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(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, …

(Reuters) — A New Jersey imam has died after being shot outside a Newark mosque early on Wednesday morning, and authorities have yet to identify a suspect or motive for the attack, local prosecutors said. There is no indication that the shooting was a bias-motivated crime or an act of domestic terr…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Artificial intelligence represents a mixed blessing for the legal field, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said in a year-end report published on Sunday, urging “caution and humility” as the evolving technology transforms how judges and lawyers go abou…

HOUSTON (Reuters) — U.S. liquefied natural gas exports hit monthly and annual record highs in December, tanker tracking data showed, with analysts saying it positioned the United States to leapfrog Qatar and Australia to become the largest exporter of LNG in 2023. The U.S. was the stand out in glob…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Americans should “cheer up” about the U.S. economy, as inflation subsides further in 2024 amid a strong job market and moderating interest rates. Georgieva told CNN in an interview that aired …

Incoming President of Harvard University and current Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay listens during Harvard University’s 372nd Commencement Exercises in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 25, 2023. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Harvard President Claudine Gay said she would resign from her…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after a federal appeals court temporarily blocked it from destroying razor wire fencing Texas placed along its border with Mexico to deter illegal border crossings. The administrat…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. federal government’s total public debt has reached $34 trillion for the first time, the U.S. Treasury Department reported on Tuesday as members of Congress gear up for another series of federal funding battles in coming weeks. The Daily Treasury Statement for F…

(Reuters) — The U.S. government cannot enforce federal guidance in Texas requiring emergency room doctors to perform abortions if necessary to stabilize emergency room patients, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday, siding with the state in a lawsuit accusing President Joe Biden’s adminis…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez helped a New Jersey businessman seek an investment from a Qatari company with ties to the Middle Eastern country’s government, prosecutors said on Tuesday in an indictment against the Democratic lawmaker. Menendez had pleaded not guilty in Octobe…