By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A Texas federal judge on Tuesday refused to set an accelerated trial schedule for a lawsuit by anti-abortion groups seeking to end U.S. sales of the abortion pill mifepristone, in a case that could severely disrupt access to medication abortion nationwide. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo rejected the …
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By Maria Alejandra Cardona MIAMI (Reuters) -As developers seek to build up Miami’s skyline, long-time resident Ishmael Bermudez is digging in – literally. The 70-year-old artist and amateur archeologist lives in a single-family home in Brickell, a rare property in Miami’s financial district. Bermudez, alongside community groups and professional archeologists, is pushing for more preservation …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Representative David Cicilline, a leading voice for gay rights and a critic of Big Tech’s market power who has represented Rhode Island in Congress for over a decade, said Tuesday that he will resign from office effective June 1. In a surprise announcement, Cicilline, a former Providence mayor, said he will …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. existing home sales dropped to a more than 12-year low in January, but the pace of decline slowed, raising cautious optimism that the housing market slump could be close to reaching a bottom. Existing home sales fell 0.7% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.00 million units last month, the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. business activity unexpectedly rebounded in February, reaching its highest level in eight months, according to a survey on Tuesday, which also showed inflation subsiding. S&P Global said its flash U.S. Composite PMI Output Index, which tracks the manufacturing and services sectors, increased to 50.2 this month from a final reading of …
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By Deborah Mary Sophia (Reuters) -Home Depot Inc on Tuesday warned of slowing demand for home improvement goods this year as inflation dents the ability of customers to spend on remodeling projects, sending its shares down as much as 5% in early trading. The No. 1 U.S. home improvement chain forecast annual profit below Wall …
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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday delivered a warning to the West over Ukraine by suspending a landmark nuclear arms control treaty, announcing that new strategic systems had been put on combat duty, and threatening to resume nuclear tests. Nearly a year after ordering an invasion that has triggered the …
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By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to revive a newspaper’s challenge on free speech grounds to an Arkansas law requiring state government contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel, a policy the publication’s lawyers called a threat to a constitutionally protected form of collective protest. The justices turned away …
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid by the operator of the popular Wikipedia internet encyclopedia to resurrect its lawsuit against the National Security Agency challenging mass online surveillance. Turning away the Wikimedia Foundation’s appeal, the justices left in place a lower court’s dismissal of the …
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By Ismail Shakil and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s annual inflation rate eased more than expected to 5.9% in January, data showed on Tuesday, backing up the Bank of Canada’s declared aim to keep rates on hold at its next meeting to let previous rate hikes sink in. Analysts had expected inflation to edge …
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