Army Corps of Engineers to give easement to Dakota Access Pipeline: U.S. senator

(Reuters) - The Army Corps of Engineers will proceed with the easement needed to complete the Dakota Access Pipeline, U.S. Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota said in a statement on Tuesday.

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Exclusive: Only a third of Americans think Trump's travel ban will make them more safe

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Imposing a temporary travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim countries, President Donald Trump said the move would help protect the United States from terrorism. But less than one-third of Americans believe the move makes them "more safe," according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday.

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Trump's immigration orders hit with new legal challenges

BOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Legal challenges to President Donald Trump's first moves to restrict the flow of people into the United States spread on Tuesday as Massachusetts and San Francisco sued to challenge two of his early executive orders.

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About 900 State Department officials sign dissent memo: source

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roughly 900 U.S. State Department officials signed an internal dissent memo critical of President Donald Trump's travel ban for refugees and immigrants from six Muslim-majority countries, a source familiar with the document said on Tuesday.

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Trump to name U.S. high court pick on Tuesday as Democrats plan fight

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump was set to unveil his pick for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday as Democrats, still fuming over the Republican-led Senate's refusal to act on former President Barack Obama's nominee last year, girded for a fight.

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Homeland Security chief in noon news conference on Trump immigration orders

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly will participate in a press conference at noon EST (1700 GMT) on Tuesday with other department officials to discuss implementation of President Donald Trump's executive orders on immigration, the department said.

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Trump vows to continue LGBT workplace rights protection

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday to continue to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people working for federal contractors under an executive order signed by his predecessor President Barack Obama in 2014.

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American runner travels the world to win seven marathons in a week

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Starting over the snow in Antarctica and ending next to the sands of Sydney, an American shipbroker won seven marathons in seven continents over seven days to claim the World Marathon Challenge.

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Fired: Trump dumps top lawyer who defied immigration order

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump fired top federal government lawyer Sally Yates on Monday after she took the extraordinarily rare step of defying the White House and refused to defend new travel restrictions targeting seven Muslim-majority nations.

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Cocaine found in nose cone of American Airlines jet: police

(Reuters) - An airline maintenance worker in Oklahoma found 31 pounds (14 kg) of cocaine in the nose cone of an American Airlines jet after it arrived from Colombia, police said on Monday.

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Boy Scouts of America to begin accepting transgender boys

(Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America said on Monday the group would begin accepting transgender boys, bucking its more than a century-old practice of using the gender stated on a birth certificate to determine eligibility.

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Medical students, faculty rally to try to save Obamacare

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hundreds of medical students and faculty members gathered at Northwestern University's school of medicine in Chicago on Monday to voice their opposition to the dismantling of Obamacare.

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New York governor calls for amending state constitution for abortion rights

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday he would seek to ensure that women have access to late-term abortions in the state even if conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court remove federal legal guarantees in place since the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.

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Shooting suspect pleads not guilty in deadly Florida airport attack

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) - A 26-year-old Iraq war veteran pleaded not guilty on Monday to federal charges accusing him of opening fire in the baggage claim area of a Florida airport this month in an attack that killed five people.

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Tens of thousands in U.S. cities protest Trump immigration order

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people rallied in U.S. cities and at airports on Sunday to voice outrage over President Donald Trump's executive order restricting entry into the country for travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations.

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Trump says Delta, protesters caused airport problems

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday continued to defend his controversial immigration order, saying disruptions at airports over the weekend were due to Delta Air Lines and protesters, and that U.S. Secretary John Kelly has said the implementation of the new restrictions is going well.

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Retrial of man accused of boy's 1979 disappearance winds down in New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Closing arguments are expected to begin in New York City on Monday in the retrial of a man charged with killing a six-year-old Etan Patz in 1979, a notorious case that sparked national interest in the plight of missing children.

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Trump's heartland voters shrug off global uproar over immigration ban

(Reuters) - Many of President Donald Trump’s core political supporters had a simple message on Sunday for the fiercest opponents of his immigration ban: Calm down.

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New York City wastes billions on affordable housing tax breaks:study

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City wasted as much as $2.8 billion over an 11-year period on condominium apartments included in a massive affordable housing tax break program, according to a new study to be released on Monday.

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Delta grounds domestic U.S. flights after 'automation issue': FAA

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday said all Delta Air Lines Inc's domestic flights were grounded until 0100 GMT after a request from the company due to an "automation issue."

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Trump aides call travel ban success despite broad criticism

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Aides to U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called the implementation of a temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries a "massive success story" despite criticism from some top Republicans, protests and disarray at airports.

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Washington faith leaders reject immigration orders in Sunday sermons

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sun had just risen when the head of St. John's Church across the street from the White House broke from his standard practice of avoiding politics and spoke passionately against sweeping new restrictions on immigration ordered by President Donald Trump.

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Attorneys general from 15 U.S. states, DC decry immigration order

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Democratic attorneys general across the United States on Sunday condemned President Donald Trump's order to restrict people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the country and are discussing whether to challenge the administration in court.

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Trump immigration order restricted by more U.S. judges

(Reuters) - Federal judges in three states followed one in New York in barring authorities from deporting travelers affected by U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order imposing restrictions on immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations.

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Syrian Christians denied entry to U.S. in Philadelphia: Lebanese airport sources

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian Christian Orthodox family was turned back from Philadelphia International Airport after traveling to the United States from Lebanon, airport sources in Beirut said on Sunday.

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Green card holders will need additional screening: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. green card holders will require additional screening before they can return to the United States, the White House said on Saturday.

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How Trump's abrupt immigration ban sowed confusion at airports, agencies

NEW YORK (Reuters) - After immigration agents detained two Iraqis on Saturday at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, their lawyers and two U.S. representatives accompanying them tried to cross into a secure area - and were stopped themselves.

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Middle Eastern immigrants to U.S. confront upended lives

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Families, students, engineers and doctors from across the Middle East who have made the United States their home on Saturday found themselves potentially uprooting established lives, after President Donald Trump this week curtailed immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries.

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Judge allows travelers who landed with visas to stay in country

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York issued an emergency stay on Saturday that temporarily blocks the U.S. government from sending people out of the country after they have landed at a U.S. airport with valid visas.

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Shooting at Tennessee armory leaves 10 wounded, three still hospitalized

(Reuters) - A shooting left 10 people wounded in western Tennessee at a party held at a National Guard armory and three of the injured remained hospitalized on Saturday, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said.

