By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom killed a bill that would have banned tackle football for kids under 12, as his veto threat led the sponsor of the bill to withdraw it from consideration on Wednesday. California would have been the first state in the U.S. to ban tackle football for kids, …
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By Julia Harte and Rich McKay NEW YORK (Reuters) -Millions of Americans awoke on Tuesday to snow, freezing rain and frigid temperatures as an Arctic blast gripped much of the United States, ending a nearly two-year “snow drought” in New York City and putting much of the West into a deep freeze. Record-breaking cold was …
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By Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge warned Donald Trump on Wednesday he could be kicked out of writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation trial if he kept making disparaging comments that the jury could hear. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan’s threat came after a lawyer for Carroll said Trump was …
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By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden had a top aide call former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson to apologize on Wednesday for criticism from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) of Hutchinson’s failed bid for the Republican presidential nomination, the White House said. When Hutchinson pulled out of the Republican race on …
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By Deep Kaushik Vakil and Scott DiSavino (Reuters) -Freezing temperatures in several U.S. regions triggered peak power demand in parts of the country on Wednesday, after homes and businesses consumed a record amount of natural gas for heating and power generation. The severe winter storm dumped snow across a broad part of the country this …
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By Simon Lewis and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government on Wednesday returned the Yemen-based Houthi rebels to a list of terrorist groups in the latest attempt by Washington to stem attacks on international shipping. Officials said the “Specially Designated Global Terrorist” (SDGT) designation, which hits the Iran-aligned group with harsh sanctions, was aimed …
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(Reuters) – The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled a proposal for solar energy projects on federal lands that identifies 22 million acres in 11 western states best suited for development. The announcement is part of the Interior Department’s push to site more renewable energy facilities on federal lands, a cornerstone of President Joe Biden’s goal …
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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Maine court on Wednesday said the state should wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on Donald Trump’s appeal of his disqualification from Colorado’s Republican primary ballot before reevaluating a similar decision in the northeast state. Maine State Superior Court Judge Michaela Murphy ordered Maine Secretary of State …
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By James Oliphant and Gram Slattery BRETTON WOODS, New Hampshire (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is all but abandoning New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary next week and instead is relocating staff and focusing on South Carolina, where he hopes to pressure rival Nikki Haley in her home state. The decision highlights the extent to …
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By Hannah Lang, Chris Prentice and Jody Godoy (Reuters) – Coinbase will argue at a court hearing on Wednesday that the U.S. securities regulator should drop its case against it because the tokens traded on its crypto exchange are not akin to securities, said a person familiar with the case and court filings. The hearing …
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