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By Jeff Mason MCCLEAN, Virginia (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s re-election effort raised $8.1 million at a fundraiser on Tuesday in Virginia, where Biden, joined by former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, warned against a second presidential term from Republican rival Donald Trump. Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe hosted …

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(Reuters) – Juneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, is always observed on June 19 each year. It became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by President Joe Biden.    Long a regional holiday in the South, Juneteenth rose in prominence across the country following 2020 …

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By Daniel Trotta and Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday voted to ban smartphones for its 429,000 students in an attempt to insulate kids from distractions and social media that undermine learning and hurt mental health. The board of the second-largest U.S. school district voted 5-2, approving …

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By Tyler Clifford and Rich McKay NEW YORK CITY (Reuters) -U.S. cities are breaking decades-old temperature records this week as a heat wave stretches from central to eastern portions of the country, the National Weather Service said on Tuesday, in what officials are warning could become a deadly weather event. As roughly 80 million people …

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By Lisa Richwine (Reuters) -Pop singer Justin Timberlake was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after failing to obey a stop sign and twice veering from his lane in the upscale Hamptons seaside area of New York, authorities said on Tuesday. Timberlake was arrested on Long Island in the town of Sag Harbor on …

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By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) – The rate of Americans who are uninsured will rise to 8.9% over the next decade from 7.7% in 2024, driven by rising immigration and reduced eligibility for 19-to-24 year-olds following federal government policy changes, according to a Congressional Budget Office report released on Tuesday. “We expect the uninsured …

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(Reuters) -The 911 system for emergency calls in Massachusetts went down for about an hour on Tuesday as the region sweltered under a punishing heat wave. The outage left residents briefly unable to call 911 for police, fire or ambulance assistance even as temperatures soared into the 90s Fahrenheit and as officials issued heat advisories …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden announced a new program Tuesday that would provide a path to citizenship to some 500,000 people who have been in the country for a decade or more, and are married to United States citizens. The election-year announcement was quickly denounced by his Republican opponent Donald Trump. It was …

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