friday addressed a fresh round of questions about President Joe Biden’s ability to run for reelection given his age with a one-liner: “80 is the new 40.” Biden, 80, already the oldest American president ever, is running for re-election in 2024 and would be 82 when his second …

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By Chris Prentice and Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – The former head of Wells Fargo’s retail bank on Friday avoided prison time after pleading guilty to an obstruction charge related to the bank’s sweeping fake-accounts scandal. Carrie Tolstedt was sentenced to three years of probation including six months of home confinement by U.S. District Judge Josephine …

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By Daphne Psaledakis and Rami Ayyub WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S., Britain and Canada on Friday imposed more sanctions on Iran ahead of the one-year anniversary of the death of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini whilst in Iran’s morality police custody, which sparked months of anti-government protests that faced an often violent crackdown. Amini, 22, died …

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