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ACLU says to argue for nationwide stay of Trump immigration order

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union said it would argue in U.S. District Court in New York at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday for a nationwide stay to block deportation of people stranded in U.S. airports because of President Donald Trump's new immigration order.

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California governor to undergo treatment for prostate cancer

(Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown plans to undergo treatment for prostate cancer for the second time in four years, and he has received an excellent prognosis from his doctor, his office said on Saturday.

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Pennsylvania teen at center of Holland Tunnel gun incident dies

HARRISBURG (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania teen has died seven months after she found herself at the center of a purported rescue mission that ended with the arrest of three heavily armed suspects on the New Jersey side of the Holland Tunnel, a coroner said on Saturday.

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FBI probes threat to 'blow up' Denver-area refugee center

DENVER (Reuters) - Anonymous notes threatening to "blow up" a refugee community center catering mainly to Muslim immigrants were found at the Denver-area building, prompting a hate-crime investigation by the FBI, police said on Friday.

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FBI request for Twitter account data may have overstepped legal guidelines

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI appeared to go beyond the scope of existing legal guidance in seeking certain kinds of internet records from Twitter as recently as last year, legal experts said, citing two warrantless surveillance orders the social media company published on Friday.

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Two charged in Ponzi case tied to tickets for 'Hamilton,' Adele

(Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Friday unveiled criminal charges against two men accused of running a Ponzi scheme that swindled investors in a purported ticket-reselling business for popular events, such as Adele concerts and the smash Broadway musical "Hamilton."

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Bills targeting protests in U.S. states fuel free speech fears

(Reuters) - Republican lawmakers in several central U.S. states are pushing bills that would crack down on demonstrations, drawing criticism from free speech campaigners and underlining the polarization over protests in the era of President Donald Trump.

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Red tape chokes off drilling on Native American reservations

FORT BERTHOLD, North Dakota (Reuters) - When the U.S. oil boom hit North Dakota a decade ago, wells sprang up quickly on the edges of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, an expanse of prairie and rolling hills three times larger than Los Angeles.

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Bills targeting protests in U.S. states fuel free speech fears

(Reuters) - Republican lawmakers in several central U.S. states are pushing bills that would crack down on demonstrations, drawing criticism from free speech campaigners and underlining the polarization over protests in the era of President Donald Trump.

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Arkansas governor signs abortion law banning common procedure

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed into law on Thursday a bill banning the most common abortion procedure employed in the second trimester of a pregnancy, among the most restrictive abortion legislation in the United States.

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Red tape chokes off drilling on Native American reservations

FORT BERTHOLD, North Dakota (Reuters) - When the U.S. oil boom hit North Dakota a decade ago, wells sprang up quickly on the edges of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, an expanse of prairie and rolling hills three times larger than Los Angeles.

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San Bernardino massacre yields second immigration fraud conviction

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The sham "wife" of the California man accused of supplying guns used by the couple who killed 14 people in San Bernardino pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal immigration fraud charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

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Crisis deepens as Trump floats 20 percent tax on Mexico goods to pay for wall

PHILADELPHIA/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump could pay for a wall on the southern border with a new 20 percent tax on goods from Mexico, the White House said on Thursday, deepening a crisis after plans for a summit with the Mexican president fell apart.

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Police probe reported rape at Kansas University basketball dorm

(Reuters) - University of Kansas police are investigating the reported rape of a 16-year-old girl last month at the dormitory housing the college's highly ranked men's basketball team, officials said on Thursday.

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NY man linked to Islamic State gets 20 years prison for New Year's Eve plot

(Reuters) - An upstate New York man was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to provide material support to Islamic State, in connection with his alleged role in preparing a New Year's Eve attack in 2015 at a local club or bar.

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Remains of missing Fort Campbell soldier identified

NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Skeletal remains discovered in Tennessee this week have been identified as those of a Fort Campbell soldier missing since September, officials said.

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Chelsea Manning criticizes Obama, draws Trump's ire

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning on Thursday questioned Barack Obama's legacy after the former Democratic president commuted her sentence last week, and she called for "an unapologetic progressive leader" to fight for minorities' rights.

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Texas set to execute man convicted of killing two in store robbery

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas death row inmate has launched last-minute appeals to halt his Thursday execution, with lawyers for the man convicted of double murder saying he was not the trigger man and his case was tainted by prosecutorial misconduct and poor prior counsel.

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U.S. court issues injunction on assistance for dialysis patients

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A U.S. court has issued a preliminary injunction on a new federal rule that dialysis providers have said would prevent patients from using charitable assistance to buy private health insurance, Fresenius Medical Care (FMC) said on Thursday.

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Six shot during vigil for gunshot victim in Chicago: media

(Reuters) - A 12-year-old girl was among six people shot on Wednesday evening during a vigil in Chicago for a gunshot victim, local media said, the day after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened federal intervention to tackle gun violence in the city.

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Facebook's Zuckerberg 'reconsidering' land sale actions against Hawaiians

(Reuters) - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said he is reconsidering efforts to force the sale of land tracts belonging to native Hawaiians that fall within a large estate he bought on the island of Kauai, after facing harsh criticism.

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Harvard to spin off team that manages real estate investments

BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University plans to outsource most of its investment management activities and cut more than a hundred jobs, marking a dramatic overhaul in how the Ivy League school's $35.7 billion endowment is managed.

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Madoff victims cannot sidestep $7.2 billion settlement: U.S. judge

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge has blocked litigation that the trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff's firm said could undermine a $7.2 billion settlement meant to benefit the Ponzi schemer's former customers.

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Trump to seek 'major investigation' on voter fraud: Twitter

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would seek a "major investigation" on voter fraud that will focus on two states and illegal voters, despite numerous studies showing that voter fraud is rare in the United States.

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Trump to make Supreme Court justice pick on February 2

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump will make his choice to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 2, the Republican president said in a post on Twitter on Wednesday.

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Trump administration tells EPA to cut climate page from website: sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to remove the climate change page from its website, two agency employees told Reuters, the latest move by the newly minted leadership to erase ex-President Barack Obama's climate change initiatives.

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Pipeline opponents face high legal hurdles challenging Trump

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Opponents of two controversial oil pipelines face a long and difficult legal path if the U.S. government approves their construction, experts said after the Trump administration issued orders on Tuesday intended to advance the Keystone XL and Dakota Access projects.

