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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – New York’s top state court on Tuesday made it more difficult for music producer Dr. Luke to win his lawsuit claiming pop star Kesha defamed …

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York regulator on Tuesday fined Geico $910,000 for violating state insurance laws by failing to timely report new business and other …

By Katie Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) – Meta Platforms said on Tuesday that it would provide researchers with access to components of a new “human-like” artificial intelligence model that it …

By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA (Reuters) -Kosovo’s prime minister on Tuesday presented a plan to defuse tensions in its Serb-majority north that would include fresh local elections and cuts in special …

NAIROBI (Reuters) – The death toll from a Kenyan starvation cult crossed 300 on Tuesday after authorities exhumed more bodies in a forest, in one of the worst cult-related tragedies …

By Phil Noble and Sachin Ravikumar NOTTINGHAM (Reuters) -British police said a man had been arrested on suspicion of murder after three people were found dead on the street in …

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A group of U.S. lawmakers is calling for a U.S.-Africa trade summit planned for later this year to be moved from South Africa in response to what …

By Brendan O’Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois has become the first state to legislate against the banning of books in public libraries, a practice that has been on the rise …

By Granth Vanaik, Shankar Ramakrishnan and Matt Tracy (Reuters) -The pain is getting deeper for San Francisco as the owners of one of the biggest shopping centers in the city …

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will extend deportation relief and work permits through 2025 for more than 300,000 immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal but …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday pledged federal support for rebuilding a major U.S. highway after a portion collapsed in Philadelphia over the weekend, …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The mayor of the violent border city Tijuana in northern Mexico, Montserrat Caballero, has moved into military barracks for her safety after she received threats, the …

By Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to California next week to raise campaign cash from tech and climate donors as he …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The United States is set to remove obstacles that prevent smoother trade with India in critical areas such as defence and high technology, U.S. National Security …

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Golden Globe Awards were sold on Monday to a new owner that will shut down the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the …

(Corrects to identify Michael Russell as the attorney who delivered the state’s opening statement in paragraphs 8, 10) By Clark Mindock (Reuters) -The first trial in several U.S. climate change …

By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Here is a look at the charges former President Donald Trump faces and his possible defenses over what prosecutors say was his illegal retention of …