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Biden signs executive order on abortion, declares Supreme Court ‘out of control’

9 Jul 2022 9 Jul 2022

By Jeff Mason and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was an exercise in “raw political power” and signed an executive order on Friday to ease access to services to terminate pregnancies. Biden, a Democrat, has been under pressure from his own …

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U.S. considering range of options for ConocoPhillips’ Willow drilling project

9 Jul 2022 9 Jul 2022

(Reuters) -The Biden administration on Friday unveiled an environmental analysis for ConocoPhillips’ planned $6 billion Willow oil and gas project in Alaska and outlined several options for the development, including not building it at all. The release of the document has been highly anticipated by the oil and gas industry and environmental groups since last …

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U.S. basketball star Griner admits Russian drugs charge but denies intent

9 Jul 2022 9 Jul 2022

KHIMKI, Russia (Reuters) – U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to a drugs charge in a Russian court on Thursday but denied she had intentionally broken the law. Griner was speaking at the second hearing of her trial on a narcotics charge that carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, days …

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‘Sopranos’ actor Tony Sirico dies at age 79

9 Jul 2022 9 Jul 2022

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Actor Tony Sirico, who played the lovable but murderous gangster Paulie Walnuts on the HBO series “The Sopranos” and was frequently cast in Woody Allen films, died on Friday at age 79, his family said. Sirico played a major role in the HBO drama that started in 1999 and became …

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Gun groups challenge California ban on firearms marketing to kids

9 Jul 2022 9 Jul 2022

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The publisher of a youth shooting magazine and several gun-rights groups filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging a recently enacted California law banning the marketing of guns to minors by manufacturers and others in the firearms industry. In a lawsuit https://tmsnrt.rs/3nR28M2 filed in federal court in Los Angeles, the publisher Junior …

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Uvalde mayor disputes report that police missed chance to shoot gunman before massacre

9 Jul 2022 9 Jul 2022

By Daniel Trotta and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -Uvalde’s mayor is disputing a report about the May 24 school shooting that said a police officer awaiting a supervisor’s permission to fire his rifle missed a chance to take out the shooter who went on to massacre 19 children and two teachers. But the director of the …

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Invasion of giant African land snails puts Florida on offensive

9 Jul 2022 9 Jul 2022

By Randi Love (Reuters) – Hundreds of giant African land snails have turned up on Florida’s Gulf Coast, officials said on Friday, threatening to destroy a vast array of plants and trees, and posing the risk of transmitting a rare type of meningitis to humans. The snail, native to East Africa, is one of the …

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Four U.S. border agency employees could face discipline over treatment of Haitian migrants

9 Jul 2022 9 Jul 2022

By Mica Rosenberg and Ted Hesson NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four employees from U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have been referred for disciplinary review over their treatment of Haitian migrants who they sought to push back across the Rio Grande using horses last September, CBP officials said on Friday as the agency released a …

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At CIA headquarters, Biden lauds U.S. intelligence for Putin warnings

9 Jul 2022 9 Jul 2022

By Jeff Mason LANGLEY, Va. (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday thanked staff at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency for warning the world about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plans to invade Ukraine, and hailed what he called the “quiet bravery” of America’s spies. Marking the CIA’s 75th anniversary, Biden said he …

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Man arrested over alleged threat to Colorado’s top election official

8 Jul 2022 8 Jul 2022

(Reuters) – Colorado state police arrested a man accused of threatening the state’s top election official, court records showed on Friday, the first such detention since authorities began strengthening laws on election-related threats last year. Kirk Wertz, 52, was arrested on Wednesday night and placed in Denver’s jail, the records show. He faces a felony …

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