By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A wealthy father on Thursday was acquitted of charges that he bribed a Georgetown University tennis coach to secure a spot for his daughter at the elite school in the final case linked to the U.S. college admissions scandal to go to trial. Amin Khoury, a son of the co-founder …
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By Jody Godoy SANTA ANA, Calif. (Reuters) -Michael Avenatti, the brash lawyer known for taking on then-U.S. President Donald Trump, on Thursday pleaded guilty to fraud and obstruction charges, in a bid to end years of defending against criminal charges that destroyed his career and led to two criminal convictions. Avenatti, 51, admitted to four …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Nebraska man pleaded guilty on Thursday to making threats against an election official, marking the third federal case brought by a U.S. Justice Department task force formed last year to address the rising tide of such threats. The Justice Department said that Travis Ford, 42, of Lincoln, …
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By Omar Younis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – As a historic drought grips southern California, one district is getting tough on water usage violators by reducing their supply directly from the source so that sprinklers and outdoor hoses no longer work. The Las Virgenes Municipal Water District in Calabasas, north of Los Angeles, places metal …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dr. Anthony Fauci, a public health official who became the face of U.S. government efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said in a statement. Fauci, the chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, was experiencing mild symptoms, the NIH said …
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By Jake Cordell (Reuters) – Two U.S. citizens who traveled to Ukraine as volunteer fighters against Russian forces have been missing for a week and are feared captured, family members said on Wednesday. Alexander Drueke, 39, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Andy Huynh, 27, of Hartselle, Alabama, were last in contact with their families on June …
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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday released new warnings for synthetic pollutants in drinking water known as “forever chemicals” saying the toxins can still be harmful even at levels so low they are not detectable. The family of toxic chemicals known as per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have …
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By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) – John Hinckley, who wounded then U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three others in a 1981 assassination attempt, was released without conditions on Wednesday in compliance with a federal judge’s order. He had received full-time conditional release in 2016 after 30 years in a psychiatric hospital in Washington and had lived …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed federal hate crime charges against a white supremacist accused of killing 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York, last month, saying he was driven by a desire to “prevent Black people from replacing white people.” Payton Gendron faces 26 counts of hate …
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By Susan Heavey and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – – The congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol took aim at a fellow lawmaker on Wednesday as it released video footage showing him giving a tour of the building the previous day to a man who participated in the riot. …
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