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By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) – Weather forecasters at Colorado State University (CSU) on Thursday predicted an “extremely active” 2024 Atlantic hurricane season because of warm sea surface temperatures and less wind shear to break up storms in the summer and fall. The widely watched CSU forecast calls for five major hurricanes, or those with …

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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump suffered a pair of legal setbacks on Thursday as judges spurned his calls to dismiss criminal charges over the former U.S. president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 loss in Georgia and his keeping classified records after leaving office. Separately, one of the Republican presidential candidate’s allies, former Justice …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday urged the nation’s largest passenger airlines to improve travel benefits for active-duty military personnel and their families. The department in May plans to begin posting comparative information on travel benefits that airlines guarantee for service members and their families on a customer service …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A Tennessee state court on Thursday weighed a bid by a group of doctors and women to block officials from enforcing the state’s near-total ban on abortion in instances when dangerous pregnancy complications arise. Lawyers for seven women who were denied abortions following pregnancy complications and two doctors told the …

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By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. bankruptcy judge said Thursday that Rudy Giuliani could be headed for a “pyrrhic victory” in a dispute over whether he should sell his $3.5 million Florida condo. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane said at a court hearing in White Plains, New York, that he would not …

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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Attorney Jeffrey Clark, who held a senior role in the U.S. Justice Department during Donald Trump’s presidency, should face professional discipline over his effort to enlist the agency in the former president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat, a Washington legal panel concluded on Thursday. The finding, which …

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