(Reuters) – Online ticketing company Ticketmaster said in a tweet it has canceled Friday’s sale of tickets for pop star Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour due to high demand and …
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House probe of Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot releasing report next month
by Reutersby ReutersBy Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. House of Representatives committee will release its report probing the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump …
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Republicans win U.S. House majority, setting stage for divided government
by Reutersby ReutersBy Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans were projected to win a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, setting the stage for two years of divided government as …
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Minors from controversial migrant ship flee French refugee centre
by Reutersby ReutersPARIS (Reuters) – More than half of the 44 minors that were on board the controversial Ocean Viking refugee rescue ship have fled the French social services who were taking …
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Heating oil cost U.S. households 65% more in Oct from year-ago -EIA
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) – Heating oil costs for U.S. households rose by 65% in October compared to the same month last year, due to depleted stocks furthered by low imports and production …
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Mexico authorizes U.S. seizure of drug lord Caro Quintero’s property
by Reutersby ReutersMEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican court has authorized the United States to seize drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero’s assets in Mexico, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement …
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Top Biden aide Brian Deese plans White House exit – Bloomberg News
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser, Brian Deese, is expected to leave the White House next year, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. Deese is expected to quit …
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Berkeley joins Harvard and Yale boycott of U.S. News law school rankings
by Reutersby ReutersBy Karen Sloan (Reuters) – The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law on Thursday joined the law schools at Yale and Harvard in withdrawing from U.S. News & World …
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Brittney Griner taken to penal colony in Russia’s Mordovia region – lawyers
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) – U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been taken to a penal colony in the Russian region of Mordovia, her lawyers said in a statement on Thursday. Reuters had …
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U.S. offers $5 million reward in hunt for Paraguay prosecutor’s killers
by Reutersby ReutersASUNCION (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday said it was offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of those responsible for the murder …
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Parents of slain blogger Gabby Petito settle case against boyfriend’s estate
by Reutersby ReutersBy Joseph Ax (Reuters) – The parents of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old travel blogger whose disappearance and murder captivated Americans last year, have reached a $3 million settlement in the …
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Seeking compromise candidate, Lebanese politician Bassil leaves door ajar for presidency bid
by Reutersby ReutersBy John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – Senior Lebanese politician Gebran Bassil said on Thursday he was working to find a compromise candidate for the presidency who would be able to …
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Russia’s Navalny says he has been put in solitary punishment cell
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) – Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Thursday said he has been transferred to a solitary punishment cell, a development he said was clearly designed to shut him …
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Iran accuses Israel, Western spy services of plotting Iranian civil war
by Reutersby ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) -Iran on Thursday accused its-arch enemy Israel and Western intelligence services of plotting to start a civil war in the Islamic Republic, now gripped by some of the …
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Drake, 21 Savage agree not to use ‘Vogue’ trademarks to promote No. 1 album
by Reutersby ReutersBy Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Drake and 21 Savage have stopped using Vogue trademarks to promote their new No. 1 album “Her Loss,” and agreed to a preliminary …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. auto safety regulators on Thursday confirmed a new death tied to a defective air bag inflator in a 2006 Ford Ranger pickup and reiterated …
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COVID pandemic led to surge in superbug infections, EU agency says
by Reutersby ReutersLONDON (Reuters) – Infections from some antibiotic-resistant pathogens known as superbugs have more than doubled in health care facilities in Europe, an EU agency said on Thursday, providing further evidence …
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By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked key provisions of a Florida state law that curbs professors from endorsing particular viewpoints in public university classrooms, calling …
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Four Idaho students were killed with a knife or ‘edged’ weapon
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) – Four University of Idaho students appear to have been killed with a knife or some other “edged” weapon, police said on Tuesday, offering one of the first details …
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U.S. Justice Dept launches probe of Oklahoma’s mental health services
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday launched a probe into whether Oklahoma, Oklahoma City and the city’s police department discriminate against people who have mental health disabilities in the …
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Robert Clary, Holocaust survivor who starred in TV’s ‘Hogan’s Heroes’, dies at 96
by Reutersby ReutersBy Will Dunham (Reuters) – Robert Clary, the diminutive Paris-born actor and singer who survived 31 months in Nazi concentration camps but later had no qualms about co-starring in “Hogan’s …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal court in Cincinnati sentenced a Chinese national to 20 years in prison on Wednesday after he was convicted last year of plotting to steal …
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U.S.’s Hoyer to leave leadership, backs Jeffries as top House Democrat -Punchbowl News
by Reutersby ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer will step down from the Democratic leadership but will remain in Congress, Punchbowl News reported on Thursday, adding that Hoyer will …
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Pelosi says she will not seek re-election to House Democrats’ top job
by Reutersby ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday announced that she will not seek re-election to the leadership of the Democratic caucus, making way for a …
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Pressure mounts in giant Mexican migrant camp as U.S. expulsions ruled unlawful
by Reutersby ReutersBy Jackie Botts and Jose Cortes SAN PEDRO TAPANATEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) – Thousands of migrants are camping in squalid conditions in a remote southern Mexican town after U.S. and Mexican …