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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A North Carolina charter school’s requirement that girls wear skirts based on the view that they are “fragile vessels” deserving of “gentle” treatment by boys is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on a 10-6 vote DailyDocket sided with …

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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday warned that a Supreme Court ruling overturning the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion could open the door to restrictions in other areas, such as contraception and in vitro fertilization. The Supreme Court looks set to vote to overturn the Roe …

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(Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday it charged the city of Rochester, New York, and its former executives and an adviser with misleading investors in a $119 million bond offering. The SEC alleges that the officials misled investors with outdated financial statements and did not indicate that the Rochester City …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former CIA coder sent classified U.S. information to the WikiLeaks website out of spite due to personal disputes with his then-colleagues, prosecutors told a jury on Tuesday at the outset of Joshua Schulte’s trial. Schulte, 33, said he was being framed. He is standing trial for a …

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By Moira Warburton and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives gave final congressional approval on Tuesday to a bill to bolster Supreme Court security in light of threats made against justices ahead of their anticipated ruling curtailing abortion rights. The legislation, which had already cleared the Senate, passed the House on a …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives gave final congressional approval on Tuesday to a bill that would bolster Supreme Court security, in light of threats made against justices ahead of their anticipated ruling curtailing abortion rights. The bill, approved unanimously by the Senate last month, now moves to President Joe Biden’s desk for …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department became aware, through media reports, of Russia’s extension of the pre-trial detention of American basketball player Brittney Griner, department spokesperson Ned Price said on Tuesday, while repeating calls for her release. Price made the comments at a regular press briefing. Russia’s TASS news agency reported that Griner’s detention …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he was comfortable with the framework of a U.S. Senate gun safety bill and would support the final proposed legislation if it looks like the framework. “For myself I’m comfortable with the framework,” McConnell told reporters. (Reporting by Moira Warburton and Makini Brice; …

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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -Massachusetts’ top court on Tuesday rejected a bid to ask voters whether app-based ride-share and delivery drivers should be treated as independent contractors rather than employees, in a setback for companies like Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s unanimous decision was a victory for labor …

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(Reuters) – The BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron are estimated to make up about 8.3% and 13.3% of the coronavirus variants in the United States as of June 11, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday. The two fast-spreading sublineages were added to the World Health Organization’s monitoring list …

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