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By Luc Cohen (Reuters) -Mark Pomerantz, the former prosecutor who once led the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal inquiry into former U.S. President Donald Trump, on Thursday won a delay to his deposition before a Republican-led congressional committee, court records showed. U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil on Wednesday denied Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s request …

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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Advocacy groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to strike down a new Tennessee law that bans doctors from providing gender-affirming medical treatment such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgery to transgender minors. The American Civil Liberties Union and LGBTQ group Lambda Legal in a lawsuit filed in Nashville, …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump is free to skip a New York trial over accusations he raped a writer nearly 30 years ago, but jurors will for now not be told his absence was meant to avoid snarled traffic and heavy security, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Lewis …

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(Reuters) -Police in Ohio broke up a protest by more than 100 people who were marching on Wednesday over a grand jury’s decision to not indict officers who fatally shot an unarmed Black man last year. Police used what appeared to be chemical spray and other non-lethal weapons to disperse the crowd. The mayor’s office …

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By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -Three Alabama teenagers have been taken into custody and charged with murder in last week’s shooting at a “Sweet 16” birthday party that left four dead and 32 wounded, state police said on Wednesday. Two suspects – Ty Reik McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16 – both from Tuskegee, were arrested …

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(Reuters) – Walt Disney World said on Wednesday it would break ground next year on a planned affordable housing development in Central Florida. The unit of Walt Disney Co said it plans to provide 1,400 housing units on 80 acres (32.4 hectares) of land “a few miles away” from the Magic Kingdom and near schools …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to meet top potential donors for his planned re-election campaign next week, according to two people with direct knowledge of the plans. The effort to organize prospective financial backers comes as Biden aides have ramped up planning for the long-expected launch of the …

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(Reuters) – Donald Trump continued to rack up endorsements in Florida for his presidential campaign on Wednesday, outmaneuvering the state’s Governor Ron DeSantis on his home turf. Vern Buchanan, co-chair of the state’s congressional delegation became the eighth Florida lawmaker to come out in support of the former president, announcing his endorsement on Wednesday, hours …

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