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(Reuters) — A Georgia law banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy can remain in effect, the state’s highest court decided on Tuesday, ruling against a challenge by abortion providers in the state. A judge in Atlanta had blocked the law last year, finding it was void because,…

(Reuters) — A Louisiana “super fog” aggravated by marsh fires led to a pile-up of 158 cars just west of New Orleans on Monday that killed seven people, injured at least 25 and left a string of crumbled and charred vehicles on a bridge over Lake Maurepas, officials said. At least one veh…

LOS ANGELES (USDOL) —  The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a preliminary injunction forbidding three poultry processing companies in La Puente and City of Industry, California and their principals from violating child labor laws, failing to pay overtime, threatening and retaliating against wo…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — JPMorgan Chase’s $290 million class-action settlement with Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers has drawn an objection from many U.S. states, which say the accord could limit their ability to seek compensation for sexual abuse victims. In a letter made public on Monday in Man…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — A federal appeals court on Monday questioned why former U.S. president Donald Trump waited more than three years to claim that he deserved absolute immunity from a defamation lawsuit by writer E. Jean Carroll for denying that he raped her. Two members of a three-judge panel of …

NEW YORK (Reuters) — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty on Monday to a new indictment charging him with conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent for the Egyptian government. Federal prosecutors on Oct. 12 accused the New Jersey Democrat – until recently the chair of the Se…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States has advised Israel to hold off on a ground assault in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and is keeping Qatar – a broker with the Palestinian militants – apprised of those talks, sources said, as Washington tries to free more hostages and prepare fo…

(Reuters) — Officials investigating the killing of a synagogue leader in Detroit over the weekend said on Monday that the crime does not appear to have been motivated by antisemitism, although the investigation is still ongoing. Detroit Police Chief James White said there was no reason to believe t…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States has concluded that a military coup has taken place in Gabon, the U.S. State Department said on Monday, adding it was suspending most U.S. assistance to the African country’s government. THE TAKE Gabon army officers seized power on Aug. 30, annulling an…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Officials from the United States and China on Monday held a two-hour long virtual meeting to discuss domestic and global macroeconomic developments, the U.S. Treasury Department said, calling the meeting “productive and substantive”. THE TAKE Ties between the worl…