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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Georgia’s Republican-controlled state election board approved a new rule on Monday that voting rights advocates say could permit local election officials to delay certification of November’s presidential election results, potentially throwing the outcome of the battleground state’s vote into uncertainty. The five-member board, which includes three conservative members championed by …

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By Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) -Attorneys general from about two dozen U.S. states are seeking treble damages against Live Nation Entertainment and its ticket-selling unit, Ticketmaster, for allegedly monopolizing markets across the live concert industry in an updated version of a lawsuit originally filed in May. The U.S. Justice Department and several states sued …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is proposing to increase the corporate tax rate to 28% from 21% if she wins a November election against Republican rival Donald Trump, her campaign said on Monday. Harris campaign spokesperson James Singer said the move would be part of “a fiscally responsible way to …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Republicans issued a report on Monday alleging Democratic President Joe Biden committed impeachable offenses, but it was unclear whether they would push for a vote following a probe the White House has long dismissed as politically motivated. A 291-page report by three House committees alleged that Biden profited …

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(Reuters) – Ernesto regained hurricane strength on Sunday and the storm was causing dangerous rip currents on beaches along the U.S. East Coast and Canada, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The forecaster also said that additional intensification is expected over the next 12 hours, followed by a weakening before it becomes a post-tropical cyclone …

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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three of the 11 victims of the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who were exhumed on Friday, were found with gunshot wounds, the city said. Two of those three victims were found to have wounds from two different firearms and one had “evidence of possible burns,” the city …

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