By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – Darrell Brooks, a Wisconsin man who killed six people and injured dozens of others when he drove his SUV into a Christmas parade near Milwaukee last year, was found guilty on Wednesday of intentional murder and other charges. A 12-member jury convicted Brooks, 40, of more than 76 charges, including …
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By Nate Raymond and Andrew Chung (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Wednesday temporarily blocked the congressional committee investigating last year’s U.S. Capitol attack by then-President Donald Trump’s supporters from obtaining Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward’s phone records while the court further assesses the dispute. Ward, a Trump ally, had asked the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Augusta National Golf Club, the U.S. Golf Association and PGA of America are included in the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust investigation into professional golf, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday that cited people familiar with the matter. A spokeswoman for the USGA, which is the national governing body for golf …
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By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – A 19-year-old man who went on a deadly shooting rampage at a St. Louis high school this week may have used the same firearm that his mother had removed from the family home several months earlier, the city’s police commissioner said on Wednesday. The mother of Orlando Harris, who was …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Wednesday it is ending temporary waivers of minimum international flight requirements at some major U.S. airports first adopted in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Airlines can lose their slots at congested airports if they do not use them at least 80% of the …
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(Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to Cleveland on Thursday to promote the Biden administration’s economic initiatives aiming to revive U.S. manufacturing, especially in overlooked cities, the Treasury said. In the latest of a series of campaign-influenced economic speeches ahead of Nov. 8 U.S. congressional elections, Yellen will discuss the growth of …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) union, representing more than 6,000 members, said on Wednesday that workers voted against ratifying a national tentative agreement reached in mid-September, the second union not to approve the deal. Previously six of 12 unions voted to approve the deal. The National Carriers’ Conference …
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By Tyler Clifford and Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – Three men accused of aiding a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer were found guilty on Wednesday of taking part in a conspiracy that prosecutors ascribed to hostility over restrictions she imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. A jury found Joseph Morrison, 28, his father-in-law Pete …
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By Mike Stone WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy and Army blasted off a rocket from a seaside launch pad in Virginia to test nearly a dozen hypersonic weapon experiments on Wednesday to help develop the new class of weapon, the Pentagon said, calling the test successful. Sandia National Laboratories ran the test …
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By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oregon’s cap-and-trade program, Maryland’s net-zero emissions targets, and Arizona’s solar subsidies all hang in the balance in upcoming midterm elections, and their fate could have an effect on U.S. climate performance. States have taken the lead on climate in recent years in the absence of federal policy. Numerous …
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