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Law enforcement officers work at the scene of a shooting at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, Jan. 4, 2024. PERRY, Iowa (Reuters) — A sixth-grade student was killed on Thursday morning and five other people wounded when a 17-year-old opened fire at an Iowa school on the first day of classes followi…

(Reuters) — President Joe Biden will mark the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S Capitol with a political speech near the historic Revolutionary War site in Valley Forge, where he will make the case that Donald Trump poses an existential threat to democracy, his reelection campaign …

Reuters) — U.S. corporate borrowers are raising nearly $16 billion in high-grade rated bonds on Wednesday, adding to a $29 billion issuance binge on Tuesday, as companies looked to grab strong investor demand ahead of economic data releases. Among the issuers was Berkshire Hathaway-owned utility Pa…

(Reuters) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley raised $24.5 million between October and December, her campaign said on Wednesday, more than doubling the prior quarter’s haul in her latest sign of momentum ahead of the party’s primary fight. The total easily beat the $11 milli…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives committee next week will advance an effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over allegations he has been derelict in his duty of managing the U.S.-Mexico border, the committee announced on Wednesday. The …

(Reuters) — The U.S. Military Academy at West Point can continue to consider race for now when evaluating who to admit to the elite military school, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, rejecting a bid by the group behind the successful U.S. Supreme Court challenge to race-conscious college admissio…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Independent U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema said on Wednesday that Senate negotiators were “closing in” on a bipartisan border security deal, which Congress could couple with new emergency aid for Ukraine and Israel. “We’re closing in” on a deal, Sin…

TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan Airlines Co (JAL) estimated on Thursday that the collision of its flight JL516 with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on Jan. 2 will result in an operating loss of about 15 billion yen ($104.81 million). The loss will be covered by the insurance, the company said. The company is …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Texas to challenge an immigration law that gives state officials broad powers to arrest, prosecute and deport people who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The law, known as SB4, or…

(Reuters) — A spate of bomb threats on Wednesday morning forced the brief evacuations of U.S. statehouses across the country, according to the FBI and state officials, but they were later determined to be hoaxes. Local officials reported that threats were made to the state capitols in Connecticut, …