By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Some U.S. residents will be going from wearing Bermuda shorts to snow pants in less than 24 hours, forecasters said on Monday, as a heat wave in the central Plains and South gives way to weather more typical for this time of year. Temperatures on Monday in states like Nebraska …
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KINGSTOWN (Reuters) – A U.S. couple who disappeared a week ago after their catamaran was hijacked by three escaped prisoners in the Eastern Caribbean are likely dead, local police told a press conference on Monday, though they said the investigation was ongoing. Grenadian police Commissioner Don McKenzie said the prisoners had escaped custody on Feb. …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. Air Force airman who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington in an apparent act of protest against the war in Gaza has died, the military and local police said on Monday. Senior Airman Aaron Bushnell, 25, a cyber defense operations specialist with the 531st Intelligence Support Squadron, …
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By Andrew Hay SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) -Actor Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter trial is set for July 10 for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the Western movie “Rust,” a New Mexico judge ruled on Monday. Should Baldwin’s case reach trial, it would be remarkable as Hollywood has little precedent …
By David Shepardson and Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it has closed the investigation into an explosion during SpaceX’s Starship Super Heavy Orbital Test flight in late 2023, agreeing with the company on new procedures for future flights. The Super Heavy booster, the rocket system’s towering first half …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Prosecutors have asked a judge for a gag order to restrict Donald Trump from making public comments about witnesses or exposing the identities of jurors in the former president’s New York trial involving hush money paid to a porn star, court filings made public on Monday showed. The requests …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued a letter on Monday to e-commerce companies regarding the pill presses that are being used to make fentanyl pills. The DEA has found pill presses, punches and other substances that can be used to make fake pills containing fentanyl are being offered for sale on various platforms. …
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By Robertson Henry KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES (Reuters) – Police from two countries in the eastern Caribbean are investigating the possible murder of two people believed to be U.S. citizens who owned a catamaran that was hijacked by three fugitives in the waters off the island of Grenada. The yacht’s alleged owners, Kathy …
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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Olivia Dalton, the White House principal deputy press secretary and a long-time aide to President Joe Biden, has told senior staff she plans to leave for a senior communications job at Apple (AAPL.O), two sources told Reuters on Monday. Dalton is expected to leave the White House in mid-March, …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court in an unusual step on Monday moved to claw back rocket maker SpaceX’s lawsuit claiming a U.S. labor board’s structure is unconstitutional, after a judge in Texas granted the agency’s request to send it to California. A panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court …
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