By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – “Rust” first assistant director Dave Halls on Thursday testified that the movie’s armorer was diligent in her work and he was ultimately to blame for the 2021 fatal shooting of the film’s cinematographer as he did not do a final check on a gun. Halls was the first “Rust” crew …
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By Nathan Frandino, Rich McKay and Brendan O’Brien CANADIAN, Texas (Reuters) -Fire crews fought to contain a wildfire that grew to the largest on record in Texas history on Thursday after scorching more than 1 million acres (404,686 hectares) of grassland and timber, and destroying homes in small towns that dot the Panhandle region. The …
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By Jorge Garcia SAN CLEMENTE, California (Reuters) – The views of the Pacific Ocean from Alan Ashavi’s cliff-top property are breathtaking, but underneath lurks a danger to the dream home he has been building for the last 12 years. When the first round of atmospheric rivers battered the California coastline last year, several of his …
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By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Intuitive Machines and its space-cargo customers expect the company to emerge stronger from its problem-plagued moon landing this week, with improvements set for the company’s second lander after its first went where no private firm has gone before. The company’s Odysseus moon lander on Thursday ended its week-long mission near …
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican lawmakers slammed U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at a hearing on Thursday for failing to disclose his prostrate cancer diagnosis, his surgery and his subsequent hospitalization to President Joe Biden or even his deputy at the Pentagon. Austin, with support from Democrats on the House of …
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(Reuters) -Alabama’s Republican-led legislature on Thursday passed bills aimed at protecting the IVF industry after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos should be considered children, prompting at least three Alabama providers to halt the fertility procedure. A bill passed the Senate 34-0, with one member abstaining, after the House measure passed 94-6. Governor …
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to reject Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution for trying to undo his 2020 election loss, according to legal experts, but its decision to spend months on the matter could aid his quest to regain the presidency by further delaying a monumental …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Efforts by Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott to stem a record number of migrants illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has set off a series of legal battles with the administration of President Joe Biden, a Democrat. Those cases could ultimately determine how much power, if any, states possess to police international …
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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – A man who was indicted in Montana for hunting and killing bald eagles, the national symbol of the U.S. that nearly went extinct, has agreed to plead guilty in a plea deal and now faces 12 years in prison. Travis John Branson, 48, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said Thursday he will nominate former Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to serve on the U.S. Postal Board of Governors after lawmakers had urged action. Earlier this month, Reuters first reported more than 80 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives had written Biden urging him to …
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