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Country Music Association’s ‘Diversity & Inclusion’ Fellowship Discriminates Against White Students, Complaint Says Alexa Schwerha on January 10, 2023 A Country Music Association (CMA) summer fellowship racially discriminates against students …

Top Execs Depart Floundering Electric Vehicle Startup John Hugh DeMastri on January 10, 2023 UPDATE: This piece has been updated with comment from a Rivian spokesperson. Several executives at electric …

Maine Parents Demand Local School District Remove Over 80 ‘Explicit’ Books From School Libraries Reagan Reese on January 10, 2023 A group of Maine parents called Monday for a school …

18-Time Felon In Crime-Ridden City Sentenced To More Than 6 Years In Prison For Illegal Firearm Possession Trevor Schakohl on January 10, 2023 A Portland, Oregon, man was sentenced to …

Dem Strategist Agrees With Rep. Gaetz’ Amendment That Would Allow C-SPAN Cameras To Cover House Floor Proceedings Harold Hutchison on January 10, 2023 A Democratic strategist praised an amendment Republican …

Pentagon Officially Overturns Military Vaccine Mandate Micaela Burrow on January 10, 2023 The Department of Defense (DOD) officially scrapped the requirement that all members of the armed forces be fully …

By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The United States is looking to Canada to help cope with the growing number of migrants at the United States’ border with Mexico, …

WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced today its Winter 2023 Virtual Career Expo, scheduled for Jan. 25. CBP is seeking entry-level and experienced law enforcement and professional …

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Following are reactions to the death of Australian Cardinal George Pell, a leading Roman Catholic conservative and former top Vatican official who in 2020 was acquitted of child …

By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s top prosecutor’s office on Tuesday said it has launched an inquiry into new President Dina Boluarte and members of her cabinet over violent clashes …

By Jarrett Renshaw and Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The United States, Mexico and Canada on Tuesday vowed to tighten economic ties, producing more goods regionally and boosting semiconductor output, …

By Jonathan Stempel and Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) – The disgraced Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein on Tuesday asked New York’s highest court to overturn his 2020 rape and …

(Reuters) -The Pentagon on Tuesday rescinded a controversial Biden administration mandate requiring that all members of the U.S. armed forces be vaccinated against COVID-19. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said …

By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) -Allen Weisselberg, a longtime executive for Donald Trump and the star prosecution witness in the Trump Organization’s criminal trial, was sentenced on Tuesday to …

By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry’s “Spare” became the UK’s fastest selling non-fiction book ever, its publisher said on Tuesday, after days of TV interviews, leaks, and a …

By Bogdan Kochubey KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stripped four political figures of their Ukrainian citizenship on Tuesday, including pro-Kremlin politician Viktor Medvedchuk who was transferred to Russia last …

(Reuters) – Canada is working with allies including the United States to prepare for “options” if the situation in Haiti deteriorates, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, adding any …

(Reuters) – Ukraine’s eastern salt mining town of Soledar hung in the balance as Russia’s mercenary firm Wagner claimed control, but continued fighting and Kyiv’s assertion earlier that its forces …

By Tom Balmforth and Vladyslav Smilianets KYIV/NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Tuesday its forces were still holding onto positions in the eastern mining town of Soledar, withstanding …

By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans controlling the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to launch an investigation into what they term President Joe Biden’s weaponization of the federal …

BUCHAREST (Reuters) -A Romanian court ordered late on Tuesday that divisive internet personality Andrew Tate, his brother and two other suspects remain in Romanian police custody for a full 30 …

(This Jan. 9 story has been refiled to fix the spelling of “name” to “named” in paragraph 4) By Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Classified documents from …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The far-right media personality known as “Baked Alaska” was sentenced on Tuesday to two months in prison after having pleaded guilty last year to …

By Michael Erman (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders sent Moderna Inc a letter this week asking the drug company to halt planned U.S. price increases on its COVID-19 vaccine, saying …