European court denies effort by Venezuela ex-official to avoid US extradition
CARACAS (Reuters) -The European Court of Human Rights has denied an effort by a former director of Venezuelan military intelligence,
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Houston to spend millions to relocate residents living near polluted Union Pacific rail yard
Houston's mayor says the city plans to spend millions of dollars to relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases
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US Senate vote gives Democrats control of workplace bias agency
By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed President Joe Biden's nominee to the agency that enforces workplace
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Wildlife officials search for a wayward sea otter harassing surfers, kayakers off California coast
Wildlife officials are trying to capture a wayward sea otter that has been wrestling surfboards away from surfers and aggressively approaching kayakers off the coast of Santa Cruz, California
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Manchin won't back Biden's Labor secretary nominee
Julie Su, President Joe Biden's pick to be the next Labor secretary whose nomination has been stalled for months, now faces opposition from a key Democrat: Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia.
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US resists calls by Trump to postpone trial in classified documents case
WASHINGTON U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday urged the federal judge presiding over the prosecution of former
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Fed hawk Bullard steps down to be dean at business school in Indiana
By Michael S. Derby and Ann Saphir (Reuters) -St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard, a leading hawk at the
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Justice Kavanaugh seeks to dispel the notion that the Supreme Court is partisan
Justice Brett Kavanaugh points to the mixed decisions that emerged from the U_S_ Supreme Court this term as he seeks to dispel notions of a partisan high court, He told a judicial conference in Minnesota on Thursday that the high court is “an institution of law, not of politics, not of partisanship.”
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Deputy punching baby-holding mother's face was 'completely unacceptable,' LA County sheriff says
The Los Angeles County sheriff has decried the use of force by deputies in the Antelope Valley for the second time in a week
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Top North Carolina senator says chances for approving more sanctioned gambling "better than 50-50"
One of North Carolina’s most powerful legislators is expressing optimism that further expansion of state-sanctioned gambling will be worked out before legislators leave for home later this summer
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ICC prosecutor says he is investigating alleged new war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region
The International Criminal Court prosecutor says he is investigating alleged new war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s western Darfur region during the current conflict that has killed over 3,000 and displaced more than 3 million
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US House debates 'culture wars' amendments to must-pass defense bill
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday debated proposed amendments to its version of
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