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By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris pressured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to help reach a Gaza ceasefire deal that would ease the suffering of Palestinian civilians, striking a tougher tone than President Joe Biden. “It is time for this war to end,” Harris said in …

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(Reuters) -SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has been cleared to return to space by the U.S. aviation regulator after it was grounded by a rare mid-flight failure, the Federal Aviation administration (FAA) said on Thursday. The FAA said it did not find any public safety issues in the anomaly that occurred during the failed July 11 …

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(Reuters) – Jailed Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was moved to a New York hospital on Thursday with multiple ailments including COVID, his representatives said in a statement. New York City Correction Department records showed on Thursday that Weinstein, 72, was at the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward. Weinstein, convicted on rape charges in New York and …

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By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge said Thursday that he may reverse course on ending Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy and instead keep Donald Trump’s former lawyer under Chapter 11 supervision until he pays about $350,000 in fees owed to his creditors. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane had ruled on July 12 that …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Manhattan prosecutors who secured Donald Trump’s historic criminal conviction said the verdict should stand despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that presidents cannot face criminal charges over official acts. In a court filing dated July 24 and made public on Thursday, the prosecutors urged a judge to …

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By Moira Warburton and Jody Godoy WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on a broad bipartisan basis on Thursday advanced two online safety bills that would force social media companies to take responsibility for how their platforms affect children and teens, a step parents and advocates have demanded for years. The bills cleared a critical procedural …

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By Christina Anagnostopoulos (Reuters) – Misinformation about Vice President – and now presidential candidate – Kamala Harris that first spread during the 2020 election has been resurfacing after she announced her 2024 bid for the Oval Office. With Harris’ candidacy, Democrats are betting against her missteps as a politician as well as a history of …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Thursday she is “ready” to debate former President Donald Trump, her Republican rival in a November general election. “I’m ready, let’s go,” Harris told reporters. (Reporting by Nandita Bose; writing by Jasper Ward)