By Jack Queen WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden’s proposed deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to tax charges and avoid a gun charge hit a snag on Wednesday when the judge in the case said she needed more time to review their agreement. The news means that the younger Biden’s …
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By Julia Harte (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. lawmakers said on Wednesday they were reintroducing a bill to ban higher education institutions that receive federal funds, as do virtually all U.S. colleges and universities, from favoring applicants with ties to donors and alumni. The announcement came on the heels of the U.S. Education Department launching a …
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By Rich McKay (Reuters) – The man who sold a fatal fentanyl-laced bag of heroin to actor Michael K. Williams, who played the shotgun-toting drug dealer Omar Little in the HBO crime drama “The Wire,” was sentenced on Tuesday to 30 months in prison, according to court records. Carlos Macci, 72, was part of a …
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By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China’s decision to reappoint its top diplomat Wang Yi as foreign minister one month after former rising star Qin Gang disappeared from public view means Washington will be dealing with a familiar face in its bid to steady relations with its main strategic rival. But Wang’s …
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By Julia Harte and Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Education is investigating whether Harvard racially discriminates by favoring applicants with ties to donors and alumni in its admissions process, according to a letter from the agency. The department’s Office for Civil Rights opened the probe following a complaint filed earlier this month by …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Both Democratic and Republican senators expressed alarm on Tuesday about the potential for a malevolent use of artificial intelligence, focusing on the possibility of AI being used to create a biological attack. In a hearing before a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Dario Amodei, chief executive of the AI company Anthropic, …
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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Voters in Ohio will decide in November whether to enshrine the right to abortion in their state constitution, after state officials on Tuesday confirmed abortion rights supporters had gathered enough signatures to place the question on the ballot. The measure will be closely watched by groups on both sides of …
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By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday voided a 2017 court-martial conviction against Bowe Bergdahl, an Army sergeant who walked off his post in 2009 only to be captured by the Taliban and spend five years as their prisoner. Bergdahl’s conviction in 2017 left him with a dishonorable discharge, reduction …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly backed legislation on Tuesday that would require U.S. companies to notify federal agencies of investments in Chinese technologies such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence. The 100-member Senate backed the amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by 91 to 6. The NDAA sets policy …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Republican in the U.S. Congress said on Tuesday that he could launch an impeachment inquiry into Democratic President Joe Biden, if the administration fails to provide information sought by committees investigating the president and his family. Three committees in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives are investigating unproven …
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