By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House has a dim view of former American pro basketball player Dennis Rodman’s reported plan to travel to Russia and gain the release of American basketball star Brittney Griner, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday. Griner, 31, is a two-time Olympic champion and star …
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By Mica Rosenberg, Joshua Schneyer and Hyunjoo Jin NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday accused a Korean-owned auto parts maker and supplier of Hyundai Motor Co of violating federal child labor laws at an Alabama factory, federal court filings reviewed by Reuters show. The Department of Labor (DOL) said that …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump on Monday asked a federal court to temporarily block the FBI from reviewing the materials it seized two weeks ago from his Florida home, until a special master can be appointed to oversee the review. Trump’s motion, filed in federal court in West Palm Beach, …
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By Julia Harte and Brian Ellsworth (Reuters) -A defense attorney on Monday implored a Florida jury to spare the life of Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people in a 2018 high school mass shooting in the city of Parkland, citing brain damage linked to fetal drug and alcohol exposure as reason not to impose the …
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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) -A New Mexico grand jury on Monday charged Muhammad Syed, an Afghan refugee, with the murder of a third Muslim man in ambush shootings that have shaken the immigrant community in the state’s largest city. Cell phone evidence allowed prosecutors to link Syed, 51, to the Aug. 5 murder of truck …
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By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) -Police arrested a female suspect at Atlanta’s international airport on Monday, ending an hours-long search after shootings in the city center that left two dead and a third wounded. The Atlanta Police Department said the shootings were not random and the victims were likely targeted. Responding to a report of …
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By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – Arkansas authorities on Monday identified three law enforcement officers who were shown in an online video over the weekend punching and kicking a suspect while he was on the ground outside a convenience store. The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook that two of its deputies, Zack King and …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An appeals court put on hold U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham’s scheduled testimony for Tuesday before a grand jury in Georgia probing efforts by Donald Trump to overturn the former president’s 2020 election defeat, with the case returning to a lower court for another look. A federal judge on Monday …
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(Reuters) – A fire broke out around 7 a.m. (1100 GMT) on Sunday at Port Hamilton Refining and Transportation’s shuttered refinery in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, leaving one firefighter with a minor burn, local media reported. The fire broke out at the refinery within the petroleum coke conveyor loading system located outside and above …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Liz Cheney vowed on Sunday to oppose Republican candidates who back former President Donald Trump’s falsehoods about a stolen 2020 election and declared Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley “unfit” for office after they voted to overturn the presidential results. Cheney, who is Trump’s leading critic and vice …
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