By Tim Reid WILMINGTON, North Carolina (Reuters) -U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump abruptly canceled a campaign rally in North Carolina on Saturday because of an incoming storm, telling the crowd he was “devastated” and promising to return to the battleground state soon. Trump called into the outdoor rally from his private jet about 30 …
By Deborah Bloom GRANTS PASS, Oregon (Reuters) – On a sunny afternoon in a grassy park by the river, Amber Rockwell loaded a black, steel cart with a tent, suitcases, bags, camping stove and a plastic tin of licorice and tightened it all down with ratchet straps as she prepared to move to the next …
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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate voted late on Friday night to approve the reauthorization of a controversial surveillance program, narrowly missing the midnight expiration of the program, and the White House said President Joe Biden would swiftly sign it. The reauthorization secures what supporters call a key element of U.S. foreign intelligence …
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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – The University of Southern California announced there will be no outside speakers and honorees at this year’s main commencement ceremony after canceling its valedictorian speech from a Muslim student who said she was silenced by anti-Palestinian hatred. “Given the highly publicized circumstances surrounding our main-stage commencement program, university leadership has …
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military’s success helping Israel stop a massive wave of Iranian missiles and drones last weekend might suggest Washington is well prepared militarily for whatever comes next as Iran and Israel move from shadow warfare to direct confrontation. But current and former U.S. officials say …
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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Gunfire broke out at a park in Greenbelt, Maryland, where hundreds of high school students had gathered while skipping school on Friday, wounding five males aged 16 to 18, police said. One victim was in critical condition and the others were in stable condition, Greenbelt Police Chief Richard Bowers told …
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(Reuters) -California prosecutors announced involuntary manslaughter charges against three police officers for the 2021 death of a man in their custody, reversing the outcome of a previous investigation that had cleared the officers. The officers in Alameda, California, pinned Mario Gonzalez, 26, to the ground for about five minutes before he became unresponsive during an …
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By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on an ally of Israel’s far-right national security minister and two entities that raised money for Israeli men accused of settler violence, the latest actions aimed against those Washington blames for an escalation of violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The sanctions, in …
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By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture said this week that cow-to-cow transmission is a factor in the spread of bird flu in dairy herds, but it still does not know exactly how the virus is being moved around. Farmers and veterinarians have been waiting for confirmation on how the virus …
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By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee launched a program on Friday to combat voter fraud in the lead-up to the November election, even as voting irregularities have proven extremely rare in the United States. The RNC and the Trump campaign said they were preparing to deploy more than …
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