By Jonathan Allen and Kanishka Singh NEW YORK (Reuters) -A New York grand jury voted on Wednesday to indict Daniel Penny, a former U.S. Marine sergeant, in last month’s killing of Jordan Neely, a homeless man, with a chokehold on a Manhattan subway car, a person familiar with the case said. Penny, 24, was captured …
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By Costas Pitas LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday said the first group of migrants bused from his state to Los Angeles had arrived in the California city, the latest move by Republicans opposed to Democratic President Joe Biden’s immigration policies. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat, said more than …
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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – The former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School was among five people indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday over allegations they stole and sold body parts from cadavers donated to the school, federal prosecutors said. Cedric Lodge, 55, who was fired from his job on May 6, and the …
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(Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump’s 2024 White House campaign said on Wednesday he had raised $7 million since being indicted on federal charges last week, as his message of political persecution continues to resonate with die-hard supporters. “President Trump Raises Over $6.6 Million and Counting Since Deranged Jack Smith Announced Political Prosecution,” Trump’s campaign …
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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – Prosecutors say they have evidence pointing to the possibility the armorer for the movie “Rust” introduced live rounds onto the set where a gun that actor Alec Baldwin was holding fired a bullet, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021. Prosecutors had previously said it might never be clear how live …
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By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional leader on Wednesday issued a subpoena seeking information from climate activists over antitrust issues, joining other Republicans who have criticized companies’ growing concern for environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters. Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, wrote in a letter to a lawyer for Boston-based …
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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – A Montana man was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 years in prison for firing an assault rifle into a woman’s home and trying to rid a town of LGBTQ residents. John Howald, 46, of Basin, Montana, was convicted of the hate crime by a federal jury in February, the Justice …
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By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A U.S. Marine and a second man were arrested on charges they threw a burning Molotov cocktail at a Planned Parenthood clinic that provides abortions and other services in Southern California last year, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. Chance Brannon, a 23-year-old Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton base …
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By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones could face two more defamation trials in 2023, under an agreement meant to put a price on lies that Jones told about school shootings in the U.S. Jones’ attorneys previewed the agreement at a Wednesday court hearing in Houston, telling U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Francis X. Suarez, the mayor of Miami who has overseen a tech-driven economic boom in the city, became the latest Republican to join the burgeoning ranks of presidential aspirants, according to a Federal Election Commission filing on Wednesday. Reuters was not able to immediately confirm authenticity of the FEC filing. Suarez, 45, a …
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