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By Andrew Hay and Rod Nickel (Reuters) – A Texas software developer and a cook in British Columbia are among dozens of Americans and Canadians answering Ukraine’s call for foreign volunteers to fight Russia’s invasion. With their governments refusing to send troops to Ukraine out of fear of sparking a world war, Americans and Canadians …

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By Gabriella Borter and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bill to protect the right to have an abortion in the United States died in the Senate on Monday after it failed to garner enough Republican support to pass a procedural vote. While the Women’s Health Protection Act was expected to fail, Democratic leaders were under …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump on Monday appealed a judge’s ruling that he answer questions under oath in a civil probe by New York’s attorney general into the former U.S. president’s business practices. The appeal, which was expected, will delay Attorney General Letitia James from obtaining testimony from Trump and his …

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(Reuters) -A Michigan judge held a preliminary hearing on Thursday to decide whether prosecutors had enough evidence to bring involuntary manslaughter charges against the parents of a teenager accused of killing four high school students. James and Jennifer Crumbley are accused of buying the weapon as a Christmas present for their 15-year-old son Ethan and …

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By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) -Florida’s House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Republican-backed bill that would prohibit classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity, a measure Democrats denounced as being anti-LGBTQ. Dubbed the “don’t say gay” bill by opponents, the legislation is part of a broader political debate in the United States over how …

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(Reuters) – The New York City Marathon will return to full capacity with an estimated 50,000 runners set to participate in early November, organisers said on Thursday. The race, one of the most prestigious events on the global running calendar, was cancelled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and returned last year with a …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday will question a juror in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking case who failed to disclose having been sexually abused as a child. U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan also denied Maxwell’s bid for a new trial, at least until after a March 8 …

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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brought no pause to partisan squabbling in the U.S. Congress on Thursday, as some Republicans blasted Democratic President Joe Biden’s handling of the crisis and called on him to “change course” in his response. Some Republicans in the Senate and House of Representatives blamed Biden for …

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