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Michigan man whose sentence was commuted by Obama killed: media

(Reuters) - A Michigan man whose drug-related prison sentence was commuted by former President Barack Obama was shot dead this week at a federal halfway house, according to local media reports.

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New York City mayor seeks bigger reserves on Washington uncertainty

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday said his next budget would hold a record amount of money in reserve and seek at least $1 billion of savings citywide to compensate for "a huge amount of uncertainty" emanating from Washington.

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No charges for Los Angeles officers who killed unarmed black man

(Reuters) - Two Los Angeles police officers who fatally shot an unarmed black man described by his lawyer as mentally challenged will face no criminal charges over the 2014 killing, the district attorney said on Tuesday, calling their actions "legally justified."

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Minnesota governor says diagnosed with prostate cancer: report

(Reuters) - Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton, who collapsed while delivering his state-of-the-state address to legislators in St. Paul, announced on Tuesday that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune newspaper reported.

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Powerful storm hammers eastern United States with heavy snow, wind gusts

(Reuters) - A powerful storm that killed at least 21 people in the southern United States over the weekend was expected on Tuesday to bring heavy snow and wind gusts to the Northeast, causing school closings, treacherous driving conditions and power outages.

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Gun rights activists sue Massachusetts over assault weapons ban

BOSTON (Reuters) - Gun rights advocates have sued Massachusetts over the state's ban on assault weapons, saying that a crackdown begun last year on "copycat" assault rifles is a vague and unconstitutional violation of gun ownership rights.

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Trump to advance Keystone, Dakota Access pipelines: administration official

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign two executive actions on Tuesday to advance construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, an administration official told Reuters.

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Far-reaching Illinois budget fix faces long odds

CHICAGO (Reuters) - So severe is Illinois’ self-inflicted financial ruin that its newest hope to end a record-setting budget impasse rests with a massive bundling of billions of dollars in tax increases, borrowing and pension relief for Chicago’s cash-strapped schools.

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Court appeal argues California emissions trading plan akin to 'illegal tax'

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Parties in a four-year-old legal challenge to California's emissions trading program will head to court in Sacramento on Tuesday with a business group arguing the billions the program collected amounts to an "illegal tax" on businesses.

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Minnesota governor collapses while addressing legislators

(Reuters) - Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton collapsed on Monday while delivering his state-of-the-state address to legislators in St. Paul, but aides said afterward that Dayton quickly recovered from what they described as a fainting spell and returned home.

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New York City to unveil preliminary FY 2018 budget of $84.67 billion

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is preparing to unveil a preliminary $84.67 billion budget for fiscal 2018, approximately more than $1 billion over the current fiscal year, his office said late on Monday.

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Wisconsin sued as teens claim unlawful conditions in youth facilities

(Reuters) - Wisconsin was sued on Monday over conditions at two juvenile detention facilities in the state's northeast, where teenagers claimed they are routinely subject to unlawful solitary confinement, shackling and pepper spray.

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U.S. governors want say on Trump's infrastructure plan

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. governors are flagging hundreds of "shovel-ready" projects they regard as high-priority for President Donald Trump's plan to fix the nation's infrastructure.

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New York City reaches $75 million settlement over police summonses

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has agreed to pay up to $75 million to resolve a class action lawsuit accusing its police of engaging in a widespread pattern of issuing criminal summonses to individuals without probable cause in order to meet minimum quotas.

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Air Force base in Arizona on lockdown over possible 'gunshot sounds'

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force base near Tucson, Arizona has been placed on lockdown following unconfirmed reports of "gunshot sounds" heard there, a base spokeswoman said.

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U.S. top court rebuffs 'Sister Wives' challenge to Utah anti-bigamy law

(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to Utah's anti-bigamy law brought by the polygamist stars of the popular reality television show "Sister Wives."

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Supreme Court rejects Texas appeal over voter ID law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by Texas seeking to revive the state's strict Republican-backed voter-identification requirements that a lower court found had a discriminatory effect on black and Hispanic people.

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Women lead unprecedented worldwide mass protests against Trump

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of women filled the streets of major American cities to lead an unprecedented wave of international protests against President Donald Trump, mocking and denouncing the new U.S. leader the day after his inauguration.

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United domestic flights grounded due to 'IT issue'

(Reuters) - United Airlines said it had grounded all domestic flights due to an "IT issue" on Sunday, company spokeswoman Maddie King said.

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Shooting reported at mall in San Antonio, Texas

(Reuters) - San Antonio police were responding on Sunday to a shooting incident at a mall in the city, with one person in custody and authorities searching for a second suspect, local media reported.

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First days of Trump era signal America's deepening political divide

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the blocks surrounding the White House, signs reading "Love Trumps Hate" and "Build Bridges Not Walls" littered the sidewalks on Sunday, the detritus of the Women's March protesting the policies of President Donald Trump.

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Suspect in Boston police car propane attack arrested

(Reuters) - A man suspected of leaving a burning propane tank next to a Boston squad car last week was taken into custody after an investigation into the incident, police said on Sunday.

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Former President George H.W. Bush may be moved soon from intensive care

(Reuters) - Doctors may move former U.S. President George H.W. Bush out of the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital in the next day or two, with his vital signs returning to normal after a week-long bout with pneumonia, a spokesman said on Sunday.

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Trump pledges aid for storm-hit Georgia, Florida and Alabama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump pledged federal assistance for Georgia, Florida and Alabama after the southeastern states were hit by severe storms.

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Deadly storms track across U.S. South, triggering tornados

(Reuters) - Eleven people were killed in Georgia as severe storms tracked across the state, media outlets reported on Sunday, bringing the death toll from a dangerous weekend weather system to at least 15.

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North Dakota tribe formally calls on pipeline protesters to disperse

CANNON BALL, N.D. (Reuters) - A Sioux tribal council on Saturday formally asked hundreds of protesters to clear out of three camps near its North Dakota reservation used to stage months of sometimes violent protests against the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline.

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Trump inauguration draws nearly 31 million U.S. television viewers

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nearly 31 million viewers watched live U.S. television coverage of Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, far fewer than tuned in to Barack Obama's first swearing-in, but otherwise the biggest such audience since Ronald Reagan entered office, ratings firm Nielsen reported on Saturday.

