By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of making defamatory statements during his campaign about five Black and Hispanic men who were wrongly convicted and imprisoned for the 1989 rape of a white jogger in New York’s Central Park. Trump’s lawyers said …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – The group that successfully persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to ban race-conscious admissions at civilian colleges is expanding its fight to end affirmative action at military academies with a new lawsuit against the U.S. Air Force Academy. Students for Fair Admissions, a group founded by affirmative action opponent Edward Blum, …
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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. consumer prices increased in November by the most in seven months, but the Federal Reserve was still expected to deliver a third consecutive interest rate cut next week to support a labor market that has been cooling. Progress in lowering inflation toward the U.S. central bank’s 2% target has …
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By Lori Ewing , 2024 (Reuters) – World figure skating champion Deanna Stellato-Dudek became a Canadian citizen on Wednesday, making the Chicago native and her pairs partner Maxime Deschamps eligible to compete for Canada at the 2026 Milan Olympics. Stellato-Dudek became the oldest female figure skater at age 40 to win a world title with …
(Reuters) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the monarch butterfly as a threatened species on Tuesday, citing a significant decline in the iconic black and orange insects that has pushed them toward extinction. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Monarch butterflies, known for migrating thousands of miles (km) across North America, have experienced a decades-long …
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An Ohio lawmaker has introduced legislation that would make it a felony offense for an opponent to plant its flag in the center of Ohio Stadium. The O.H.I.O. Sportsmanship Act introduced Tuesday by Republican state Rep. Josh Williams comes in response to a midfield brawl that broke out in Columbus on Nov. 30 after Michigan …
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By Steve Holland, Gram Slattery and Alexandra Ulmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump is planning a blizzard of more than 25 executive orders and directives on his first day in office on Jan. 20 as he seeks to dramatically reshape U.S. government policy on issues from immigration to energy. Two sources familiar with the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Capitol Police said they arrested a person suspected of assaulting Republican U.S. Representative Nancy Mace, who recently introduced a bill aimed at blocking the chamber’s first openly transgender member from using women’s bathrooms. Capitol Police said they arrested James McIntyre, 33, of Illinois in the Rayburn House office building after Mace’s …
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By Jorge Garcia MALIBU, California (Reuters) -A wildfire fanned by strong winds was burning on Tuesday just northwest of Los Angeles forced some residents in Malibu to evacuate as it threatened homes, knocked out power and closed roads in the beach community. The brush fire blaze, called the Franklin Fire, grew overnight from five acres …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump has picked former U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, Ronald Johnson, as the next United States ambassador to Mexico, he said on social media on Tuesday. Johnson served as the ambassador to El Salvador from 2019 to 2021. Trump also cited Johnson’s more than 20 years of experience …
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