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By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than 300 Americans and their family members have left Gaza but U.S. citizens remain in the besieged enclave and difficult negotiations continue on securing release of hostages taken by Hamas, a White House official said on Sunday. Those released included U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents and their family members, …

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By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds will endorse Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s bid to be the Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential race on Monday, according to a source familiar with the matter. An endorsement from Reynolds could be a critical boost for DeSantis, who has fallen far behind former President …

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By Elizabeth Frantz and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington on Saturday to demand a ceasefire in Gaza where thousands have been killed in an Israeli offensive since an attack by Palestinian Islamists Hamas, and to denounce President Joe Biden’s policy towards the war. Protesters carried placards with slogans such …

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(Reuters) – Reality TV star and entrepreneur Kourtney Kardashian welcomed her first child with musician Travis Barker, media outlets reported on Saturday. Kardashian, 44, announced the pregnancy in June at a Blink 182 concert where Barker, 47, was performing, and the couple later revealed they were expecting a boy. The birth was first reported by …

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Negotiators representing Hollywood actors are considering a new proposal that major studios described as their “last, best and final offer” to end a four-month-long strike, the SAG-AFTRA union said on Saturday. SAG-AFTRA members walked off the job in July to demand higher compensation in the streaming TV era plus protections around the …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American woman to serve in Congress, has accused President Joe Biden of supporting a “genocide” against Palestinians and warned of repercussions in next year’s election. In a video posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, late on Friday, the Democratic Congresswoman from Michigan repeated her calls for …

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By Mike Spector, Richa Naidu and Kristina Cooke (Reuters) – Sheila Bush, a cosmetologist, was lounging in the recliner at her St. Louis-area home last winter when an advertisement from a law firm flashed up on her television screen, urging viewers to call a toll-free number if they or a loved one had used hair …

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By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld an Illinois state ban on assault-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines enacted after a 2022 mass shooting in Chicago’s Highland Park suburb that left seven people dead and dozens more wounded. In a 2-1 vote, a three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit …

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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Actor Matthew Perry, who died on Saturday at age 54, was laid to rest on Friday at a Los Angeles cemetery in a service attended by relatives and castmates from the hit 1990s television sitcom “Friends,” show business media reported, citing photographs. Mourners gathered at the Forest Lawn cemetery in …

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