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Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush's health improves

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush is recovering well from pneumonia but will remain in the intensive care unit at the Texas hospital where he has spent the last week, a spokesman said in a statement.

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Mississippi tornado kills 4, traps others: agency

(Reuters) - Search and rescue teams early on Saturday looked for people trapped in their homes in southern Mississippi after a strong tornado touched down, killing at least four people, state officials said.

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On Trump's second day, thousands of women to march in D.C. in protest

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the United States are expected to pack into downtown Washington on Saturday for a women's march in opposition to the agenda and rhetoric of President Donald Trump.

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Trump backers' disparate hopes coalesce around promise of change

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pomp and circumstance were like any big Washington celebration: a regal backdrop, the patriotic music, the military precision of the ceremony.

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Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' to appear in New York court on Friday

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is expected to appear in a court in New York on Friday, a day after his surprise extradition from Mexico ended a decades-long criminal career that included daredevil prison breaks and murder.

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Suspect in $1.6 million New York gold theft captured in Ecuador: police

(Reuters) - A man wanted for swiping a bucket filled with $1.6 million worth of gold flakes from an armored truck in New York four months ago has been arrested in western Ecuador, police said.

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Washington braces for massive protests as Trump becomes U.S. president

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of law enforcement officers and miles of barriers were in place in Washington on Friday, as officials braced for hundreds of thousands of people planning to celebrate or protest Donald Trump's inauguration as president of the United States.

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Conflicted U.S. capital prepares to host Trump's inauguration

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rob Cortis calls it the “Trump Unity Bridge” - a bulky, metal 45-foot structure welded to two wheels and bedecked with red, white and blue signs echoing President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign themes.

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Fortress Washington braces for anti-Trump protests

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington turned into a virtual fortress on Thursday ahead of Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, with police ready to step in to separate protesters from Trump supporters at any sign of unrest.

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Mexico extradites top drug lord 'El Chapo' to U.S.

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been extradited from a prison in northern Mexico to the United States, the Mexican government said on Thursday, one day before Donald Trump assumes the U.S. presidency.

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Trump poised to take executive actions on first day in office

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump is preparing to begin taking executive actions on his first day in the White House on Friday to roll back policies of outgoing President Barack Obama and implement parts of his plans to crack down on immigration and build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border.

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Women marching against Trump plan next step: public office

NEW YORK (Reuters) - After she spends Saturday marching in Washington among an expected 200,000 women protesting the presidency of Donald Trump on his first full day in office, Amy Davis-Comstock plans to take her first steps toward her own possible run for office.

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Obama says reducing leaker Chelsea Manning's prison term serves justice

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that former military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning had served a tough prison term and his decision to commute her 35-year sentence to about seven years served would not signal leniency toward leakers of U.S. government secrets.

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George Soros, Mastercard to partner to aid migrants, refugees

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros will partner with Mastercard Inc on a venture they said could help migrants, refugees and others struggling within their communities worldwide to improve their economic and social status.

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Virginia inmate executed despite arguments against drug 'cocktail'

(Reuters) - A Virginia inmate was executed on Wednesday for murdering two young sisters during a 2006 killing spree, after the Supreme Court denied a stay request despite his argument that the use of compounded lethal drugs violated his constitutional rights.

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CIA unveils new rules for collecting information on Americans

LANGLEY, Va. (Reuters) - The Central Intelligence Agency on Wednesday unveiled revised rules for collecting, analyzing and storing information on American citizens, updating the rules for the information age and publishing them in full for the first time.

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U.S. protest group vows to disrupt Trump inaugural festivities

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of an ad hoc group of protesters enraged by Republican Donald Trump's election as president of the United States vowed on Wednesday to disrupt his inauguration this week by blocking public access to the event.

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Wife of Florida nightclub gunman pleads not guilty to aiding attack

OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - The wife of the gunman in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges she assisted him ahead of the fatal shooting of 49 people at a gay nightclub in Florida and later misleading authorities.

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U.S. Jewish centers report second wave of bomb threats in one month

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several Jewish community centers in different U.S. states reported receiving false telephone bomb threats on Wednesday in the second wave of promised attacks to target American Jewish facilities this month.

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Obama shortens sentence of Manning, who gave secrets to WikiLeaks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday shortened the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. military intelligence analyst who was responsible for a 2010 leak of classified materials to anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, the biggest such breach in U.S. history.

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Virginia inmate facing execution argues against drug 'cocktail'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Virginia inmate set to be executed on Wednesday for murdering two young sisters during a 2006 killing spree has asked the Supreme Court for a stay, arguing that the first-ever use of compounded lethal drugs violates his constitutional rights.

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Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush hospitalized: media

(Reuters) - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston, CBS Houston affiliate KHOU television reported on Wednesday, citing his office chief of staff.

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New York governor wants to spend more on education, lower taxes

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday proposed a $152.3 billion all-funds state budget for fiscal 2018 that would increase education funding by $1 billion and cut tax rates for 6 million middle-class residents, extending a "millionare's tax" to pay for them.

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New York protesters camp out at Goldman Sachs to oppose Trump

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dozens of protesters gathered outside of Goldman Sachs Group Inc headquarters on Tuesday to rally against President-elect Donald Trump's picking several former executives of the Wall Street bank for top jobs in his administration.

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Woman sues Trump in New York for defamation over sexual assault denial

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One of about a dozen women who previously accused President-elect Donald Trump of making unwanted sexual advances filed a lawsuit against him in New York on Tuesday, alleging he had made false and defamatory statements about her in rejecting the accusation, causing her emotional and economic harm.

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Florida airport shooting suspect inspired by Islamic State: media

(Reuters) - An Iraq war veteran accused of killing five people at a Florida airport told investigators he was inspired by Islamic State and previously chatted online with Islamist extremists, an FBI agent testified on Tuesday, U.S. media reported.

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Despite showman reputation, Trump inauguration shaping up as low-key

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump made his name with opulent hotels and a dramatic reality TV show, but his inauguration on Friday as the 45th U.S. president is shaping up as a more understated affair, with big names in entertainment staying away.

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Texas Planned Parenthood asks judge to block Medicaid funding cut

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The leaders of Texas Planned Parenthood asked a federal judge on Tuesday to block the state's bid to halt Medicaid funding for the healthcare group, which has long been targeted by Republicans for providing abortions.

