By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Actor Lance Reddick, best known for his commanding presence as a no-nonsense police chief on the acclaimed television drama “The Wire” and for his supporting work in the “John Wick” action-film series, died on Friday at age 60, his publicist said. Reddick died suddenly on Friday morning of natural …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump and E. Jean Carroll have agreed to a single trial on whether Trump defamed the former Elle magazine columnist by denying he raped her in the mid-1990s. According to a letter filed late Friday in Manhattan federal court, lawyers for both sides agreed to …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday ordered an attorney for Donald Trump to give additional testimony before a grand jury investigating the former U.S. president’s handling of classified documents, according to media reports. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell ordered attorney Evan Corcoran to testify after he invoked attorney-client privilege during a prior grand jury …
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By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court’s current members, joined by judges, scholars, lawyers and government officials, paid tribute on Friday to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a liberal icon and women’s rights pioneer whose 2020 death opened the door to the top U.S. judicial body’s transformative rightward shift. …
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By Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A new judge took over leadership of the U.S. trial court in Washington on Friday, inheriting oversight of secret proceedings involving special counsel criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents and efforts by him and his allies to undo his 2020 election loss. James “Jeb” Boasberg …
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By Gabriella Borter and Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – Battles over abortion are heating up in state capitols across the United States as lawmakers wrestle with how much to restrict or expand access after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. Here is a snapshot of state legislation seeking to restrict or protect …
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Norfolk Southern Corp shareholders have accused the railroad of defrauding them by prioritizing profit over safety prior to last month’s derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio. In a lawsuit filed on Thursday in Columbus, Ohio, federal court, shareholders said Norfolk Southern played down the risks …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of Democratic U.S. lawmakers sent a letter to regulators and the Justice Department requesting a probe into the role of Goldman Sachs Group Inc in the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the office of U.S. Representative Adam Schiff said on Friday. The letter was sent to …
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By Tyler Clifford and Rich McKay (Reuters) – The family of a Black man who died while in a Memphis jail on Friday called on authorities to identify the correctional officers involved in the altercation that killed him and to hold them accountable. Gershun Freeman, 33, died on Oct. 2 at the Shelby County, Tennessee, …
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By Rich McKay (Reuters) – The gentle and uber-cute French bulldog has claimed the title of most popular dog in the United States, ending the Labrador retriever’s 31-year reign as king of the purebreds in the American Kennel Club’s 2022 rankings. With its flat face, doe eyes and bat ears, the Frenchie has steadily climbed …
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