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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors asked a judge on Wednesday to launch an ethics inquiry into whether defense lawyers for prominent members of the right-week Oath Keepers are improperly allowing an attorney closely allied with former President Donald Trump to help pay their legal fees. The Justice Department’s court filing cited …

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(Reuters) -The Biden administration plans to propose a rule to establish a maximum nicotine level in cigarettes and other finished tobacco products in an attempt to make them less addictive, the White House Budget Office said Tuesday, and cigarette makers responded that there were better ways to cut smoking harm. The rule, expected in May …

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By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) – The Georgia Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the murder conviction of a man accused of killing his 22-month-old son by leaving him in a sweltering sport utility vehicle because he wanted a child-free life. The court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that evidence of Justin Ross Harris’s affairs should …

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VALLETTA (Reuters) – An American couple on Wednesday appealed to the Maltese authorities to let them leave Malta to have an abortion and avoid any risks to the mother after she suffered symptoms of a miscarriage. Malta is the only country in the European Union which does not allow abortion under any circumstances. Andrea Prudente …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday said he will put bipartisan legislation on lowering insulin costs to a vote on the Senate floor “very soon.” “The cost of insulin has skyrocketed in recent years and the Insulin Act will make this life-saving medication more affordable by capping the …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday said a federal grand jury voted to indict Tallahassee’s former Democratic mayor and Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and making false statements. Gillum, 42, is facing numerous criminal charges along with his associate, Sharon Janet Lettman-Hicks, 53, …

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A divided U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld the criminal contempt conviction of a disbarred lawyer who won but was unable to collect a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron Corp for polluting the Ecuadorian rainforest. In a 2-1 decision, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected Steven Donziger’s …

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