By Omar Younis and Rich McKay LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California man convicted of first-degree murder in the 2019 shooting of Grammy-winning rapper Nipsey Hussle had his sentencing delayed on Thursday and rescheduled to Nov. 3. Judge Clay Jacke of the Los Angeles Superior Court allowed the defense motion to delay the sentencing for …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh kept railroads and unions at the bargaining table for 20 hours, fueled by sandwiches and baked ziti, to clinch a make-or-break labor deal early Thursday. With President Joe Biden insistent and the U.S. economy in the balance, there was no room for failure and …
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By Sheila Dang and Katie Paul (Reuters) – Major tech companies on Thursday committed to taking fresh steps to combat online extremism by removing more violent content and promoting media literacy with young users, as part of a White House summit on fighting hate-fueled violence. Platforms like Alphabet’s YouTube and Meta Platforms’ Facebook have come …
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(Reuters) – U.S. has reached a tentative agreement with rail workers giving them better pay and improved working conditions, U.S. President Joe Biden said in a statement on Thursday. (Reporting by Jahnavi Nidumolu in Bengaluru; editing by Jason Neely)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday will announce stepped-up activity by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) after getting a $79 billion funding boost over 10 years from legislation that President Joe Biden signed last month. Yellen is to make the announcement during remarks in a visit to an IRS facility at New …
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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A district court judge in Louisiana on Wednesday vacated air permits for a plastic and petrochemical plant proposed along Louisiana’s industrialized coast, delivering a major blow to a project that has faced years of fierce opposition by local residents. Baton Rouge District Judge Trudy White ruled in favor of environmental …
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By David Shepardson DETROIT (Reuters) – A Detroit interstate highway whose construction devastated two historically Black neighborhoods will be turned into an urban boulevard – one of 26 major infrastructure projects that will be newly funded by the Biden administration. The U.S. Transportation Department has awarded $104.7 million to replace the one-mile I-375 freeway. Its …
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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – A group of immigrants landed on the wealthy Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday, part of a campaign by Republican governors to shift the immigration burden to Democratic areas. Florida governor Ron DeSantis took credit for the arrival of two planes of immigrants, one spokeswoman told Fox News and …
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By Brendan O’Brien and Kanishka Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) -R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty on Wednesday on multiple charges of child pornography and luring underage girls to have sex with him but not guilty of obstructing a 2008 state case that ended with his acquittal. In his latest trial, Kelly – whose full name …
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(Reuters) -Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who served under Donald Trump, has complied with a subpoena from the Justice Department’s investigation into the events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing sources. That makes him the highest-ranking Trump official known to have responded to a …
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