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Manafort offers $12 million in assets in bid to avoid house arrest: document
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort offered to pledge $12 million in real estate and life insurance assets and limit his travel in a bid to avoid continued house…
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Neither George Bush voted for Trump, book author tells New York Times
[ad_1] (Reuters) – George H.W. Bush and his son George W. Bush did not vote for fellow Republican Donald Trump last year, says the author of a new book on the 41st and 43rd U.S.…
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New York marathoners undaunted by deadly truck attack
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – This week’s deadly truck attack in New York could not deter blind Japanese runner Toshiaki Ito from joining 50,000 fellow competitors in the city’s marathon this Sunday. “I will not…
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Argentine survivor of New York attack pleads for justice, love
[ad_1] (Reuters) – “What has the world turned in to?” a friend of the five Argentines killed in the New York attack this week asked at a news conference on Friday, alongside three other surviving…
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No prison for U.S. Army deserter Bergdahl, who Trump wanted dead
[ad_1] FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Reuters) – U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl on Friday was spared prison for endangering his comrades in arms when he deserted in Afghanistan in 2009, a sentence swiftly condemned by President…
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U.S. government releases detained Mexican girl with cerebral palsy
[ad_1] (Reuters) – The U.S. government released from custody a 10-year-old Mexican girl with cerebral palsy on Friday, the American Civil Liberties Union said, 10 days after the ambulance taking her to surgery in Texas…
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U.S. State Department says certain immigrants no longer need protected status: Washington Post
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thousands of Central Americans and Haitians living in the United States under special status no longer need to be shielded from deportation, the U.S. Department of State told Homeland Security officials…
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New York City police say gathering evidence for possible Weinstein arrest warrant
[ad_1] (Reuters) – The New York City Police Department said on Friday that it had a credible narrative from an unidentified person who has made a rape allegation against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and was…
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Islamic State says New York truck attacker is 'caliphate soldier'
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a truck attack this week that killed eight people in the deadliest assault on New York City since Sept. 11, 2001. The militant group…
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U.S. House approves funding for children's healthcare program
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved legislation to continue a federal insurance program for millions of lower-income children and pregnant women, but with an ongoing funding battle it could…
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Green groups sue for access to U.S. monument documents: lawsuit
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Sierra Club and five other U.S. environmental groups sued a White House advisory council and the U.S. Interior Department, saying they were illegally withholding information about a review of…
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'Nonchalant' suspect arrested after Colorado Walmart triple-slaying
[ad_1] THORNTON, Colo. (Reuters) – Police in Colorado on Thursday captured a man accused of walking calmly into a suburban Denver Walmart and fatally shooting three people at random before driving away. Scott Ostrem, 47,…
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New Trump immigration efforts aim to stop child border crossers
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Many of the immigration initiatives launched by the Trump administration in recent weeks target one kind of migrant: children. FILE PHOTO: A girl sitting on the shoulders of her father…
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Jury selected for conspiracy trial of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy
[ad_1] LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Jury selection was completed on Thursday in the trial of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and three others for their roles in a 2014 standoff between armed militia members and federal…
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Exclusive: Trump agrees to pick up 90 pct of Puerto Rico rebuilding costs – aide
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday agreed to expand the use of disaster aid to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid and other infrastructure wrecked by Hurricane Maria, a senior White House official…
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New Jersey governor's wife snagged in distracted driver dragnet
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New Jersey crackdown on distracted drivers ordered by Governor Chris Christie’s attorney general netted a big fish – the state’s first lady. FILE PHOTO: Mary Pat Christie, wife of…
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U.S. lawmakers urge EPA to enact 'well-rounded biofuels policies'
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. House lawmakers has called on the Environmental Protection Agency to recognize “the significant pitfalls and costs” of renewable fuel standards in its future rulemaking and called…
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Gunman 'nonchalantly' opens fire in Colorado Walmart, kills three: police
[ad_1] THORNTON, Colo. (Reuters) – Police in Colorado on Thursday were searching for a gunman who calmly walked into a Walmart in suburban Denver and opened fire with a handgun, randomly shooting at shoppers and…
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Trump calls for death penalty for Uzbek man charged in NY attack
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump called for the death penalty on Wednesday for an Uzbek immigrant accused of plowing a truck down a New York City bike path, killing eight people,…
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Multiple people down in shooting at Colorado Walmart: police
[ad_1] THORNTON, Colo. (Reuters) – Multiple people were shot on Wednesday inside a Walmart store in a Denver suburb, local police said. Police in Thornton, Colorado, did not release any information on the number of…
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U.S. judge frees Indonesian immigrant held by Trump order
[ad_1] BOSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday ordered the release of an illegal immigrant who is among 47 Indonesians in New Hampshire challenging the Trump administration’s order to deport them. Terry Rombot, an…
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Puerto Rico seeks help as Medicaid crisis deepens after Maria
[ad_1] WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Puerto Rico, still reeling from Hurricane Maria, is asking the Trump administration and U.S. lawmakers for help in staving off a Medicaid crisis that has put a quarter of the…
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Deadly attack in New York branded 'terrorism' by authorities
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Uzbek immigrant accused of killing eight people in New York City by driving a rental truck down a riverfront bike path on Tuesday appeared to have acted alone in…
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Deadly Halloween attack in New York branded 'terrorism' by authorities
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Uzbek immigrant accused of killing eight people in New York City by driving a rental truck down a riverfront bike path on Tuesday appeared to have acted alone, but…
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Suspected terrorist truck attack kills eight on New York bike path
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man driving a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists on a bike path alongside the Hudson River in New York City on Tuesday, killing eight people and…
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Eight dead in suspected terrorist truck attack on Manhattan bike path
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – A driver in a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists on a bike path alongside the Hudson River in New York City on Tuesday, killing eight people and…
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Several people killed as truck drives down New York City bike path
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – A pickup truck struck down multiple people on a bike path in lower Manhattan, killing several and injuring numerous others on Tuesday afternoon, before the driver was shot and taken…
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Puerto Rico calls on U.S. utilities to help restore power
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) executive director Ricardo Ramos sent a letter to utility industry trade group American Public Power Association (APPA) requesting assistance for power restoration crews, a Puerto Rico…
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Defense to push for leniency for U.S. Army deserter Bergdahl
[ad_1] FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Reuters) – Lawyers for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl will build their case on Tuesday for why he should be spared prison time for walking off his Afghanistan post in June…
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One dead at University of Utah shooting, police search for suspect
[ad_1] (Reuters) – One person was killed in a shooting at the University of Utah where students were told to shelter in place after a report of shots fired near the campus on Monday, local…





