By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) -Florida has told school superintendents that an Advanced Placement psychology course offered to high school students violates a new state law prohibiting instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity, the nonprofit that develops the courses said on Thursday. “The Florida Department of Education has effectively banned AP Psychology in the state,” …
By Andrew Goudsward, Sarah N. Lynch and Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss in what U.S. prosecutors call an unprecedented effort by the then-president to undermine the pillars of American democracy. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who …
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By Ted Hesson (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s new regulation restricting asylum access at the U.S.-Mexico border can remain in effect for now, a U.S. appeals court said on Thursday, a short-term win for the Democrat as he grapples with legal challenges to his immigration strategy. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put …
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By Brad Brooks and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal civil rights crimes for brutally assaulting two Black men earlier this year, prosecutors said. Federal prosecutors said the six officers sexually and physically assaulted two handcuffed Black men for more than two hours during …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chair of a U.S. House committee on Thursday urged President Joe Biden to adopt expansive restrictions on outbound U.S. investment in China especially in key sectors likely to harm U.S. national security. Representative Mike Gallagher, a Republican who heads the select committee on China, wants the Biden administration …
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By Jorge Garcia MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, California (Reuters) -The largest wildfire in California so far this year has burned precious Joshua trees, a prominent cultural symbol once vital for indigenous people to weave into baskets and sandals and still an important part of the Mojave Desert ecosystem. The York Fire has burned around 94,000 acres …
(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said its advisory panel on Thursday recommended use of Sanofi and partner AstraZeneca’s antibody therapy to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants and toddlers. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices unanimously recommended nirsevimab for preventing lower respiratory tract disease in newborns and infants below …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump said after his arraignment on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election that it was a “very sad day for America.” “This is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in America,” Trump said before boarding his plane to return to …
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(Reuters) – The former head of one of New York City’s police unions was sentenced to two years in federal prison on Thursday on a fraud charge in which prosecutors accused him of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the association, local media reported. U.S. District Court Judge John Koeltl handed down the sentence …
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By Andrea Shalal RUMFORD, Maine (Reuters) – U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough urged veterans across the country to apply by Wednesday to get an extra year of retroactive benefits under a new law passed last year to aid veterans sickened by gases from military toxic burn pits. McDonough told dozens of veterans in Rumford, …
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