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UCLA police chief reassigned following mob attack on pro-Palestinian protesters

23 May 2024 23 May 2024

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The police chief for the University of California at Los Angeles has been removed from his post three weeks after campus officials came under fire for their handling of a violent, overnight mob attack on pro-Palestinian activists encamped at UCLA. John Thomas, who was formally named head of the …

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US House passes crypto bill despite warnings from SEC

23 May 2024 23 May 2024

(Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that aims to create a new legal framework for digital currencies, despite an unusual warning from the U.S. securities regulator it could create new financial risks. The Republican-sponsored Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act passed in a bipartisan 279-136 vote. …

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US Supreme Court Justice Alito’s home flew another provocative flag -NYT

23 May 2024 23 May 2024

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A provocative flag was photographed flying outside conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s vacation home last year, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, days after news that an upside-down American flag had hung outside his Virginia home in 2021. A flag bearing the phrase “Appeal to Heaven” …

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Uvalde, Texas, to pay $2 million to families of school shooting victims

23 May 2024 23 May 2024

(Reuters) -The city of Uvalde has reached a $2 million settlement with families of the victims of a 2022 mass shooting at a public school in the Texas city, one of their lawyers said on Wednesday, ahead of the second anniversary of the massacre. In one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history, 19 …

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Explainer-What to know about bird flu in dairy cows and the risk to humans

22 May 2024 23 May 2024

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) -A second human case of bird flu was confirmed in a dairy worker in Michigan, U.S. government officials said, expanding the impact of the H5N1 outbreak, which has been found in dairy cattle in nine states. The case follows the infection of a Texas farm worker and health officials said …

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Senators, protesters assail Blinken over Biden administration’s Israel policy

22 May 2024 22 May 2024

By Patricia Zengerle, Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced criticism from the right and left over Israel policy in Congress on Tuesday, with Republicans accusing the Biden administration of failing Israel and Democrats saying it’s doing too little to help civilians in Gaza. Furious protesters interrupted Blinken …

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Hunter Biden’s criminal tax trial delayed to Sept. 5

22 May 2024 22 May 2024

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – The start of the criminal tax trial for President Joe Biden’s son was postponed until Sept. 5 from June 20, which Hunter Biden’s legal team requested because of conflicts with a separate criminal trial in Delaware. Hunter Biden’s attorney Abbe Lowell had argued to U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi in Los …

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Biden passes 200th judicial confirmation milestone as election looms

22 May 2024 22 May 2024

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -President Joe Biden surpassed a milestone 200th appointment to the federal judiciary on Wednesday as the U.S. Senate confirmed two more of his nominees, exceeding his Republican predecessor Donald Trump’s pace even as the clock ticks toward their Nov. 5 election rematch. Reaching this number at this point in his presidency …

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US judge blocks Florida law that bars transporting migrants into state

22 May 2024 22 May 2024

By Ted Hesson and Daniel Wiessner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge temporarily blocked part of a Florida law on Wednesday that imposes criminal penalties for willfully transporting people who lack legal immigration status into the state. The law, which took effect in 2023, amended the crime of human smuggling to classify such cases as felonies. …

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Cancer victims sue Johnson & Johnson over ‘fraudulent’ bankruptcies

22 May 2024 22 May 2024

By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – A group of cancer victims sued Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday, accusing the healthcare company of committing fraud through repeated and continued efforts to use a shell company’s bankruptcy to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging its talc products contained asbestos and caused cancer. Five plaintiffs who …

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