By Brad Brooks and Joseph Ax (Reuters) -The man accused of fire-bombing a Colorado march by people who wanted to raise awareness of hostages in Gaza was charged in state court on Thursday with attempted murder and other crimes, as those he targeted vowed to carry on their efforts. If he is convicted, state prosecutors …
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(Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk said on Thursday that his rocket company SpaceX will not decommission its Dragon spacecraft just hours after stating that the company would begin decommissioning amid his escalating feud with U.S. President Donald Trump. (Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Alan Barona)
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) -A federal jury in Texas on Thursday acquitted the first migrant tried for entering one of the new military zones on the U.S.-Mexico border, marking a legal challenge to the Trump administration plan to raise penalties for illegal crossings. The trial of the 21-year-old Peruvian woman was a test of whether …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of seven Democratic senators on Thursday introduced sweeping air safety legislation after a fatal collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet in January near Reagan Washington National Airport killed 67 people. Lawmakers have questioned why the Federal Aviation Administration failed to act for years …
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(Refiles to correct slug keyword used by media clients. No change to text.) By Mike Scarcella, Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nippon Steel and the Trump administration on Thursday asked a U.S. appeals court to extend a pause in their litigation for eight days, to give them more time to reach a deal allowing the Japanese …
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(Refiles to add dropped words in paragraph 3) By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Before the jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial returned from a lunch break on Thursday, the gray-bearded hip-hop mogul turned to face courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg in the first row to make an unusual request. “Soften me up …
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(Refiles to add dropped words in paragraph 3 ) By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean “Diddy” Combs dismissed requests by one of his former girlfriends to stop having sex with other men at his behest, and threatened to stop paying her rent, the woman testified on Thursday at the hip-hop mogul’s sex trafficking trial. …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A Massachusetts high school student who was arrested during the weekend by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on his way to volleyball practice was released from custody on Thursday after a judge granted him bond. Marcelo Gomes da Silva, 18, was granted a $2,000 bond by Immigration Judge Jenny …
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By Sneha S K and Sriparna Roy (Reuters) -Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Thursday that the U.S. drugs regulator would look for ways to fast-track approval for rare disease treatments and remove obstacles to their path to market. Kennedy made the comments at a U.S. Food and Drug Administration …
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By Chris Prentice and Douglas Gillison NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told staff Thursday they no longer need to send weekly emails detailing their work accomplishments from the previous week, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. The initiative, launched in February by Office of Personnel …
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