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Inspired by Canadian truck protests, ‘People’s Convoy’ heads to Washington

24 Feb 2022 24 Feb 2022

By Omar Younis and David Swanson ADELANTO, Calif. (Reuters) -A group of American truckers began a cross-country drive from California to Washington on Wednesday to protest coronavirus restrictions, taking a cue from demonstrations that paralyzed Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, for weeks. More than two dozen 18-wheeler trucks, along with some 50 pickups and recreational vehicles, …

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Baseball-MLB sets Monday deadline as labor talks continue

24 Feb 2022 24 Feb 2022

By Rory Carroll (Reuters) – Major League Baseball will cancel games if a labor agreement being negotiated with its players is not finalized by Monday, a league source said. “The deadline is the deadline,” the source told Reuters on Wednesday. “After Feb. 28 games will be canceled. Missed games are missed games and salary will not be …

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U.S. offshore wind auction bids top $1.5 billion, with more to come

24 Feb 2022 24 Feb 2022

By Nichola Groom (Reuters) -The largest ever U.S. sale of offshore wind development rights – for areas off the coasts of New York and New Jersey – attracted a record $1.5 billion in bids on Wednesday, supporting President Joe Biden’s plan to create a new domestic industry. The auction, which will continue on Thursday, is …

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Husband of slain cinematographer ‘so angry’ Baldwin took no blame

24 Feb 2022 24 Feb 2022

(Reuters) – The husband of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has said he was “so angry” that actor Alec Baldwin denied responsibility for her death after Baldwin shot her during the filming of the Western “Rust.” In his first interview since filing a wrongful death lawsuit against Baldwin and about two dozen other defendants last week, Matt …

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Courts in North Carolina, Pennsylvania reject Republican-backed congressional maps

24 Feb 2022 24 Feb 2022

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Courts in North Carolina and Pennsylvania on Wednesday approved new congressional districts that could bolster Democrats’ chances of holding onto the U.S. House of Representatives in November, after Republican efforts to install more advantageous maps for their party failed in both states. A panel of North Carolina judges rejected the latest …

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Prosecutors leading New York criminal probe into Trump resign

24 Feb 2022 24 Feb 2022

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Two prosecutors who had been leading the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal probe into former U.S. President Donald Trump and his business practices have resigned, the district attorney’s office said on Wednesday. The departures of Special Counsel Carey Dunne and Mark Pomerantz came less than two months after District Attorney Alvin Bragg assumed …

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Jury begins weighing if Minneapolis police violated George Floyd’s rights

24 Feb 2022 24 Feb 2022

By Jonathan Allen ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) -A jury began deliberating on Wednesday on whether three former Minneapolis police officers deprived George Floyd of his constitutional rights by failing to come to the aid of the handcuffed Black man pinned beneath a colleague’s knee. Tou Thao, 36; J. Alexander Kueng, 28; and Thomas Lane, 38, …

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Former head of New York police union charged with fraud in federal court

24 Feb 2022 24 Feb 2022

By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) -The former head of one of New York City’s police unions was charged with fraud, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday, saying that he schemed to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from the union. Ed Mullins, who was first elected president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) …

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U.S. senator to stop delays on some Biden nominees after Nord Stream shift

24 Feb 2022 24 Feb 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senator Ted Cruz said on Wednesday he would lift his holds on President Joe Biden’s State Department nominees now that the Democrat has ended his waiver of sanctions on the company behind the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline. Cruz has delayed the Senate’s confirmation of dozens of Biden’s nominees under …

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New York City to try installing subway barriers after attacks leave riders on edge

24 Feb 2022 24 Feb 2022

By Dan Whitcomb and Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City will experiment with installing barriers or doors on a few subway platforms, the city’s transit chief said on Wednesday, with residents on edge over a rise in violence against riders. The move comes five weeks after a 40-year-old woman, Michelle Go, was …

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