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WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 4 corporations and one particular person related to the Wagner Group, the Russian mercenaries that led a quick revolt towards the Kremlin final week. ...

DALLAS — Scorching temperatures introduced on by a “heat dome” have taxed the Texas energy grid and threaten to deliver document highs to the state earlier than they're anticipated to increase to different elements of the U.S. throughout the coming week, placing much more folks in danger. ...

A person has been charged with murdering his three-week-old daughter with a crossbow, US authorities have stated.The Broome County Sheriff's Office stated a New York man was arrested and charged on suspicion of taking pictures the infant with a crossbow bolt - apparently whereas she was in her mom's arms.Police and emergency medical employees responded to a 911 name shortly after 5am on Monday and located the injured girl and child at a house within the city of Colesville.Patrick Proefriedt had allegedly fired the crossbow after entering into an argument.The crossbow bolt hit the toddler within the torso earlier than injuring the girl's chest.Proefriedt, 26, then allegedly tried to cease the 911 name earlier than driving away in a pickup belief, the sheriff's workplace spokes...

Every residing U.S. president, previous and current, has at the least one ancestor who owned slaves, with one exception — Donald Trump. An investiga...

Starbucks employees are calling on Philadelphia to shutter a retailer on authorities land over what they name union-busting ways. Philadelphia-based...

A mix of "negligence", "misconduct" and "outright job performance failures" allowed intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein to take his personal life in jail, a brand new report has discovered.One of the "most notorious inmates" in US custody was "provided with the opportunity to take his own life", in keeping with the report from the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General.The report doesn't disagree with the official verdict, delivered not lengthy after Epstein died in August 2019, that his dying was the results of suicide by hanging.It additionally concurs with the New York medical expert, noting there have been a scarcity of defensive wounds or medicine in his system, pointing to suicide.The numerous failures recognized within the report embrace two members of ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reaffirmed that actually threatening speech just isn't protected by the First Amendment, however mentioned states need to show that the one that mentioned it had not less than some understanding that the phrases crossed a line. ...

The Supreme Court dominated Tuesday that state legislators aren't the last word authority on how elections are performed, reasoning that state courts can overview election guidelines enacted by lawmakers. ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday dominated that North Carolina’s high courtroom didn't overstep its bounds in placing down a congressional districting plan as excessively partisan beneath state regulation. ...

Barry C. Black, who celebrates 20 years as Senate chaplain on Wednesday, says he feels free to talk his thoughts in ministering to — and generally admonishing — the 100 lawmakers who make up the core of his religious service on Capitol Hill. ...