By Jeff Mason and Makini Brice DETROIT (Reuters) -Seeking to revive his struggling reelection campaign, President Joe Biden held a rare rally in Detroit on Friday, telling a cheering crowd he wasn’t going to leave the race and warning that Republican Donald Trump poses a serious threat. Biden, 81, is trying to shift the conversation …
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By Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) -Colorado has reported three presumptive cases of H5 bird flu virus infection in poultry workers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday. The three people experienced mild symptoms, the CDC said in a statement. The infections occurred in workers who were culling infected animals at a poultry …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A divided federal appeals court on Friday rejected a constitutional challenge to Tennessee’s decades-old policy of not allowing people born in the state to amend their birth certificates to reflect their gender identity. A 2-1 panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the U.S. Constitution did …
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By David Shepardson (Reuters) -Southwest Airlines and Archer Aviation said on Friday they have agreed to develop operational plans for electric air taxi networks built by Archer at California airports where Texas-based Southwest operates. The companies said they have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on a concept of operations that lays the foundation …
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By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket was grounded by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday after one broke apart in space and doomed its payload of Starlink satellites, the first failure in more than seven years of a rocket relied upon by the global space industry. Roughly an hour …
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By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday ended Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy, allowing lawsuits for defamation, sexual harassment and other claims to proceed against Donald Trump’s former lawyer. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane in White Plains, New York, also banned Giuliani from seeking bankruptcy for one year. Giuliani, 80, filed for bankruptcy protection in December …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court said on Friday it was temporarily putting the Federal Communications Commission’s reinstatement of landmark net neutrality rules on hold until Aug. 5 as it considers legal challenges from the broadband industry. The FCC voted in April along party lines to reassume regulatory oversight of broadband internet …
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By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Nearly a million homes and businesses in Texas remained without power on Friday, five days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall with fierce winds and rain that knocked down trees and electricity infrastructure. CenterPoint Energy, the largest power provider in Texas, said about 860,000 of its customers remained affected. It has …
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ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – Donations to President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign “exploded” during the president’s closely watched press conference on Thursday, campaign spokesperson Michael Tyler said on Friday. “Since last night, we’re seeing strong support across our coalition,” Tyler told reporters during a flight to Michigan for a campaign event. (Reporting by Jeff …
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By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A set of conservative policy proposals known as Project 2025 has become a lightning rod for opponents of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as they seek to highlight what they say are the dangers of him retaking the White House. Trump has recently tried to distance himself from Project 2025, …
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