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Quarter of Republicans would keep Obamacare: Reuters/Ipsos poll

NEW YORK (Reuters) - About a quarter of U.S. Republicans do not want to see Obamacare repealed, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.

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U.S. Supreme Court divided over debt collection dispute

(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared divided as it weighed whether people who have filed for bankruptcy can sue companies that attempted to collect old debt from them that was not required to be paid back because of state statutes of limitations.

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Florida nightclub gunman's wife accused of misleading police

TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - The wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, last year was due in court on Tuesday, accused of misleading authorities investigating the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

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Wal-Mart to add 10,000 U.S. jobs in 2017

(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it would add about 10,000 jobs in the United States this year through the opening or remodeling of 59 stores as well as through its e-commerce business.

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Unlike Trump, Americans want strong environmental regulator - Reuters/Ipsos

NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 60 percent of Americans would like to see the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's powers preserved or strengthened under incoming President Donald Trump, and the drilling of oil on public lands to hold steady or drop, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday.

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Wife of Orlando nightclub gunman arrested on federal charges

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The FBI on Monday arrested the wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub last year, a massacre that intensified fears about attacks against Americans inspired by Islamic State, officials said.

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Springsteen tribute band pulls out of Trump inauguration bash

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Bruce Springsteen tribute band bowed to pressure on Monday and backed out of performing at a gala on the evening before Donald Trump's inauguration, saying it was doing so out of respect for the New Jersey rocker, a vocal critic of the president-elect.

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Cowboys Elliott seeks 'closure' on domestic violence probe

(The Sports Xchange) - Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott wants to see "closure" on the NFL's domestic violence inquiry related to the assault accusations made by his ex-girlfriend over the summer.

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Amid political rancor, Martin Luther King to be honored at Atlanta church

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Hundreds are expected to pack the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s home church in Atlanta on Monday to mark the federal holiday for the slain civil rights leader, amid political and racial rancor as the first black U.S. president prepares to step down.

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Trump vows 'insurance for everybody' in replacing Obamacare

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump aims to replace Obamacare with a plan that would envisage "insurance for everybody," he said in an interview with the Washington Post published on Sunday night.

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High-flying pro wrestling star Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka dies at 73

(Reuters) - Fijian-born Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, one of biggest stars in professional wrestling in the 1980s, died on Sunday at age 73, less than two weeks after homicide charges were dropped against him in Pennsylvania for the 1983 death of his girlfriend.

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Man arrested after Washington state Islamic Center fire

(Reuters) - A Washington man was arrested on Saturday on charges of setting fire to an Islamic center in Bellevue, Washington, authorities said.

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Ice storm pelts central U.S., upper Midwest

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A winter storm brought more ice and freezing rain to a large swath of the central United States on Sunday, creating dangerous driving conditions and power outages from northeast New Mexico to central Illinois during the long holiday weekend.

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Ringling Bros. circus folding its tent after nearly 150 years

(Reuters) - The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus said on Saturday it will cease performances after 146 years in business, owing to what it said were declining tickets sales and high operating costs.

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Major ice storm bears down on central U.S.

(Reuters) - The brunt of an ice storm was expected to roll through the Great Plains and Midwest this weekend after claiming the life of a motorist, causing scattered power outages and wreaking havoc on travel plans for airline passengers and motorists.

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Plan for pink 'pussyhats' in Washington after Trump's inauguration

(Reuters) - The National Mall in Washington D.C. could become a sea of bright pink the day after Donald Trump is inaugurated as U.S. president if the vision of a pair of Los Angeles women is realized.

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Chicago police routinely violated civil rights: U.S. Justice Department

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago police routinely violated the civil rights of people in one of America's largest cities, the U.S. Justice Department said in a report released on Friday, citing excessive force, racially discriminatory conduct and a "code of silence" to thwart investigations into police misconduct.

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Anti-Trump protests to kick off with Washington civil rights march

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A week of protests ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration as U.S. president is set to kick off on Saturday with a civil rights march in Washington by activists angry over the Republican's comments on minority groups including Muslims and Mexicans.

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Woman kidnapped as baby in Florida found after 18 years

TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - A woman who was taken as a baby from hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1998 has been found safe, Florida authorities said on Friday.

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Lady Liberty shown as black woman on U.S. coin for first time

(Reuters) - The United States Mint has unveiled a $100 gold coin featuring an African-American woman as the face of Lady Liberty for the first time in the history of U.S. currency.

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New North Dakota governor expects controversial pipeline to be built

(Reuters) - North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, who took office last month in the height of tensions surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline, said he believed the line would eventually be built and asked opponents to clean their protest camp before spring floodwaters create a potential ecological disaster.

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Ice storm targets central United States

(Reuters) - An ice storm heading for the central United States is threatening to take down trees and power lines and create treacherous travel conditions on Friday and into the weekend, the National Weather Service said.

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Explosions and fire erupt at Detroit bus terminal

(Reuters) - Firefighters battled a large blaze at a bus terminal in Detroit early on Friday morning, local media reported.

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Louisiana man pleads guilty to threatening shooting at D.C. pizzeria

(Reuters) - A Louisiana man pleaded guilty on Thursday to a federal charge that he threatened to carry out a shooting at a Washington D.C. pizzeria near another restaurant where days earlier a man opened fire as he investigated a fake news report, a prosecutor said.

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Storms ease California drought as reservoirs fill up

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Several months of wet weather have dramatically eased California's years-long drought, replenishing reservoirs and parched aquifers and forcing state water officials to switch - at least temporarily - from managing shortages to avoiding floods.

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Vote opens way for federal financing of Amtrak's $24 billion renovation plan

NEWARK, N.J. (Reuters) - The board overseeing the $24 billion Gateway Program to rebuild portions of Amtrak rail lines through New York City voted on Thursday to enter the first phase of construction into a federal program, a critical step to accessing billions of dollars of financing.

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Judge refuses to dismiss citizen's 'Bridgegate' complaint against Chris Christie

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Jersey judge on Thursday ordered a new hearing on a citizen's criminal complaint against Governor Chris Christie over the "Bridgegate" scandal but declined to dismiss the case entirely.

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Six children presumed dead, four people hurt in Baltimore house fire

(Reuters) - Six missing children are presumed dead and three siblings and their mother were injured in a fire in a three-story house in Baltimore early on Thursday, city fire department officials said.

