By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The world is “not on a good track” to meet a global goal to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and must intensify efforts to move away from fossil fuels this decade, John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy on climate change, said on Monday. “We’re in trouble. I …
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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Another body was found on Monday inside a Wisconsin home, bringing to six the number of people apparently gunned down in a suspected homicide, officials said. “An additional adult male homicide victim has been recovered at that location. Total victims: 5 males and 1 female”, the Milwaukee Medical Examiner’s Office …
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(Reuters) – Three former Minneapolis police officers who took part in the arrest of George Floyd are on trial in St. Paul on federal charges that they violated the civil rights of the murdered Black man. Last year, their former colleague Derek Chauvin https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ex-policeman-derek-chauvin-be-sentenced-george-floyds-murder-2021-06-25, 45, was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor, has tested positive for the coronavirus, forcing a U.S. judge on Monday to delay her defamation trial against The New York Times. Jury selection and opening statements had been expected to begin on Monday, but were …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. lawyer Michael Avenatti, a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, went on trial on Monday over claims he stole nearly $300,000 from his onetime client, the adult film star Stormy Daniels. Prosecutors say Avenatti, who has pleaded not guilty, embezzled book contract proceeds intended for Daniels, …
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By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by Republican lawmakers to pandemic-related proxy voting rules set by Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the Democratic-led House of Representatives that were tailored to limit exposure to COVID-19. The voting rules, implemented in May 2020, allow members of the 435-seat …
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By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider limiting the scope of a landmark federal environmental law as it took up for the second time an Idaho couple’s bid to build on property the federal government has deemed a protected wetland. The justices will hear an appeal by Chantell …
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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Axon Enterprise Inc’s bid to revive its challenge to the constitutionality of the Federal Trade Commission’s structure aimed at countering an antitrust action by the agency against the Taser manufacturer. The justices took up an appeal by the company, which sells …
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By Peter Eisler (Reuters) – In Vermont, lawmakers are considering bills to make it easier to prosecute people who threaten election officials. In Maine, proposed legislation would stiffen penalties for such intimidation. In Washington, state senators voted this month to make threatening election workers a felony. The measures follow a Reuters series of investigative reports …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sarah Palin and the New York Times are set to face off in a New York courtroom on Monday at a trial in which the 2008 Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor seeks to hold the newspaper liable for defamation. Palin, 57, has accused the Times and its …
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