(Reuters) – Thousands of people in the Houston area faced sweltering heat without power on Saturday following severe storms that claimed at least seven lives, according to local media and the National Weather Service. The NWS predicted temperatures around 90 degrees (32.2 C) and warned residents in a post on the X social media platform …
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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -A report about a U.S. flag flying upside-down in January 2021 outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s home caused a furor in Washington, with the White House saying on Friday President Joe Biden believes the flag is sacred and a senior senator calling for Alito to step aside from two key …
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By Gram Slattery (Reuters) – Donald Trump falsely claimed on Friday that he won the 2020 presidential election in Minnesota and he said he would win this year in the state that has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate in over 50 years. During an address to the Minnesota Republican Party’s annual Lincoln-Reagan Dinner …
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By Bill Trott (Reuters) – Dabney Coleman, a character actor who brought a glorious touch of smarm to the screen in playing comedic villains, mean-spirited bosses and outright jerks in films such as “9 to 5” and “Tootsie,” has died at age 92. Coleman “took his last earthly breath peacefully and exquisitely” in his Santa …
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(Reuters) – A severe storm packing hurricane-force winds pummeled Houston on Thursday, killing at least four people, blowing windows out of high-rise buildings and leaving some 800,000 homes without power as much of the city was plunged into darkness, the mayor said. Much of downtown Houston and its commercial district were littered with fallen power …
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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -The man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home in 2022 and assaulted her husband with a hammer was sentenced on Friday to 30 years in prison, federal prosecutors said. In a politically motivated attack, David DePape forcibly entered Pelosi’s home in San Francisco early in the morning …
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By Frank Pingue (Reuters) -Scottie Scheffler never considered not playing in the PGA Championship second round after his early-morning arrest on Friday and spent time stretching in his jail cell before competing at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. The world’s top-ranked golfer was left in shock and shaking for an hour after being handcuffed …
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(Reuters) – John Eastman, the first of 18 defendants accused of illegally seeking to claim Arizona’s 2020 electoral votes for then-U.S. President Donald Trump to appear before a state judge, pleaded not guilty on Friday. Eastman, 64, is one of several people – including fellow former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and former White House chief …
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(Reuters) – U.S. authorities charged two Chinese nationals in a cryptocurrency scam that laundered at least $73 million from defrauded victims, the Justice Department said on Friday. U.S. officials arrested Yicheng Zhang in Los Angeles on Thursday, according to an indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in California’s central district later that day. Daren Li, …
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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) -A New Mexico judge next week will make a decision on Alec Baldwin’s request to have charges dropped against him in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, as the actor tries to avoid an unprecedented Hollywood manslaughter trial for an on-set death. Baldwin’s lawyers had filed motions to dismiss his …
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