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U.S. weather forecaster sees La Niña fading by February

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said current La Niña conditions are likely to dissipate by February and neutral conditions are likely to continue during the first half of the year.

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Rains, snow to ease in U.S. West as waterways begin to recede

(Reuters) - Heavy rain and snow will begin to ease on Thursday in the U.S. West, where swollen rivers are expected to recede, forecasters said, after flooding that has forced thousands to evacuate in recent days.

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Fury, forgiveness at condemned South Carolina church gunman's sentencing

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - White supremacist Dylann Roof, condemned to death for a mass shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina, church, heard forgiveness and fury at his sentencing hearing on Wednesday from grieving loved ones of the nine slain black parishioners.

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Massachusetts judge requires Exxon to hand over climate documents

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts judge has refused to excuse Exxon Mobil Corp from a request by the state's attorney general to hand over decades worth of documents on its views on climate change, state officials said on Wednesday.

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Texas executes man convicted of killing two over $20 drug deal

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The first U.S. execution of 2017 was held on Wednesday when Texas lethally injected a man convicted of killing two men in a revenge plot after one had tricked him in a $20 drug deal.

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Trump taps well of protest with calls for more drilling in national parks

(Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump aims to open up federal lands to more energy development, tapping into a long-running and contentious debate over how best to manage America’s remaining wilderness.

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Judge to weigh citizen's 'Bridgegate' complaint against Chris Christie

(Reuters) - A New Jersey judge is set to hear arguments on Wednesday over whether to dismiss a citizen's criminal complaint against Governor Chris Christie for his alleged role in the "Bridgegate" lane-closure scandal.

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Snow, rain pummel parts of California, Nevada and Oregon

(Reuters) - Heavy rain and snowfall hit parts of California, Nevada and Oregon early on Wednesday, causing roads to be closed, schools to cancel classes and widespread flooding along already swollen waterways.

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Tennessee woman jailed over abortion attempt freed after a year

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - A Tennessee woman initially accused of attempted murder for unsuccessfully using a coat hanger to try to abort a 24-week-old fetus has been released after spending more than a year in jail, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.

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California police officer not charged in shooting of unarmed black man

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A police officer was legally justified in shooting dead an unarmed black man in El Cajon, California, in September, and will not be charged criminally, the county's top prosecutor said on Tuesday.

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Clinton, other former top diplomats mark new diplomacy center

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four current and former U.S. secretaries of state, including Hillary Clinton, gathered at the State Department on Tuesday to mark the ceremonial opening of a museum on American diplomacy.

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Christie to battle New Jersey's drug abuse problem in last year as governor

(Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, trying to redeem himself at home and nationally after a scandal-tarred 2016, said on Tuesday he will make tackling New Jersey's spiraling drug-abuse epidemic the focus of his last year in office.

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With some nostalgia, Obama to give farewell address to America

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will give a farewell speech to the nation on Tuesday night, looking back at his legacy as he encourages supporters demoralized by the election of Republican Donald Trump to feel optimism about the future of the country.

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U.S. prosecutors plan corruption retrial for ex-Los Angeles county sheriff

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have decided to retry former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca on obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges that left a jury deadlocked last month, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney said on Tuesday.

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San Bernardino gunman’s brother pleads guilty to immigration fraud

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The brother of the man who with his wife killed 14 people in a shooting rampage at a government building in San Bernardino, California, pleaded guilty to immigration fraud on Tuesday in connection with his sister-in-law's marriage.

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U.S. top court puts North Carolina voting districts ruling on hold

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold a lower court's ruling requiring North Carolina to immediately redraw state legislative districts found to have been be mapped out in a way that crammed black voters into a limited number of them to dilute their electoral clout.

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Police offer $100,000 reward in hunt for suspect in killing of Florida officer

(Reuters) - Authorities offered a $100,000 reward on Tuesday for information leading to the capture of the man suspected in the fatal shooting of a policewoman in Orlando, Florida.

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Arizona man faces trial for helping college student join Islamic State

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Arizona man is set to face trial on charges that he provided support to Islamic State by helping a New York City college student travel to Syria, where he died fighting for the militant group.

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Police arrest suspected hostage-taker after robbery attempt near University of Alabama

(Reuters) - An armed man who had taken several people hostage while trying to rob a credit union near the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa was arrested on Tuesday with no injuries to the hostages, the university said.

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Supreme Court grapples with credit card surcharge law dispute

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled over how to decide a challenge to a New York state law barring retailers from imposing surcharges on customers who make purchases with a credit card instead of cash.

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Sudan diplomat freed after sex abuse charge on New York subway

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Sudanese diplomat was arrested in New York City and charged with sexually rubbing up against a woman in a subway car but the charges were dropped and he was released because he had diplomatic immunity, police said on Tuesday.

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Final arguments set for South Carolina church shooter facing execution

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors and convicted murderer Dylann Roof on Tuesday will give their closing arguments about whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison for the hate-fueled killings of nine black people at a South Carolina church.

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Powerful storms head for U.S. West after thousands flee floods

(Reuters) - Powerful storms packing heavy rain and snow will lash the U.S. West on Tuesday, a day after thousands of people fled their homes to escape floods, forecasters said.

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U.S. citizens targeted after extradition of Haiti ex-coup leader

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian police have evacuated some 50 U.S. citizens to safety after attempted attacks by supporters of Haitian Senator-elect Guy Philippe, who was arrested and extradited to the United States last week, a police official said on Monday.

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Florida airport shooting suspect appears in federal court

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) - The 26-year-old Iraq war veteran accused of killing five people at a busy Florida airport in the latest U.S. gun rampage appeared in a federal court on Monday on charges that could bring him the death penalty.

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Massachusetts triple murderer sentenced to death for 2001 rampage

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts man who admitted to killing three people in a multiday 2001 rampage in two states was sentenced to death by a federal jury on Monday after a two-month trial.

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo stakes out progressive agenda

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo positioned his state on Monday as the "progressive capital of the nation" and proposed policies to drive a middle-class economic recovery.

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Orlando police officer fatally shot, manhunt for suspect

(Reuters) - A man wanted for killing his former girlfriend fatally shot an Orlando, Florida, police officer on Monday, authorities said, prompting a manhunt and causing area schools to be put on lockdown as a precaution.

