WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A coalition of advocacy organisations and fan groups called on European soccer federations to boycott Israel in a billboard in New York’s Times Square that went live on Tuesday, kicking off the #GameOverIsrael campaign months ahead of the World Cup. New York is set to host eight matches in the World …
By Brad Brooks and Joseph Ax PROVO, Utah (Reuters) – Utah prosecutors vowed on Tuesday to seek the death penalty for the accused assassin of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and revealed new details of their case, including text messages in which he was alleged to have privately confessed to the fatal shooting. “I had enough …
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By Harshita Mary Varghese and Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) – With a $5 million makeover, Phoenix Theatres transformed a 10-screen cinema at Cleveland’s Great Northern Mall into a cinematic escape where wall-to-wall screens, thundering sound, and luxurious recliners lure movie lovers back to the big screens. The investment appeared to pay off this summer, as moviegoers …
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By Julie Steenhuysen and Chad Terhune (Reuters) – U.S. government lawyers attempted to block a vaccine skeptic appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. from assuming new powers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that could be used to restrict access to COVID-19 shots, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Labor unions, faculties and students in the University of California education system sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday over the freezing of federal funds and other actions that they say aim to stifle academic freedom. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of …
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By Tom Polansek and Ted Hesson CHICAGO (Reuters) – Gregory Bovino, a top U.S. Border Patrol official, said his team made arrests in Chicago on Tuesday as part of an operation targeting immigrants in the U.S. illegally with criminal records. Bovino’s arrival in Chicago signaled a potential escalation of efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday it sued the states of Oregon and Maine over what it described as their failure to provide information regarding voter list maintenance procedures and electronic copies of statewide voter registration lists. The department said in a statement that the two states had violated the …
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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -In 1981, Robert Redford launched an experiment when he invited the makers of 10 low-budget movies to what film critic Roger Ebert described as a “cinematic summer camp” in the Utah mountains. Four decades later, Redford and the annual Sundance Film Festival that he founded are being celebrated as …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – California’s top environmental regulator, who has helped lead the state’s effort to ban the sale of gasoline-only vehicles starting in 2035, will retire on September 30 as the state spars with President Donald Trump over climate change rules. Governor Gavin Newsom said California Air Resources Board Chair Liane Randolph, …
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By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – Three parents whose children died or were hospitalized after interacting with artificial intelligence chatbots called on Congress to regulate AI chatbots on Tuesday, at a U.S. Senate hearing on harms to children using the technology. Chatbots “need some sense of morality built into them,” said Matthew Raine, who sued OpenAI …
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