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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — A bus crash in the south of Mexico on Friday killed 16 Venezuelan and Haitian migrants and left 27 others injured, state authorities said in a revised statement. Oaxaca state’s prosecutor said in an earlier statement preliminary findings put the death toll at 18. Autho…

ATLANTA (Reuters) — Six Georgia state troopers will not face charges in the January shooting death of a protestor who fired at officers at the construction site of a controversial Atlanta police training center, prosecutors said on Friday. In a 31-page summary report, a special Georgia prosecutor s…

(Reuters) — A major U.S. law firm has changed its criteria for a fellowship aimed at promoting diversity in the legal profession, marking the second time a firm has done so in the face of a challenge to such a program by a prominent anti-affirmative action activist. Perkins Coie, a more than 1,200-…

(Reuters) — The unions representing 53,000 hospitality workers in Las Vegas said on Friday they have seen “no real movement” this week in contract negotiations with casino-resort operators MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment. The Culinary Workers and Bartenders unions ar…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Forty-five allies of former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are calling on their Republican colleagues for “fundamental changes” that would make it more difficult for a small faction to oust whoever may take his place. As the slim 221-212 Republican majority in …

(Reuters) — A New Mexico judge on Friday rejected a Republican challenge to the state’s Democratic-drawn congressional lines, improving the odds Democrats will maintain their hold on all three of the state’s districts in next year’s election. The state is one of several in which c…

(Reuters) — The United States is restarting deportations of Venezuelans who cross the U.S.-Mexico border unlawfully, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Thursday, part of attempts to curb a record number of migrant crossings. President Joe Biden, who took office in January 2021, …

(Reuters) — The group that successfully challenged race-conscious college admissions policies at the U.S. Supreme Court sued the U.S. Naval Academy on Thursday, its second lawsuit opposing affirmative action in U.S. military academies. Students for Fair Admissions, founded by affirmative action opp…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Grinnell Police Department on Thursday denied reports that protesters in Iowa ran their vehicle into U.S. Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s car during a campaign stop, but said his car was hit by accident. “It was reported on social media tha…

WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK (Reuters) — Former U.S. President Donald Trump filed a notice to voluntarily dismiss his $500 million lawsuit against his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen, a court filing showed on Thursday. Trump had sued Cohen in April seeking at least $500 million in damages from his onetime loyal &#…