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Sentencing testimony against South Carolina church shooter concludes

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Monday rested their case against white supremacist Dylann Roof, the convicted murderer they argue should be executed for killing nine black parishioners at a historic Charleston, South Carolina, church in June 2015.

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Mexican migrants in U.S. are not criminals: Mexican foreign minister

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican migrants in the United States are not criminals, Mexico's new foreign minister said on Monday, adding that the country would face the "dynamic" U.S. political situation with negotiation, not conflict or insults.

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U.S. judge supervising Oakland police, California prisons to retire

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The federal judge overseeing California's prison healthcare system and the city of Oakland's police department plans to retire in August, raising questions about how reform of both troubled institutions will unfold.

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'Pharma bro' Shkreli suspended from Twitter for harassment

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. drug executive Martin Shkreli, dubbed the "pharma bro" and vilified for raising the price of a lifesaving drug by 5,000 percent, was suspended by Twitter on Sunday for harassing a female journalist.

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Massive storm hits western U.S. with rain, snow and ice

(Reuters) - A powerful storm lashed California and other parts of the western United States on Sunday, bringing flooding and the risk of dangerous mudslides to a state that has struggled with drought for years.

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Pennsylvania mother, boyfriend raped and dismembered daughter: police

HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - Authorities in suburban Philadelphia have charged a man and woman of raping, murdering and dismembering the woman's 14-year-old adopted daughter to fulfill a bizarre sexual fantasy.

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Last day for SeaWorld killer whale show in California

(Reuters) - SeaWorld in San Diego will host its last killer whale performance on Sunday, the culmination of its promise to phase out the decades-old show after criticism of its treatment of the captive marine mammals.

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Eastern United States digs out from big snowstorm, braces for cold

(Reuters) - The eastern United States began digging out on Saturday from a massive storm that dumped heavy snow from Georgia to Massachusetts, knocking out power for thousands of people and causing hundreds of car crashes, officials said as they warned of more cold weather ahead.

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Charles Manson in California prison, no comment on condition: official

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Convicted mass murderer Charles Manson is at the California prison where he is serving a life sentence, corrections officials said on Saturday, following recent reports that the hippie-era cult leader had been hospitalized.

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Retiree and volunteer fireman among Florida airport shooting fatalities

(Reuters) - A volunteer firefighter in his sixties and a retiree en route to a cruise ship vacation with her husband were among the five travelers fatally gunned down during Friday's airport attack in Florida, according to relatives and friends.

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Kentucky lawmakers pass 'right-to-work' legislation

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers in Kentucky passed a bill on Saturday making it the 27th U.S. state to allow workers the right to work in union-represented shops and receive union-negotiated benefits without paying dues to the representing body.

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Witness may testify incognito in Robert Durst of 'The Jinx' murder trial

LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) - A witness fearing retribution in the murder trial of wealthy real estate scion Robert Durst, whose ties to several slayings were chronicled in HBO's documentary "The Jinx," will be allowed to testify without revealing his or her identity, a Los Angeles judge ruled on Friday.

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Four ordered held without bail over Chicago torture shown on Facebook

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Four African-Americans accused of attacking an 18-year-old white man with special needs while making anti-white racial taunts in an assault broadcast on Facebook were ordered held without bail by a Chicago judge on Friday.

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South Carolina jury to deliberate church shooter's fate next week

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Jurors could begin deliberating on Tuesday whether white supremacist Dylann Roof should be sentenced to death or life in prison for killing nine black people at a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina, a federal judge said on Friday.

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Obama says Sanders' supporters helped undermine Obamacare

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday that criticism from the left wing of his own Democratic Party helped feed into the unpopularity of Obamacare, his signature healthcare reform law.

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Anarchists threaten to disrupt Trump inauguration, police say ready

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Anarchist groups have threatened to shut down Republican Donald Trump's swearing-in as U.S. president, but police in Washington said on Friday they believe the thousands of security officers assigned to the event will be able to head off any disruption.

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Nine people shot, one dead at Florida's Fort Lauderdale airport: MSNBC, citing sources

(Reuters) - Nine people were shot, including one fatally, and a suspect was in custody after an incident at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida on Friday, MSNBC reported, citing unnamed law enforcement sources.

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Snow storm takes aim at U.S. South, Southeast

(Reuters) - A winter storm packing heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain is on track for the U.S. South and Southeast where roads may become impassable and power outages are possible starting on Friday and into the weekend, forecasters said.

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Lawyer decries emotional testimony at South Carolina church gunman's trial

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Convicted murderer Dylann Roof's failure to object in court to tearful testimony by family members of those slain in the South Carolina church massacre show he is incapable of making a case to spare his life, his former lawyer said on Thursday.

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U.S. Army eases rules on beards, turbans for Muslim, Sikh troops

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has taken new steps to make it easier for Sikhs, Muslims and other religious minorities to obtain approval to dress and groom themselves according to their religious customs while serving in the military, a spokesman said on Thursday.

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Record snow and rain stretches across parched U.S. west

(Reuters) - Record snow and rain pummeled the western United States on Thursday, raising the threat of floods and freezing temperatures in some areas across the region, weather officials said.

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Massachusetts sheriff offers prison inmates to build Trump's wall

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts county sheriff has proposed sending prison inmates from around the United States to build the proposed wall along the Mexican border that is one of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's most prominent campaign promises.

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Chicago's gang violence catches highway drivers in crossfire

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Jonathan Ortiz and other members of his rap group, No Nights Off, stepped onto the stage at Chicago's House of Blues in mid-September for a concert they hoped would propel their young, promising careers.

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Trump presses Democrats on Obamacare, calls for bipartisan fix

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday kept up his attacks on Democrats and Obamacare while calling for a bipartisan effort in Congress to come up with a healthcare alternative that would lower costs and improve care.

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U.S. Coast Guard responds to Gulf of Mexico oil platform fire

(Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday it was responding to a report of a fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off Grand Isle, Louisiana.

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New York train crash injures more than 100 commuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City train derailed at a downtown Brooklyn terminal during Wednesday's morning rush hour, injuring more than 100 commuters in the metropolitan area's second major rail accident since late September.

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Four in custody after Chicago beating broadcast on social media

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Detectives questioned two men and two women on Wednesday in connection with the beating in Chicago of a man with mental health issues who, on a Facebook Live video shot by his assailants, was shown cowering in a corner with his mouth taped shut, officials said.

