By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The second of two reputed gang members jailed in the execution-style killings of six people in a central California farming town last month, including an infant and his mother, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to murder and weapons charges. Angel Joseph Uriarte, 35, entered his plea and was …
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By Isla Binnie and Simon Jessop NEW YORK (Reuters) – Major U.S. pension fund CalPERS is seeking a meeting with rail operator Norfolk Southern at which it plans to ask about the derailment of a train loaded with toxic chemicals earlier this month, a spokeswoman for the fund said on Tuesday. The U.S. government has …
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By Moira Warburton (Reuters) -Democrat Jennifer McClellan won a special election for the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, a victory that will make her Virginia’s first Black congresswoman, Edison Research projected. The special election was held to fill a vacancy created by the November death of Representative Don McEachin, a Democrat who won re-election …
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) and its investment management company have agreed to pay a combined $5 million to settle charges they previously hid the church’s multibillion-dollar stock portfolio from the public, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Tuesday. The markets watchdog said the LDS …
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By Jonathan Allen and Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – A daughter of Malcolm X, the civil rights activist assassinated 58 years ago to the day on Tuesday, has filed notices that she intends to sue the FBI, the CIA, New York City police and others for his death. Ilyasah Shabazz accused various federal and New York …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Representative David Cicilline, a leading voice for gay rights and a critic of Big Tech’s market power who has represented Rhode Island in Congress for over a decade, said Tuesday that he will resign from office effective June 1. In a surprise announcement, Cicilline, a former Providence mayor, said he will …
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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -An explosion tore through an Ohio metals plant on Monday, scattering molten metal and debris that rained down on neighboring buildings, killing one person and injuring at least a dozen others, officials, witnesses and a media report said. The blast sent smoke billowing into the sky that could be seen for …
(Reuters) -The Russian-led International Boxing Association’s (IBA’s) announcement that its world championships are qualifiers for the 2024 Olympics is “false and misleading” and an attempt to sabotage qualification for the Paris Games, USA Boxing said. Eight countries, including the United States, are boycotting the upcoming women’s and men’s world championships in New Delhi and Tashkent …
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(Reuters) – New York City park staff stumbled across a sickly alligator in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park this weekend, the Parks Department said, and rangers captured the lost reptile and brought it to the Bronx Zoo for care. Park maintenance staff found the alligator in Prospect Park Lake on Sunday morning, in the heart of the …
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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 98, has decided to receive hospice care, the Carter Center said on Saturday. Here are several key events from the Georgia Democrat’s time in office from 1977 to 1981. CAMP DAVID ACCORDS The Camp David Accords were a series of agreements signed in 1978 …
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