By Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a new law requiring retailers to boost safety protections for store workers, including requiring major chains to add panic buttons in all New York State locations. Unions representing retail workers had pushed for the new law, known as the Retail …
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By Alexandra Ulmer LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Jewish donors on Thursday that U.S. universities would lose accreditation and federal support over what he described as “antisemitic propaganda” if he is elected to the White House. “Colleges will and must end the antisemitic propaganda or they will lose their accreditation and …
By Diana Novak Jones (Reuters) – More than a dozen former U.S. Coast Guard Academy students who say they were victims of sexual assault filed complaints on Thursday seeking $130 million in damages, accusing the school of allowing sexual violence to go unchecked. The former students filed administrative claims with the U.S. Coast Guard, claiming …
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By David Lawder RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday warned that any attempts to roll back the Biden administration’s clean energy tax credits would raise costs for families and jeopardize new investments in U.S. manufacturing that are creating jobs. Yellen told an audience at North Carolina’s Wake Tech Community …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro violated a law limiting political activity by federal employees when he publicly advocated voting for President Joe Biden and criticized former President Donald Trump, the Office of Special Counsel said on Thursday. U.S. federal employees are subject to the Hatch Act, a law limiting some political …
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(Reuters) – American rapper Rich Homie Quan, who charted the Billboard Hot 100 with songs like “Type of Way” and “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)”, died on Thursday, according to media reports. He was 34. The rapper died at his home in Atlanta, TMZ reported, citing his family and a representative for the Fulton County morgue. …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday left in place a temporary block on a Biden administration legalization program for immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens. (Reporting by Ted Hesson in Washington; Editing by Leslie Adler)
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Biden administration officials are weighing whether to toughen an asylum ban to maintain lower levels of illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border since the ban went into effect in June, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security official familiar with the matter told Reuters. The ban is designed to be …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign raised $130 million in August, ending that month with $295 million cash on hand, the campaign said in a statement on Wednesday. The fundraising was slightly lower in August when compared to July. The Trump campaign raised $138.7 million in July and had a cash …
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By Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. on Wednesday filed money-laundering charges against two employees of Russian state media network RT for what officials said was a scheme to hire an American company to produce online content to influence the 2024 presidential election. Justice Department officials said the two employees used …
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