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Obamacare repeal would cost New York state at least $3.7 billion: governor

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the goal of Republicans in Washington, would cost New York state $3.7 billion and strip 2.7 million residents of health coverage, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday.

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New York City crime fell to historic low in 2016

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crime in New York City fell to a historic low last year, the police said on Wednesday in a report showing that the largest U.S. city avoided the spike in murders that has battered other major American cities, including Chicago.

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Pence, Republican lawmakers focus on Obamacare in Capitol talks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have vowed to move quickly to repeal President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, but dismantling the program could leave tens of millions of Americans without healthcare.

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Dylann Roof to address jurors at sentencing trial

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Jurors who found white supremacist Dylann Roof guilty of federal crimes tied to the killings of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church will hear directly from him on Wednesday as the sentencing phase of his death penalty trial begins.

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Civil rights activists arrested protesting Trump's Attorney General pick

(Reuters) - Police in Alabama arrested six civil rights activists staging a sit-in at Senator Jeff Sessions' office on Tuesday to protest his nomination for U.S. Attorney General, criticizing his record on voting rights and race relations.

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North Dakota governor warns pipeline protesters of possible March flooding

(Reuters) - North Dakota's new governor warned on Tuesday that protesters remaining at the construction site of the Dakota Access Pipeline should vacate their main camp before spring because of the risk of flooding.

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Police officer slams girl to floor at North Carolina high school

(Reuters) - A police officer was videotaped slamming to the floor a female African-American student at a North Carolina school on Tuesday, according to school officials and a video of the incident, which sparked outrage after circulating on social media.

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Convicted mass killer Manson hospitalized outside prison: reports

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Convicted mass murderer Charles Manson was taken from a California prison, where he is serving a life term, to a hospital for an undisclosed medical issue on Tuesday, news media reported.

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Children aged 7 to 17 killed in Texas home by toxic chemical gas

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Four children aged 7 to 17 died after a toxic gas leak from a pest control product at their home in Amarillo, Texas, fire officials said on Tuesday.

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Maine governor signs measure allowing recreational marijuana use

(Reuters) - Maine Governor Paul LePage on Tuesday said he had signed a measure legalizing the recreational usage of marijuana in his state after voters approved the move in a November ballot initiative.

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Texas abortion provider says fetal tissue burial rule is 'offensive'

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The president of an abortion provider told a federal court on Tuesday a proposed Texas regulation requiring facilities to dispose of aborted fetal tissue through burial or cremation is unnecessary and "offensive."

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Megyn Kelly leaving Fox News to join NBC: source

(Reuters) - Fox News Channel anchor Megyn Kelly has decided to leave the network to join NBC News, a source close to NBC said on Tuesday.

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Storms that pounded U.S. South seen easing to light rain along East Coast

(Reuters) - A severe storm system that left five people dead in the U.S. South is expected to weaken significantly on Tuesday, bringing only light rainfall along the East Coast, officials said.

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House speaker: House ethics watchdog will remain independent

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Tuesday he has made clear to the House Ethics Committee chairman that the panel must not interfere with the Office Of Congressional Ethics and should only ensure that the office follows rules and does not hamper investigations.

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Baggage handler found locked in hold of Charlotte-Washington flight

(Reuters) - A baggage handler was found inside the cargo hold of a plane that had flown into Washington D.C. from Charlotte, North Carolina, airline staff said on Monday.

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Four killed in Alabama as severe storms hit U.S. South

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Alabama's governor said four people were killed in a building in an area hit by severe weather as a heavy storm system pounded the U.S. South with rain, hail and strong winds on Monday.

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U.S. Customs and Border outage causing backups at airports

(Reuters) - A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol computer problems hit several U.S. airports on Monday, causing long lines at immigration checks, airport officials said.

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Four children die in Texas after chemical gas poisons home

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Four minors died from chemical gas poisoning after a resident tried to fumigate a home in Amarillo, Texas with pesticide, fire officials told local media.

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Trump says Chicago must seek U.S. help if no progress cutting murders

(Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in a Twitter message on Monday that Chicago's mayor must ask for U.S. government help if the city fails to reduce its homicide rate, which hit a 20-year high in 2016.

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Man suspected of stealing Army Reserve weapons escapes Rhode Island jail

(Reuters) - A getaway car thought to have been stolen by a man who escaped from a maximum security detention facility in Rhode Island over the weekend has been found in neighboring Massachusetts, authorities said on Monday.

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Judge closes hearing on South Carolina church gunman's competency

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A judge on Monday barred the public and press from a hearing to determine if Dylann Roof is mentally fit to serve as his own lawyer in the penalty phase of his trial, when the jury will decide whether to give him the death penalty for the 2015 massacre at a South Carolina church.Roof, 22, an avowed white supremacist, shot dead nine people at the historically black Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston.

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Two sets of twins born in different years in U.S.

(Reuters) - Two sets of twins were born in different years over the weekend, with parents in Arizona and California getting double doses of joy in 2016 and 2017, local media reported.

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SpaceX aims for Jan. 8 return to flight with Falcon rocket

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to resume flying rockets next week following an investigation into why one of them burst into flames on a launch pad four months ago, the company said on Monday.

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'Hollyweed': Prankster alters LA's landmark sign

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The iconic hillside sign overlooking Southern California's film-and-television hub was defaced overnight in honor of marijuana.

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Debris prompt search for Lake Erie plane crash to resume Monday

(Reuters) - Search teams looking for a small plane that crashed in Lake Erie with six people aboard are checking reports that debris has washed ashore and will resume their search on Monday, Cleveland city officials said on Sunday.

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Protesters hang banner during NFL game to protest North Dakota pipeline

(Reuters) - Two protesters dangling from a ceiling support at Minneapolis' U.S. Bank Stadium unfurled a banner criticizing the Dakota Access Pipeline during a National Football League game on Sunday between the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears, police said.

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New York's Times Square erupts with cheer as a new year dawns

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of merrymakers witnessed the descent of the kaleidoscopic New Year's Eve ball in Times Square at midnight on Sunday, celebrating a century-old New York tradition under an unprecedented umbrella of security.

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Search resumes on Lake Erie for missing plane and six passengers

(Reuters) - Search teams on Lake Erie restarted their attempts on Sunday to find the remains of six people presumed to have died when their small plane crashed into the water shortly after taking off, the Cleveland mayor's office said.

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