By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A jury in Washington on Tuesday found a former attorney for Hillary Clinton’s U.S. presidential campaign not guilty of lying to the FBI when he met with the bureau in September 2016 to share a tip about possible communications between Donald Trump’s business and a Russian bank. The …
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By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will seek regional consensus on a new economic agenda to build on existing trade agreements with Latin America and present a plan to tackle increasing migration when he hosts the Summit of the Americas, senior U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Previewing Biden’s priorities for the talks in …
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By Andrew Cawthorne (Reuters) – When a desperate and bleeding 17-year-old girl walked into his rural health centre, Kenyan medic Ismail Mohammed Salim thought he was doing the right thing by helping her conclude an unwanted and dangerous pregnancy. Days later, both were in jail. “I gave an evacuation service to save a patient’s life …
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By Karl Plume (Reuters) – North Dakota farmer Dwight Grotberg wanted to plant more wheat this spring to capitalize on soaring prices since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cut grain exports and left the world short of millions of tonnes of wheat supply. Heavy rain has prevented Grotberg from planting as much wheat crop as he …
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By Steve Holland and Brad Brooks WASHINGTON/UVALDE, Texas (Reuters) -A day after promising residents of Uvalde, Texas, action to address gun violence, U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday sought to appeal to “rational” Republicans to curb powerful weapons and take other federal action to prevent mass shootings. “Things have gotten so bad that everybody is …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S President Joe Biden said the Federal Reserve has a primary responsibility to control inflation and vowed not to seek “to influence its decisions inappropriately” ahead of a meeting with the central bank chief on Tuesday. Biden will meet Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to discuss the state of American and global economy, …
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(Reuters) – San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler decided that in honor of the Memorial Day holiday on Monday he would pause his plan to sit out the national anthem in protest against what he views as U.S. government inaction on gun violence. Kapler stopped taking the field for the pre-game playing of “The Star-Spangled …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. airlines, which are still rebuilding flight crews after the COVID-19 pandemic travel slowdown, canceled more than 2,500 flights over the four-day Memorial Day holiday that marks the traditional start of the busy summer travel season. Airlines worldwide canceled more than 1,500 flights on Monday, according to FlightAware, after …
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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -The National Rifle Association board reappointed Wayne LaPierre as executive vice president on Monday, turning back the latest leadership challenge amid corruption allegations and flat membership for the still-powerful gun lobby. The board vote came as the NRA held its annual meeting in Houston, about 280 miles (450 km) east of …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Food safety regulators in the United States and Canada are investigating a Hepatitis A outbreak potentially linked to tainted organic strawberries that has sickened 17 people in the United States and 10 in Canada, the agencies said. Fifteen illnesses were reported in California, and one each in Minnesota and North Dakota, the …
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