By Daniel Wiessner and Ted Hesson (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court has kept on hold a Republican-backed Texas law that would let state authorities arrest and prosecute people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border – a statute that President Joe Biden’s administration has argued intrudes on the authority of the federal government. In a …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – The woman who admitted to stealing President Joe Biden’s daughter Ashley’s diary and helping sell it to conservative activists could face arrest as soon as Friday after skipping her sentencing, a federal judge said on Wednesday. Aimee Harris was supposed to be sentenced in Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon. …
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The catastrophic bridge collapse that closed the Port of Baltimore to ship traffic on Tuesday is causing some logistics headaches, but is unlikely to trigger a major new U.S. supply chain crisis as competing East Coast ports are poised to handle more cargo, economists and logistics experts say. With six …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Warner Bros Entertainment didn’t steal the plot for its 2022 blockbuster “The Batman” from a writer who created a story about the caped crusader three decades earlier, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer also said the writer Christopher Wozniak infringed copyrights …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal supply chain task force will meet on Wednesday to assess the Baltimore bridge collapse and port closure, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said, adding that the Biden administration did not want financing concerns to hold up bridge reconstruction. The Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsed on Tuesday …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said on Wednesday it would loan Holtec International $1.52 billion to help restart an 800MW nuclear power plant in Michigan that was shut down in 2022, potentially making it the first nuclear plant to be recommissioned in the United States. The conditional loan by the Energy Department’s loan …
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By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – Two small solar manufacturers on Wednesday said they are joining forces to make panels that will enable their customers, U.S. solar project developers, to collect on a lucrative new federal subsidy for American-made clean energy equipment. The agreement between Georgia-based solar cell producer Suniva and Canada’s Heliene, which has panel-making …
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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A lawyer for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs said Tuesday the rapper was being targeted by a “witch hunt” after civil lawsuits accused him of sexual misconduct and federal authorities raided two of his properties. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it had opened an …
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By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled that it is unlikely to limit access to the abortion pill as the justices appeared skeptical that the anti-abortion groups and doctors that are challenging the drug have the needed legal standing to pursue the case. The justices heard arguments …
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(Reuters) -Mega Millions said a single ticket for a lottery jackpot worth a hefty $1.13 billion, the fifth-largest prize in the game’s history, was sold in New Jersey, breaking a streak of 30 consecutive unclaimed drawings. The winning numbers for the jackpot were 7, 11, 22, 29, and 38, plus the power ball 4, Mega …
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