By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) -The man accused of killing a woman sleeping on a New York City subway car by setting her on fire after what prosecutors say was a night of heavy drinking pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and arson at a court hearing on Tuesday. A grand jury has …
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PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he wants the U.S. Congress to extend the nation’s debt ceiling, adding that he did not want to see the federal government default on its debt, which currently tops $36 trillion. “I just don’t want to see a default. That’s all I want,” Trump …
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By Jarrett Renshaw and Nichola Groom (Reuters) – President-Elect Donald Trump is weighing an executive order that seeks to protect gas-powered appliances including stoves and heaters from federal and local regulators who want to phase them out of homes and businesses, two sources familiar with the plans said. Republicans, including Trump, have spent the last …
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(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday will create two new national monuments in California, solidifying his legacy as the U.S. leader who has conserved more lands and waters than any of his predecessors. The designation of the Chuckwalla National Monument in the southern California desert and the Sattitla Highlands National Monument near the …
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(Reuters) – More than 200,000 homes and businesses in the central and eastern U.S. were still without power on Tuesday, data from PowerOutage.us showed, after a winter storm brought snow, ice and freezing temperatures. That is down from a total of more than 409,000 customers affected by the winter storms that battered the central and …
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(Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said he was choosing Joseph Nocella Jr. as his pick to become U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. “Judge Nocella has a strong record of bringing Law and Order to the incredible people of New York, serving as a Nassau County District Court Judge, and …
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By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) -Minneapolis on Monday agreed to systemic reforms to its police department and to submit to outside oversight after a U.S. federal investigation spurred by the 2020 murder of George Floyd uncovered a pattern of civil rights abuses. Minneapolis and the U.S. Justice Department reached a court-enforceable agreement, known as a consent …
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By Bo Erickson and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump is expected to meet Republican U.S. senators on Wednesday, a Republican aide said on Monday, as the president-elect urges his party to combine his priorities into one massive bill. The aide added that a time and location for the meeting were still to be …
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By Jeff Mason NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday visited the scene of the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans that left 14 people dead and dozens of others injured when a U.S. Army veteran rammed a truck into a crowd of revelers. Biden and his wife, Jill, made a …
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By Daniel Wiessner and Phil Stewart (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Defense will consider granting honorable discharges to more than 30,000 gay and bisexual veterans who were barred from serving in the military because of their sexual orientation, legal filings showed on Monday. Honorable discharges could make the veterans eligible for medical and other …
