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(Reuters) – Northwestern University’s Prison Education Program welcomed its inaugural graduating class of incarcerated students on Wednesday, marking the first time a top-ranked U.S. university has awarded degrees to students in prison. Evanston, Illinois-based Northwestern, which U.S. News & World Report ranks ninth for national universities, runs the program in partnership with Oakton College and …

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By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) -A top U.S. banking regulator faced mounting pressure on Thursday over his handling of allegations of sexual misconduct among agency staff and accounts of his own past conduct, with Republican lawmakers calling for his resignation and vowing to conduct a thorough probe. The calls followed a Wall Street Journal report earlier …

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By Rich McKay (Reuters) – A fierce storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts dumped more than a foot (30.5 cm) of rain on parts of South Florida on Thursday, flooding homes and streets, downing power lines and trees and leaving tens of thousands of homes and business without power. The storm, which started on Wednesday, dropped …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of 46 Republican U.S. senators asked the Commerce Department on Thursday to answer questions about its Oct. 27 decision to temporarily stop issuing export licenses for most civilian firearms and ammunition for non-governmental users. The letter signed by Senators Ted Budd, Mitch McConnell, John Thune and others …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The special counsel investigating President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has employed a grand jury in Los Angeles, CNN reported on Thursday. Special counsel prosecutors are using the grand jury to seek documents and possible testimony from multiple witnesses as part of the federal investigation of Hunter Biden’s business dealings, the network reported, …

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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to revive a Florida law signed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis banning the performance of “lewd” drag shows in the presence of children. The justices denied a request by Florida officials to narrow a judge’s pause on the law to just a …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge rejected Donald Trump’s bid to add a new expert witness just two months before a trial addressing how much the former U.S. president owes for defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll, saying Trump “made his own bed” by waiting too long. Trump had claimed he …

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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Embattled Republican U.S. Representative George Santos said on Thursday he will not run for re-election in an announcement made shortly after the release of a scathing report by fellow lawmakers that referred more “uncharged and unlawful conduct” to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution. But the first-term congressman from …

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By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union challenged Florida’s ban on pro-Palestinian university groups, arguing in a federal lawsuit on Thursday that the state is violating students’ free speech as tensions roil U.S. campuses over Israel’s war with Hamas. Florida’s university system, joined by Governor Ron DeSantis, last month ordered colleges to …

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