By Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) – A former member of the far-right Proud Boys told a jury on Wednesday that the group was “desperate” to stop former President Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 election and viewed the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol as the start of the “next …
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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States could bar tens of thousands of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border from claiming asylum under a proposal unveiled on Tuesday that would be the most wide-ranging attempt yet by U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to deter unauthorized crossings. Under the new rules, migrants who do not …
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(Reuters) -Charles River Laboratories said on Wednesday that it had received a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice over an investigation into the supply of non-human primates from Cambodia, which are a part of the animal research services that the company offers to drug developers. Shares of the company were down 12.4% at $213.34. …
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By Brendan O’Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) -A winter storm spreading across the U.S. West into the Northern Plains and Midwest on Tuesday could produce blizzards, brutal cold, and record snowfall, making roads treacherous and disrupting air travel. The National Weather Service issued winter storm, blizzard and high-wind advisories for large parts of the western and north-central United …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A former Mexican law enforcement official once in charge of his country’s fight against drug traffickers was convicted on Tuesday on U.S. charges that he took millions of dollars in bribes from the infamous Sinaloa cartel. Federal prosecutors in the New York City borough of Brooklyn said Genaro Garcia …
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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -A liberal and a conservative won Tuesday’s nominating contest for a pivotal seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, setting up a one-on-one clash in April with major consequences for abortion rights, control of the state government and possibly the 2024 presidential election. Janet Protasiewicz, a liberal Milwaukee judge who has spoken favorably …
By Isla Binnie NEW YORK (Reuters) – Vivek Ramaswamy, the activist investor who launched a firm last year to pressure companies to abandon environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) initiatives, said on Tuesday he would run for President of the United States. Ramaswamy, 37, will step down as executive chairman of Strive Asset Management, which …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A Texas federal judge on Tuesday refused to set an accelerated trial schedule for a lawsuit by anti-abortion groups seeking to end U.S. sales of the abortion pill mifepristone, in a case that could severely disrupt access to medication abortion nationwide. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo rejected the …
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By Valerie Volcovici and Brad Brooks WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of the U.S. government’s environmental agency said on Tuesday that rail operator Norfolk Southern Corp must “pay for cleaning up the mess” created when a freight train derailment in Ohio released toxic chemicals into the environment. The comments by the head of the Environmental Protection …
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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Seattle became the first U.S. city to outlaw caste discrimination on Tuesday, after its local council voted to add caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws. The move addresses an issue important to the area’s South Asian diaspora, particularly the Indian and Hindu communities. India’s caste system is among the world’s …
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