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US ends former New York lieutenant governor's bribery case after witness dies
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped their corruption case against former New York ...
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US says Ronald Greene's death showed Louisiana police used excessive force
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fatal 2019 arrest of unarmed Black motorist Ronald Greene and its aftermath demo...
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NY Mayor Adams says he had productive meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
By Nathan Layne WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Democratic New York Mayor Eric Adams said he had a "productive"...
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US Justice Dept questions landmark NCAA athlete pay settlement
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Friday questioned the fairness of a private $2.8 billion settlem...
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Trump plans crypto-friendly orders in first few days in power
By Gram Slattery, Chris Prentice and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump is planning to use h...
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United Airlines donates $1 million to Trump inaugural fund
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Airlines said on Friday it is donating $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural c...
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Thousands of Australians without power as heavy rain, damaging winds lash New South Wales
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people in Australia's New South Wales state were without power on Saturday after a lo...
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US appeals court rejects Biden program to protect 'Dreamers' immigrants
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled against outgoing Democratic President Joe Biden's e...
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US turkey producers should ramp up bird flu testing, USDA says
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. poultry producers should ramp up testing and monitoring of turkeys for bird flu befo...
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US will hit debt limit on Tuesday, Yellen says in letter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the government would reach its statutory borrowing limi...
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LA public utility's wildfire liability hinges on equipment's role, Moody's says
(Reuters) - The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's (LADWP) potential liability for the recent Palisades Fire will de...
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Democratic senator urges Delta Air, DraftKings to halt in-flight gaming partnership
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal on Friday urged Delta Air Lines and DraftKings to halt a partner...
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US alleges Walgreens filled millions of prescriptions without medical purpose
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it has filed a lawsuit alleging that pharmacy chain operato...
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Lawsuit challenges Biden-backed mental health benefits rule
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A new lawsuit by a trade group for employers seeks to void a Biden administration-backed fede...
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US Supreme Court to hear dispute over LGBT books in Maryland school district
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by religious parents to keep their children ...
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Soccer-Manchester United great Law dies at 84
(Reuters) - Former Manchester United and Scotland forward Denis Law has died at the age of 84, the Premier League club said o...
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Polar vortex set to envelop much of US in freezing temperatures
By Hannah Lang and Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A blast of Arctic air is set to cover much of the United States with temperatu...
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BMO becomes first Canadian bank to withdraw from Net-Zero Banking Alliance
By Nivedita Balu TORONTO (Reuters) - Bank of Montreal said on Friday it was withdrawing from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (N...
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TikTok's purveyors of creams and candies under threat from US ban
By Arriana McLymore, Helen Reid and Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) - TikTok's expected Sunday shutdown poses the bigges...
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Federal Reserve withdraws from global regulatory climate change group
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Friday it had withdrawn from a global body of c...
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