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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Philanthropist Melinda French Gates has given Democratic incumbent Joe Biden her first ever U.S. presidential endorsement, citing his support for reproductive rights among other issues. Gates this year left the charitable foundation she co-founded with her former husband, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, with $12.5 billion for her own charity …

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By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Dozens of pro-Palestinian student protesters arrested in April after occupying and barricading a building at Columbia University in New York City had all criminal charges against them dropped on Thursday, Manhattan prosecutors said at a court hearing. The hearing at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse came seven weeks after …

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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Nearly two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its landmark 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade, litigation over abortion has exploded. Justice Samuel Alito wrote in 2022’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that the court’s longstanding precedent had “enflamed debate and deepened division.” He said it was time …

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(Reuters) -Grammy-nominated hip hop star Travis Scott was arrested on disorderly intoxication and trespassing charges on Thursday after a disturbance on a yacht in Miami Beach, Florida, local police said. Police officers took Scott, 33, into custody at about 1:44 a.m., according to a police affidavit. Officers responded to a call saying there was a …

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(Reuters) -Two people have died in wildfires in southern New Mexico that have burned around 500 homes and triggered the evacuation of about 8,000 residents from the mountain resort community of Ruidoso. The unidentified skeletal remains of a person were found in the driver’s seat of a burned out car, New Mexico State Police reported …

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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – New evidence shows that Alec Baldwin was reckless with a revolver before the weapon fired a live round that killed “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021, prosecutors alleged ahead of the actor’s July manslaughter trial. The evidence, which includes images and video from crew and a set photographer, shows Baldwin …

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