By Rich McKay and Brad Brooks BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) – The gunman convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man in Georgia, repeatedly used racist language in text messages with friends, and also shared a music video of a white supremacist singer, jurors at his federal hate crimes trial heard on Wednesday. Travis McMichael, who …
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CHICAGO (Reuters) – Testing confirmed a highly lethal form of bird flu in a commercial turkey flock in Kentucky, the state said on Wednesday, expanding outbreaks in the U.S. poultry sector. Kentucky on Monday identified the turkeys in Webster County as a suspected outbreak. Highly pathogenic avian flu has also been confirmed in turkeys in …
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By Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A private prison company will run a new U.S. pilot program that would place hundreds of migrants caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border under house arrest, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Reuters, an approach that critics say is an extension of for-profit detention. BI Incorporated, …
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By Brian Ellsworth MIAMI (Reuters) -Alex Saab, a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, cooperated with U.S. authorities for nearly a year starting in 2018 by forfeiting funds and serving as a confidential source, according to a U.S. court filing unsealed on Wednesday. Saab agreed to be an “active law enforcement source” for the …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ken Kurson, a former editor of the New York Observer newspaper who was pardoned in January 2021 by then-U.S. President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to two misdemeanor charges after being accused of spying on his former wife by accessing her computer. The 53-year-old Kurson entered his …
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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden has rejected former President Donald Trump’s executive privilege claims and ordered White House visitor logs to be released to the panel investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 attack, according to a letter released on Wednesday. In a letter to the National Archives, Biden’s White House counsel …
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By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sarah Palin faces a narrow path ahead if she wants to use her defamation case against the New York Times as a vehicle to challenge broad U.S. legal protections for news organizations, media lawyers said. After losing a jury trial on Tuesday, the prominent Republican is likely to appeal …
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By Tom Hals and Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – Remington Arms will pay $73 million to the families of five children and four adults killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, the families said on Tuesday, marking the first time a gunmaker has agreed to a major settlement over a mass shooting in the United …
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(Reuters) -CNN executive Allison Gollust has resigned after an internal investigation found violations of policy by her and others, WarnerMedia Chief Executive Jason Kilar told staff in a memo seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Her departure is the latest move after a network investigation into the conduct of Chris Cuomo, a primetime CNN anchor fired …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Having lost at trial on Tuesday, Republican Sarah Palin has signaled she could go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court with her libel lawsuit against the New York Times, one of several cases that could challenge the 1964 “actual malice” legal standard for public figures to prove defamation. …
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