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U.S. commission recommends renaming nine Army bases to strip Confederate legacy

24 May 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Congressionally mandated commission announced on Tuesday its recommendations for changes to the names of nine U.S. Army bases that currently honor the Confederacy and Confederate leaders. The recommended changes, if implemented, would name bases in honor of Black, Hispanic and female American heroes, including Mary Edwards Walker, the only woman to …

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Veteran news anchor Greta Van Susteren joins Newsmax

24 May 2022

(Corrects grammar in lead paragraph, replacing “as” with “to”) (Reuters) -Veteran news anchor Greta Van Susteren will join Newsmax to host a weeknight show from Washington, D.C., the cable news network announced Monday. The hour-long show, “The Record with Greta Van Susteren,” is set to premiere on June 14, and lead the network’s weeknight lineup. …

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Manhattan return-to-office plans face persistent headwinds over COVID, safety

24 May 2022

By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Efforts by financial firms and others to bring workers back to Manhattan offices more than two years after the start of the coronavirus pandemic face persistent headwinds, consultants said, with commuters still worrying about COVID-19 as well as safety. New York has lagged others major markets in the …

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Migrants in Mexico despair; U.S. extends pandemic asylum limits

24 May 2022

By Daniel Becerril and Lizbeth Diaz REYNOSA (Reuters) – Migrants across northern Mexico voiced frustration and desperation on Monday, after the U.S. government failed to lift a pandemic-era policy that has largely prevented them from seeking asylum in the United States for over two years. An eleventh-hour decision by a federal judge in Louisiana on …

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U.S. agency issues order to speed baby formula ingredient deliveries

24 May 2022

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) said it was issuing a national emergency declaration to waive hours-of-service requirements for commercial vehicle drivers transporting baby formula ingredients and packaging. The order comes in the wake of a product recall by top baby formula maker Abbott Laboratories, and the closing …

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FBI counts 61 ‘active shooter’ incidents last year, up 52% from 2020

24 May 2022

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -The United States experienced 61 “active shooter” incidents last year, up sharply in the sheer number of attacks, casualties and geographic distribution from 2021 and the highest tally in over 20 years, the FBI reported on Monday. The 2021 total, spread over 30 states, was 52% higher than 2020 and about …

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New York judge approves congressional map, throwing Democrats into disarray

24 May 2022

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – A New York judge approved a new congressional map that pits two veteran Democratic incumbents against one another and boosts Republican odds of capturing more seats in November’s midterm elections, further endangering Democrats’ fragile U.S. House majority. Justice Patrick McAllister, a judge in rural Steuben County, signed off on the …

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Anaheim mayor resigns amid corruption probe in sale of Angel Stadium

24 May 2022

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The mayor of Anaheim, California, resigned on Monday amid a federal probe into possible corruption involving the $325 million sale of baseball’s Angel Stadium, his lawyer said. Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu had been under pressure to resign since a federal affidavit made public last week showed that he was under investigation …

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Embattled U.S. Rep. Cawthorn faces House ethics probe after election defeat

24 May 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Madison Cawthorn, a scandal-plagued Republican who lost his re-election bid last week, faced a congressional ethics probe on Monday into allegations that he may have engaged in insider trading and had an improper relationship with a staff member. In the House of Representatives’ Ethics Committee announcement of the probe, it said …

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