By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old aspiring industrial designer, ventured to Paris as a student at California State University, Long Beach on a study-abroad program. She lost her cellphone, so one day in November 2015 she let her mother Beatriz know she was well with a one-word message on Facebook: “Mommy.” …
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By David Shepardson (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday he would call on major railroads to improve safety after a Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, of a train operated by Norfolk Southern. Buttigieg in a letter to Norfolk Southern Chief Executive Alan Shaw said he would also urge Congress to raise …
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(Reuters) – Tom Sizemore, an American actor known for his roles in “Saving Private Ryan” and “Black Hawk Down,” has been hospitalized in Los Angeles after suffering a brain aneurysm early Saturday morning and is in critical condition, his manager said. “He is currently in critical condition and it’s a wait and see situation,” the 61-year-old …
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(Reuters) – A Tesla driver in California died early on Saturday after crashing into a fire truck on an interstate highway, the fire department said. U.S. regulators are investigating Tesla vehicles with the Autopilot driver assistance system over a string of crashes with parked emergency vehicles. Tesla did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for …
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By Nathan Layne LANSING, Mich. (Reuters) -Republicans in Michigan on Saturday selected Trump loyalist Kristina Karamo as their next state chair, elevating an election denier to a critical leadership role in a sign of the growing clout of far-right and grassroots members over the party in the battleground state. The election of Karamo could complicate …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Former National Security Agency contractor Reality Winner leaked government documents in the first year of the Trump administration and received the longest sentence ever given in the United States for leaking to the media, yet she receives less recognition than Edward Snowden or Julian Assange. Director Tina Satter aims to change that …
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By Maria Alejandra Cardona ARKABUTLA, Miss. (Reuters) -A gunman went on a rampage in a small Mississippi town on Friday, killing his ex-wife and five other people in three locations before sheriff’s deputies arrested him, the county sheriff and witnesses said. The bloodshed occurred in Arkabutla, a rural hamlet of fewer than 300 people in …
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By David Shepardson and Brad Brooks WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Friday defended its response to the Feb. 3 derailment of a train loaded with toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, that caused a fire and sent a cloud of smoke over the town, saying it was sending more federal resources. The derailment of …
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By Andrea Shalal and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. diplomatic communications with China remain open after the shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon this month, but contact between the countries’ militaries “unfortunately” remains shut down, the White House said on Friday. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby also said it was not …
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By Kanishka Singh and Costas Pitas (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris discussed challenges posed by China with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and agreed to remain closely aligned during meetings with the leaders in Munich, the White House said on Friday. Harris “discussed challenges posed by the People’s Republic …
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