(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 struck near the Seven Trees, California, region on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was at a depth of 6.9 km (4.3 miles), USGS added. (Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru; Editing by Mark Porter)
By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Republican-controlled county in the presidential battleground state of Arizona voted to hand count ballots in next month’s midterm congressional elections, a tallying method that has been called for by Republicans who claim voting machines are unreliable. Despite warnings by election experts that hand counting is less reliable, …
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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted young women hoping to make it in Hollywood, a Los Angeles prosecutor argued on Monday, while the former producer’s attorney said his accusers willingly took part in a “casting couch” culture to boost their careers. Weinstein, the man who became the face of #MeToo allegations …
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By Rami Ayyub (Reuters) – U.S. students have suffered historic learning setbacks with math and reading scores falling to their lowest levels since before the COVID-19 pandemic, national exam results released on Monday showed, the latest sign of the damage school closures wrought on children. Math scores saw their largest drop on record, a trend …
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By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -A 19-year-old gunman opened fire at a high school in St. Louis, Missouri, on Monday, killing two people and injuring seven others before officers fatally shot the suspect, the city’s police commissioner said. No motive for the gun violence was immediately apparent, but Police Commissioner Mike Sack told an early evening …
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By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – A 20-year-old man was killed on Monday after his clothes caught in a New York City subway car, which dragged him onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train, police said, the latest grim episode in the nation’s largest transit system. The victim’s harrowing death comes just three days …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Reports that the United States was discussing launching a national security review of some of Elon Musk’s ventures were “not true,” said the White House on Monday. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to comment on the Biden administration’s relationship with Musk or his business dealings with other countries. Asked about a …
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By Luc Cohen and Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) -Tom Barrack, a onetime fundraiser for former U.S. President Donald Trump, denied in court on Monday that a United Arab Emirates government official asked him to secretly work for the country in the United States. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said Barrack used his influence with Trump’s …
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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Under pressure over his handling of inflation, U.S. President Joe Biden took aim on Monday at opposition Republicans, warning their economic plans would cause chaos in the world’s largest economy if they won control of Congress in Nov. 8 elections. Biden appeared before a young, energetic crowd of Democratic …
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By Karen Freifeld and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jury selection began on Monday in the tax fraud trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s company, with the Trump Organization ready to accuse its longtime chief financial officer of lying in a criminal case in which it is accused of awarding “off the books” benefits …
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