(Reuters) – A pile-up involving more than 100 vehicles closed a portion of an interstate highway in Illinois on Thursday amid a snowstorm, according to state police and video posted on social media. Part of Interstate 39 near El Paso, Illinois, was shut after multiple accidents starting at about 3:13 p.m. CST (2115 GMT), according …
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By Karen Freifeld and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York judge ruled on Thursday that former U.S. President Donald Trump and two of his adult children must answer questions under oath within 21 days in the state attorney general’s civil probe into their family company. Justice Arthur Engoron of the New York …
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By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom presented a plan on Thursday to confront COVID-19 beyond its pandemic phase, focusing on readiness, vigilance and vaccines as the nation’s most populous state moves from a crisis approach to “living with this virus.” Highlights of the strategy include more stockpiling of masks and …
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(Reuters) -A New York state trooper who has accused former Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment sued Cuomo and a top aide on Thursday, stating that she was subjected to discrimination and retaliation after making the allegations. The woman, identified in court documents only as Trooper 1, says that Cuomo touched her inappropriately on at …
By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) – A grand jury in Austin, Texas, has indicted several police officers for using excessive force during racial justice protests in 2020, authorities said on Thursday. Prosecutors did not yet say how many police officers were indicted. The president of the Austin Police Association union said that 19 officers …
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By Jonathan Landay and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government aims to open a new center in Northern Virginia to receive additional Afghan evacuees, according to four sources familiar with the matter, although even before any official announcement the local sheriff in the area raised concerns about the plan. The center is due …
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By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) – U.S. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday endorsed a primary challenger to Republican Representative Liz Cheney, a prominent critic of former President Donald Trump. McCarthy, who represents California, said in a statement he will back Harriet Hageman in the Republican primary in Wyoming set for August. The move comes …
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By Dan Whitcomb and Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -The family of a Black teenager who was pinned to the ground and arrested by New Jersey police following a fight with a white teenager at a local mall has retained the attorney in the George Floyd wrongful death case, Benjamin Crump, to represent them. “This is another …
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress on Thursday gave final approval of legislation funding the government through March 11, avoiding the embarrassing spectacle of federal agencies having to shut many of their operations amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis. The Senate acted as a midnight Friday deadline loomed, when existing funds were set to expire …
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By Tim Reid and Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) -A Colorado elections clerk was sued on Thursday after he copied data from voting machines with the help of two men with ties to groups supporting the false conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was stolen from former Republican President Donald Trump. Dallas Schroeder, who oversees elections …
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