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U.S. Justice Dept says Trump team may have moved classified papers amid probe

1 Sep 2022

By Sarah N. Lynch and Dan Whitcomb WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department said it had evidence that classified documents were deliberately concealed from the FBI when it tried to retrieve them in June from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, prompting its unprecedented search of his home. In a 54-page filing, prosecutors on Tuesday …

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U.S. gets warrant to seize $45 million airplane owned by Russian energy firm Lukoil

31 Aug 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States obtained a warrant to seize a $45 million aircraft owned by Russian energy firm PJSC Lukoil, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday. “The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas authorized the seizure,” the department said in a statement. The aircraft flew into and out of …

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Ohio police release video of officer fatally shooting Black man in bed

31 Aug 2022

(Reuters) – The police department in Columbus, Ohio, released body-worn camera videos on Wednesday showing an officer fatally shooting a Black man in his bed during an attempt to serve an arrest warrant. Donovan Lewis, 20, was unarmed when he was shot in the early hours of Tuesday by Ricky Anderson, a 30-year veteran of …

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Jackson, Mississippi, to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely

31 Aug 2022

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Jackson, Mississippi, will go without reliable drinking water indefinitely, officials said on Monday, after pumps at the main water treatment plant failed, leading to the emergency distribution of bottled water and tanker trucks for 180,000 people. The city linked the failure to complications from the flooding of the Pearl River, …

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Biden declares emergency over Mississippi water crisis

31 Aug 2022

By Eric Cox JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration approved an emergency declaration over a water crisis in the State of Mississippi and ordered Federal assistance late on Tuesday to supplement the state’s response. “Emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance, will be provided at 75 percent Federal funding for a period …

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COVID drives down U.S. life expectancy for the second straight year – CDC data

31 Aug 2022

By Amruta Khandekar and Raghav Mahobe (Reuters) – Life expectancy fell in the United States in 2021 for the second year in a row to its lowest level since 1996, driven by COVID-19 deaths, according to provisional government data published on Wednesday. The nearly one-year decline from 2020 to 76.1 years marked the largest two-year …

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Indianapolis police arrest suspect in shooting death of Dutch soldier

31 Aug 2022

(Reuters) – Indianapolis police arrested a 22-year-old man on Tuesday who is believed responsible for shooting at three Dutch solders last week and killing one of them, after witnesses came forward with statements and video that aided the investigation. The three Dutch commandos in the United States for training exercises were shot while off duty …

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Trump supporter L. Lin Wood says will testify before Georgia grand jury -NYT

31 Aug 2022

(Reuters) – Conservative attorney L. Lin Wood said on Tuesday that he would testify before a grand jury investigating former U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, the New York Times reported. Wood, who has previously said that he had been subpoenaed by the grand jury, told the New …

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Biden blasts MAGA Congress members, ‘sickening’ threats against FBI

31 Aug 2022

By Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden condemned violent threats against FBI agents who searched predecessor Donald Trump’s home as “sickening,” as he called for more police funding and an assault weapons ban in Pennsylvania. Launching his first of three visits in a week to the political battleground, Biden …

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