(Reuters) – A U.S. grand jury on Wednesday indicted four men including the suspected driver in connection with the death of 53 migrants amid the sweltering heat during a smuggling attempt last month in Texas, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. Dozens of migrants were packed into the back of a tractor-trailer that was found on …
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By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department on Wednesday added dozens of current and former officials, lawmakers, judges and business people from Central America to a list that names those the U.S. government considers “corrupt and undemocratic” actors in the region. The so-called Engel List, created under a law sponsored by then-U.S. Representative …
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SAN JUAN (Reuters) – Hundreds of people marched on Wednesday in Puerto Rico’s capital San Juan to demand that the island’s government cancel its contract with power grid operator LUMA Energy over chronic power outages and frequent rate hikes. Demonstrators including union leaders and community activists say LUMA has steadily increased power rates despite frequent …
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(Reuters) – A lightning strike killed one soldier and injured nine others taking part in a training exercise on Wednesday at a U.S. Army post in Georgia, base officials said. Details were not immediately available, but the accident occurred at about 11 a.m. in a training area of Ford Gordon, located just outside Augusta, Georgia, …
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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top U.S. Senate Democrats and Republicans said on Wednesday they may have the votes to pass a bill protecting same-sex marriage rights nationwide, the day after the measure passed the House of Representatives with a bipartisan majority. The measure, intended to head off any Supreme Court effort to roll …
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By Rollo Ross MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (Reuters) – A century-old racial injustice was righted on Wednesday when the deed to Los Angeles County beachfront property that had been taken from an African-American couple was ceremoniously returned to their heirs. Dignitaries participating in the ceremony called the return of government land unjustly acquired from Black citizens …
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By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Little known are the names of the Americans detained abroad despite their years’ long plight to regain their freedom, but now, thanks to a work of art unveiled on Wednesday in the U.S. capital, the faces of more than a dozen U.S. citizens held by foreign governments will be …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A Georgia law banning abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected, typically around six weeks, will take effect after a federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a challenge to it by abortion providers. Chief Judge William Pryor of the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote for a unanimous three-judge …
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By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Secret Service has turned over a text message conversation from Jan. 6, 2021, to the congressional committee probing the Capitol attack and said it was trying to find out whether other texts may have been lost, according to a letter released by the agency on Wednesday. The Secret …
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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives panel on Wednesday worked toward approving legislation to ban assault-style rifles such as those used in recent mass shootings, and another bill allowing lawsuits against firearms manufacturers. The bills face staunch Republican opposition within the House panel, as well as slim odds in …
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