By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday urged Congress not to ban the Chinese-owned video app TikTok, saying it would violate the free speech rights of millions of Americans, a day before a U.S. House of Representatives committee is to take up legislation. A TikTok ban would “limit Americans’ political …
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By Clark Mindock (Reuters) -Ohio residents suing Norfolk Southern Corp will get an extra day to inspect rail cars that spilled a toxic chemical during a train derailment this month before the company clears the crash site, according to a deal struck by the parties Monday. Attorneys for the residents and Norfolk Southern told U.S. …
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By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Monday praised the contribution of African Americans in the United States at an event to celebrate “Black History Month,” something presidents from both parties have done for decades. “History matters and Black history matters,” Biden said to an audience of Black Congress members and government …
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By Nathan Layne (Reuters) -Jurors in the murder trial of disbarred South Carolina lawyer Richard “Alex” Murdaugh will visit the family estate where prosecutors said he gunned down his wife and youngest son, the judge ruled on Monday. Murdaugh’s lawyer Dick Harpootlian asked Judge Clifton Newman to allow the jurors to visit the crime scene …
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By Daina Beth Solomon and Ted Hesson MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Dozens of migrant families are splitting up at Mexico’s northern border as they struggle to secure U.S. asylum appointments on a government app beset by high demand and persistent glitches, migrants and advocates say. The anxiety of separation is piling more pressure on families …
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By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Live Nation Entertainment Inc and subsidiary Ticketmaster LLC asked a U.S. judge on Friday to halt a proposed consumer class action over their sales of Taylor Swift concert tickets and instead force claims to be heard privately in arbitration. The companies are hoping to head off a lawsuit in Los …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Senator John Fetterman, who flipped a Republican-held seat in last November’s midterm elections, is doing well and remains on a path to recovery, his office said on Monday. Earlier in February, Fetterman checked into a Washington-area hospital for treatment for clinical depression. He had suffered a near-fatal …
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By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA announced on Monday it has picked a longtime solar scientist who heads its heliophysics division to become the U.S. space agency’s science chief. Nicola Fox, former top scientist on the Parker Solar Probe mission studying the sun, was named as NASA’s associate administrator for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate. …
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding structure established by Congress violates the U.S. Constitution in a case that President Joe Biden’s administration has said threatens the agency’s ability to function and risks market disruption. The justices took up the CFPB’s …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. government watchdog will audit Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s use of government airplanes for some trips as part of a broad review dating back to 2017. The Transportation Department Office of Inspector General (OIG) will review 18 flights Buttigieg made on Federal Aviation Administration-operated (FAA) planes on seven total …
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