By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Monday to hear arguments over the legality of a roughly $6 billion bankruptcy settlement involving Purdue Pharma, maker of the powerful and highly addictive pain medication OxyContin that played a key role in the country’s opioid epidemic. If the justices allow the …
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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – Muslim American leaders from six battleground states on Saturday vowed to mobilize their communities against President Joe Biden’s reelection over his support of Israel’s war in Gaza, but they have yet to settle on an alternative 2024 candidate. The states are among a handful that allowed Biden to win the …
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By Nathan Layne CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) -Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, told his supporters on Saturday to “go into” Philadelphia and two other Democratic-run cities to “guard the vote” in 2024, repeating his unfounded claims of widespread election fraud in 2020 as justification for the call to action. Speaking at …
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(Reuters) -A protester with a Palestinian flag self-immolated on Friday outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, authorities said. The person, whom officials did not identify, is in critical condition, Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said at a news conference. A security guard who attempted to intervene was also injured. “We believe this building remains safe, and …
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By Omar Younis SANTA MONICA, California (Reuters) – Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday met relatives of three people seized by Hamas in Israel and now held in Gaza, lending his celebrity to support those whose loved ones are still unaccounted for following the Oct. 7 attack. Schwarzenegger gave bronze eagle sculptures to his …
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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – A Florida appeals court on Friday upheld the state’s congressional map backed by Governor Ron DeSantis that a lower court had ruled violated the state constitution by diminishing some Black residents’ voting power. A state judge in September ruled that the map redrawn in 2020 illegally shredded the 5th Congressional …
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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that Donald Trump must face civil lawsuits over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by his supporters, rejecting the former president’s claim that he is immune. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump does not have immunity from criminal charges for actions he took as president, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday, rejecting his bid to toss out the case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith accusing him of unlawfully trying to overturn his 2020 election loss. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan found no …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An inmate was charged on Friday with attempted murder and other offenses following the stabbing of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement. The complaint charges John Turscak, 52, with stabbing Chauvin about 22 times …
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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Georgia Republicans on Friday unveiled a proposed map of U.S. House of Representatives districts in the state for the 2024 election that includes a new majority-Black district, five weeks after a federal judge ruled that the existing map illegally diluted the electoral power of Black voters. The new map devised …
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