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By Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – “That’s an attack plane, Dad,” said one of David Tellez’s young children as they spotted Mexican military aircraft touching down alongside their Aeromexico passenger plane early on Thursday. Then the gunfire began. “As we were accelerating for take-off, we heard gunshots very close to the plane, and that’s …

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By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – The estate of a U.S. Capitol Police officer who died a day after the Jan. 6, 2021, riots sued former President Donald Trump for wrongful death on Thursday, claiming that he incited his supporters to commit violence that day. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington against …

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By Kate Fishman MENDOCINO, Calif. (Reuters) – Harbormaster Anna Neumann dashed from vessel to vessel, business to business at the port she manages near the mouth of northern California’s Noyo River, ensuring all was secure as storms bringing waves as high as a three-story building pummeled the state. “You prep as much as you can, …

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By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) -South Carolina’s Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a state law banning abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy was unconstitutional because it violated a right to privacy, handing a major win to abortion rights supporters in the U.S. South. Hours later, Idaho’s Supreme Court found that the constitution in that …

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By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) – The dollar’s vice grip on FX markets will loosen a bit this year, according to analysts in a Reuters poll who expect most currencies to post marginal gains against the greenback over the coming 12 months. After enjoying complete domination over nearly every currency last year with the dollar …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, the chair of the agriculture committee and a key lawmaker on electric vehicle and cryptocurrency policy, said on Thursday she will not seek re-election in 2024. Stabenow, a Democrat, is in her fourth term in the U.S. Senate. Stabenow’s seat could be crucial to control of …

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