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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday blocked New Jersey’s recently enacted bans on carrying guns at beaches or casinos, though she left in place other restrictions passed by the state in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year expanding gun rights nationwide. The order from U.S. District Judge …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Monday asked Mexico under a regional trade pact to again investigate whether workers are being denied labor rights at an auto parts facility of American company VU Manufacturing in the border city of Piedras Negras. The two countries in September announced that they had resolved an …

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By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a six-month tourist visa to remain in the United States, his lawyer said on Monday, despite calls for any U.S. visas held by Bolsonaro to be revoked following violent protests in Brasilia. The United States received his application on Friday, his …

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By Brian Ellsworth (Reuters) – Haitians in the United States are facing enormous pressure to help family and friends under a U.S. migration program announced this month that may help some people escape Haiti’s escalating violence but is also putting strain on the nation’s diaspora. Giubert St Fort, a South Florida resident from Haiti said …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The mother and stepfather of Tyre Nichols, the Black man who was fatally beaten by Memphis police officers, have accepted an invitation to attend U.S. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address in February. Congressional Black Caucus executive director Vincent Evans tweeted on Sunday that the caucus chairman, U.S. …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Monday the United States needs to “pick up the pace” on its efforts to modernize aviation computer systems after a pilot messaging database outage forced a nationwide groundstop on Jan 11. Buttigieg told Reuters in an interview the Biden administration plans to seek from Congress “the …

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(Reuters) – A pair of rushing touchdowns from Miles Sanders helped the Philadelphia Eagles soar past the 49ers 31-7 in the NFC Championship on Sunday, after injuries hit San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy and backup Josh Johnson. The win at home sees the Eagles off to the Super Bowl for the second time in five …

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