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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Maine on Thursday disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year’s U.S. presidential primary election, becoming the second state to bar the former president for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a …

(Reuters) — Elon Musk’s X on Thursday failed to block a California state law that requires social media companies to publicly disclose how they moderate certain content on their platforms. X, formerly known as Twitter, in September sued California to undo the content moderation law, saying th…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) — The U.S. military’s secretive X-37B robot spaceplane blasted off from Florida on Thursday night on its seventh mission, the first launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket capable of delivering it to a higher orbit than ever before. The Falcon Heavy, compo…

New York City Police are looking for a suspect who allegedly pepper-sprayed a 15-year-old Muslim girl. CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — A 15-year-old Muslim girl was pepper-sprayed on a Brooklyn street by a stranger who called her a terrorist, police said Wednesday. The victim was walking on New Utrecht Ave.…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Herbert Kohl, who ran his family’s eponymous retail and grocery stores before serving four terms as a Democratic U.S. senator, has died. He was 88. Kohl died following a brief illness, the Herb Kohl Foundation said in a statement late Wednesday. While Kohl had a low-key prese…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — U.S. stocks closed slightly higher in languid trading on Wednesday, with little market-moving news to fuel conviction as the S&P 500 hovered just below bull market confirmation. The three major U.S. stock indexes oscillated between modest gains and losses throughout the ses…

(Reuters) — The legal landscape surrounding abortion has been roiled by uncertainty since the U.S. Supreme Court last year overturned its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which had guaranteed abortion rights nationwide. Abortion providers and reproductive rights groups have brought a slew of lawsu…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Donald Trump scored a victory on Wednesday in his fight against challenges to his eligibility to run for the White House again when Michigan’s top court declined to hear a case seeking to disqualify him from the state’s presidential primary ballot. The Michigan Su…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. military’s air strikes on Monday in Iraq aimed to deter Iran and Iran-backed militia groups from conducting or supporting attacks on United States personnel and facilities, President Joe Biden said on Wednesday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The U.S. military carrie…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday it has filed a lawsuit against Grand Canyon University for deceptive advertising, illegal telemarketing and misrepresenting the school as a nonprofit. The FTC filed a complaint against Grand Canyon Education Inc (GCE), its C…