By Deena Beasley (Reuters) – U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that it was tracking a new, highly mutated lineage of the virus that causes COVID-19. The lineage is named BA.2.86, and has been detected in the United States, Denmark and Israel, the CDC said in a post on messaging platform …
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By Kanishka Singh and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Law enforcement officials are investigating threats related to former President Donald Trump’s election interference investigation in Georgia, after names and addresses of grand jury members were posted online, a sheriff’s office said. “Our investigators are working closely with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to track …
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By Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) -Lawyers for Donald Trump on Thursday asked a federal judge in Washington to schedule an April 2026 trial for the former president, on federal charges that he allegedly sought to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. That requested date would place the trial after the November 2024 U.S. …
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By Doyinsola Oladipo, Julia Harte and Rich McKay (Reuters) – The incongruous sight of tourists enjoying Maui’s tropical beaches while search-and-rescue teams trawl building ruins and waters for victims of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century has outraged some residents. They have vented on social media, posting video of tourists enjoying holiday …
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(Reuters) – The Maui wildfires in Hawaii have killed at least 111, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, with hundreds of people unaccounted for nearly a week after the disaster. The causes of the Hawaii wildfires, which started the night of Aug. 8, have not yet been determined. Maui’s emergency …
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(Reuters) -The main grid operator in Texas said on Thursday it had engaged its emergency system after electricity reserves dropped below the critical 3,000 MW level due to increased power usage amid a heatwave. The Electric Reliability Council Of Texas (ERCOT), which operates the grid for more than 26 million customers which use about 90% …
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(Reuters) – The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) resigned on Thursday, citing health reasons, the Maui County government said on its Facebook page. MEMA Administrator Herman Andaya had come under criticism for his response to wildfires on the Hawaiian island that have killed at least 111 people. “Given the gravity of the …
(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had canceled a press conference scheduled for next week to release a report into the 2020 election in Georgia, saying his attorneys would put his arguments in court filings instead. Trump said earlier this week that he would hold the press conference on Monday …
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By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – White House counsel Stuart Delery, President Joe Biden’s top lawyer, plans to leave his post next month, the White House said on Thursday, adding no replacement had yet been named. Delery, who has been in the job since July 2022, advised the president on advancing his legislative agenda and defending …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A woman was sentenced to about 22 years in prison on Thursday for sending threatening letters, containing homemade ricin, in September 2020, to then-President Donald Trump at the White House, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement. Pascale Cecile Veronique Ferrier, 55, a dual citizen of Canada and …
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