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By Daniel Trotta and Joseph Ax (Reuters) -A U.S. court rejected on Monday the Alabama legislature’s redrawn U.S. congressional district map for November elections, saying it likely violated the Voting Rights Act and stood to deny Black voters an additional representative. The ruling, which can be appealed, addresses an issue of contention between the two …

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(Editor’s note: Language in the third paragraph might offend some readers) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic cursing a Fox News reporter at a White House event on Monday after the journalist shouted a question about the impact of rising inflation on this year’s congressional elections. As journalists …

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By Barbara Goldberg and Julia Harte NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday announced a plan to end gun violence in a city reeling from the fatal shooting of a police officer and a spate of violent crimes, as he promised to increase police officers in New York’s most violence-plagued communities. …

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By Daniel Trotta and Brad Brooks (Reuters) – A New York judge struck down the state’s mask mandate on Monday, one week before it was due to expire, ruling the governor overstepped her authority in imposing a rule that needed to have been passed by the state legislature. Judge Thomas Rademaker of New York State …

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By Kanishka Singh and Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) -The Georgia prosecutor investigating then-U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state will be allowed to seat a special grand jury to subpoena witnesses to testify against him. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis last week sought to have a special grand …

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By Valerie Volcovici and Nichola Groom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Around 30 oil and gas facilities across the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico spewed large amounts of methane for three years, emitting the equivalent annual climate pollution from half a million cars, according to a report released on Monday. The facilities, which include well pads, …

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By Jonathan Allen ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) – Three former Minneapolis officers broke the law by failing to stop Derek Chauvin killing George Floyd during an arrest and were indifferent to the handcuffed Black man’s dying pleas, a prosecutor told a jury in opening statements in the federal trial on Monday. Tou Thao, J. Alexander …

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By Bruce Tomaso and Jan Wolfe PLANO, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday said she will rule within the next two days on whether Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far-right Oath Keepers, should remain in custody while he awaits trial on seditious conspiracy https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-built-textbook-case-sedition-charges-capitol-attack-legal-experts-2022-01-14 charges for his alleged role in the deadly Jan. …

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