By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court said three Muslim men cannot sue FBI agents after being placed on the “No Fly List” for refusing to become government informants. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the 16 agents were protected by qualified immunity, despite their “improper behavior” …
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By Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has opened 12 investigations into possible civil rights abuses by police departments since Democratic President Joe Biden took office, but has not secured even one binding settlement to implement reforms in any of them. After winning office following a wave of …
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By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) – Steve Bannon, a long-time ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump, was released on Tuesday from prison, where he had been serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress. Bannon, 70, was released one week before the U.S. presidential election pitting Trump, a Republican, against Vice President Kamala …
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By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – A U.S. auction of offshore wind development rights in the Gulf of Maine on Tuesday drew bids for only half of the eight offered leases, for a total of just $21.9 million in high bids, in the latest sign of deep industry malaise. The sale was a stark display of …
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By Moira Warburton WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – Democrat Sarah McBride is expected to make history next week as the first openly transgender person elected to the U.S. Congress. She is no stranger to making history: In 2016 she became the first openly transgender person to address a major U.S. political convention and in 2020 became …
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By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason ATLANTA/ANN ARBOR, Michigan (Reuters) -Republican Donald Trump on Monday appealed to religious voters in the southern swing state of Georgia as his campaign distanced itself from racist remarks by supporters that could alienate key voter groups. Millions of Americans have already cast their vote before the Nov. 5 election, …
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By Erwin Seba GONZALES, Louisiana (Reuters) – The United Steelworkers union is counting on clean energy projects to spur membership growth, offsetting losses at oil refining and petrochemical plants, a union official said, even if Donald Trump wins the presidential election on Nov. 5. The USW, which represents about 30,000 crude oil refinery and petrochemical …
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(Reuters) -Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos on Monday defended the newspaper’s decision not to endorse a U.S. presidential candidate after a report that more than 200,000 people had canceled their digital subscriptions following the move. The decision blocked an endorsement of Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris, the National Public Radio report said, and many people …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in 2005, according to a new lawsuit that joins more than two dozen others accusing the music mogul of sexual misconduct. The civil lawsuit was one of two filed on Monday in a New York state …
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(Reuters) -The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services on Monday confirmed the death of a middle-aged eastern Iowa resident from Lassa fever. The individual had recently returned from travel to West Africa, where it is believed the person contracted the virus, the state health department said. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
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