By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Friday extended its streak of victories in jury trials against rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, securing a guilty verdict in its prosecution of a New Jersey man facing a felony charge. After less than a day of deliberation, a federal jury …
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By Brad Brooks and Tim Reid UVALDE, Texas (Reuters) – Pastor Julian Moreno stood at the pulpit of the Primera Iglesia Baptist church in Uvalde where he’s preached for 50 years, speaking of his great-granddaughter, who was among the 19 children gunned down inside Robb Elementary School. Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, a 10-year-old known as Lexi, …
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(Reuters) – At least two girls cowering in their classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Texas called the police emergency number 911 during the massacre, a law enforcement official said on Friday. Gunman Salvador Ramos killed 19 students, mostly 9 and 10-year-olds, and two teachers in the attack. The first call came from a little …
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(Reuters) -Bubs Australia Ltd plans to ship at least 1.25 million cans of its baby formula to the United States to help ease a nationwide shortage, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday. Some of it is currently in stock for transport and more will be produced by the Australian company in …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke on Friday to Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and stressed the importance of concluding the probes into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the State Department said. “Secretary Blinken underscored the importance of concluding the investigations into the death of Palestinian-American Shireen …
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By Brad Brooks and Gabriella Borter UVALDE, Texas (Reuters) -The gunman in the Texas school massacre barged unchallenged through an unlocked door, then killed 19 children and two teachers while holed up in their classroom for an hour before a tactical team stormed in and killed him, police said on Thursday. The latest official details …
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – A trauma doctor tending to three children wounded in the school shooting in the Texas city of Uvalde said it is “crushing” to treat victims of the second mass shooting in the area within the last five years. “It’s a little bit crushing that, you know, you’re talking about a …
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(Reuters) – The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays used their social media accounts to raise awareness about gun violence on Thursday instead of covering their Major League Baseball (MLB) game in the wake of mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas. An 18-year-old gunman armed with a semi-automatic rifle stormed an elementary school …
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By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) -The United Steelworkers union (USW) on Thursday afternoon signed a tentative agreement to end a nine-week-old strike at Chevron Corp’s Richmond, California, refinery, the company said. The tentative pact must be ratified by a majority of the 500 members of USW Local 12-5 who walked off their jobs on March …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -K-pop superstars BTS will head to the White House next week to address hate crimes targeting Asians and people of Asian descent with U.S. President Joe Biden, the White House said in a statement on Thursday. Biden would host the global phenomenon musical group on Tuesday and would “discuss Asian inclusion and representation, …
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