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(Reuters) – New York will implement a program that sets an annual cap on pollution throughout its economy to lower emissions while aiming to bring in more than $1 billion …

(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on Tuesday issued an order to establish an office to ensure efficient use of the Biden administration’s $4.7 billion investment in …

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses six state-run medical schools in Texas of violating federal anti-discrimination laws by giving preferences to female and non-Asian minority applicants. …

By Simon Lewis (Reuters) – The prestigious Kennedy School at Harvard University is under fire over a decision not to award a fellowship to the former head of Human Rights …

LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol stopped a human smuggling attempt at the I-35 checkpoint north of Laredo, Texas.  On Jan. 9, Border Patrol agents were working at the …

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday appeared open to siding with convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in his latest bid to reverse …

SANTA TERESA, N.M. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Santa Teresa port director Tony Hall II was formally sworn into office this morning at a CBP Field Operations change of command …

LOUISVILLE, Ky— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville are seeing nightly counterfeit jewelry shipments arriving from locations known to produce fakes. On January 2, Louisville CBP seized …

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) -Countries should consider recommending that passengers wear masks on long-haul flights, given the rapid spread of the latest Omicron subvariant of COVID-19 …

(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will be in Canada in March in his first visit to one of the United State’s top trading partners since taking office almost two …

(Reuters) – There were 18 separate weather and climate disaster events in the United States last year, exceeding $1 billion each in losses, making 2022 the third-costliest year in records …

By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will buy a U.S.-made National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) for Ukraine, a statement from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office said after a meeting …

By Caroline Pailliez and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -The French should work two years longer to age 64 before retiring, the government said on Tuesday, announcing an unpopular pension system …

(Reuters) – The U.S. health regulator said on Tuesday its advisory panel will meet on Feb. 15 to review Emergent Biosolutions Inc’s over-the-counter (OTC) nasal spray to treat suspected opioid …

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ordered the arrest of former Justice Minister Anderson Torres, who served under former President Jair Bolsonaro and who was …

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday named Elizabeth Klein, a lawyer who worked in the Obama and Clinton administrations, to head the bureau that …

BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Divisive internet personality Andrew Tate will remain in police custody for the full 30 days he was remanded to alongside his brother and two other suspects pending …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday it is forwarding thousands of consumer complaints stemming from Southwest Airlines’ massive December flight cancellations as part of its ongoing investigation. …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A longtime executive for Donald Trump is expected to be sent to New York’s Rikers Island jail after being sentenced on Tuesday to five months behind …

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Genomic sequencing allowed the world to track new coronavirus variants throughout the pandemic. Now British researchers plan to use it to better understand a …

By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Katie Porter on Tuesday launched a campaign for U.S. Senate in California, taking aim at a seat currently held by fellow Democrat …

By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) -Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who helped to amplify former President Donald Trump’s false claims about widespread fraud in the 2020 election, has been subpoenaed …

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A Washington, D.C., appeals court on Tuesday considered whether Donald Trump should be immune from author E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit stemming from the former U.S. …