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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Thursday directed the judge who presided over Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s 2015 trial to investigate whether two jurors were biased and should not have been seated, creating potential grounds to overturn his death sentence. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stopped short …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Embattled U.S. Democratic Senator Bob Menendez said on Thursday he would not run for reelection as a Democrat, but suggested he could run as an independent. Prosecutors have charged Menendez with taking bribes from New Jersey businessmen to impede law enforcement probes into them, illegally acting as an agent of the Egyptian …

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(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday said a U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation requiring graphic warning labels on cigarette packages and advertisements is constitutional, handing a victory to the Biden administration and a defeat to the tobacco industry. Reversing a lower court ruling, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New …

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By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – A U.S. judicial panel on Thursday consolidated at least nine lawsuits challenging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules requiring public companies to report climate-related risks in a venue favored by Republican-led states and a business group. The St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was chosen randomly …

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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration says its recent decision to scale back new climate regulations meant to force emissions cuts from cars and power plants will have a negligible impact on its overarching goal to halve greenhouse gas pollution this decade. But whether that is true hinges on whether the U.S. …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prosecutors on Thursday accused Donald Trump of making “wild and untrue” accusations against them about the timing of the disclosure of thousands of pages of possible evidence in his hush money criminal case as he seeks to further delay the trial. A trial had initially been scheduled for …

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By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) – As Iowa heads toward its fourth year of drought, grain farmers prepping for planting next month are facing mandatory water restrictions and livestock producers are searching for supplies. The nation’s top corn-producing state is seeing one of its driest periods going into a growing season, according to Thursday’s update …

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By Tim Reid (Reuters) – With the Republican primary race behind him, Donald Trump now faces a big decision about his choice for a running mate to take on Democratic President Joe Biden in November. Will the Republican presidential candidate pick a woman or a person of color to boost his support from key voting …

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