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US Drops Charges Against Guards On Duty When Epstein Committed Suicide

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US prosecutors on Thursday dismissed charges against two New York prison guards who admitted to falsifying records on the night the US financier Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in his cell in 2019. The decision came a day after Epstein’s long-time associate British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty of recruiting young girls to be sexually …

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UN-backed Court Drops Genocide Charges Against Ex-Khmer Rouge Commander

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Genocide charges against a Cambodian ex-Khmer Rouge commander were dropped on Friday by the United Nations-backed court set up to try leaders of the brutal regime, according to a statement. The Khmer Rouge, also known as the Communist Party of Kampuchea, sought to transform Cambodia into an agrarian utopia, but instead killed as many as …

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Wall Street slips off record highs, Tesla drops after fatal crash

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FILE PHOTO: A Wall St. street sign is seen near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid April 19, 2021 By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed lower on Monday, slipping from last week’s record levels, as investors awaited guidance from first-quarter earnings …

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German CDU premier drops support for Laschet chancellery run

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FILE PHOTO: Saxony-Anhalt’s Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff attends a news conference on coal phase-out laws in Berlin, Germany July 3, 2020. John MacDougall/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo April 15, 2021 BERLIN (Reuters) – A leading German Christian Democrat has called for the conservative bloc’s choice of chancellor candidate for September’s election to be dependent on popularity …

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Democrat Drops Election Challenge Over Iowa House Race, Giving Republicans Another 2020 Victory

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Democrat Rita Hart dropped her election challenge over the Iowa House district that was contested by only six votes, giving Republicans and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) a final win. Hart on Wednesday announced she is withdrawing her challenge with the House Administration Committee over her loss in Iowa’s Second Congressional District. A number of Democratic …

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Biden’s Embattled OMB Pick Neera Tanden Drops Out of Confirmation Process

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President Joe Biden’s nominee Neera Tanden has withdrawn her nomination for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the White House confirmed on Tuesday, signifying the first cabinet defeat for the Biden administration. Tanden’s request to withdraw comes as senators expressed reservations about the nominee over her incendiary statements that had insulted lawmakers, including those who …

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CPAC Drops Featured Speaker Young Pharaoh Over ‘Reprehensible Views’

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The Conservative Political Action Conference on Monday announced it was dropping a featured speaker. “We have just learned that someone we invited to CPAC has expressed reprehensible views that have no home with our conference or our organization. The individual will not be participating at our conference,” organizers of the conference, known as CPAC, said in …

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Bitcoin drops after climbing to all-time high

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FILE PHOTO: Representation of the virtual currency Bitcoin is seen on a motherboard in this picture illustration taken April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration February 22, 2021 By Tom Wilson and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin fell on Monday after surging to its latest record high a day earlier as a sell-off in global …

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Oregon Christian School Drops Lawsuit After Governor Lifts In-person Learning Ban

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An Oregon Christian school that sued the state for not being allowed to teach in person during a pandemic lockdown has dropped the case after the ban was lifted. The First Amendment lawsuit was filed last October by Hermiston Christian School against Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, as well as heads of education and health departments. …

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U.S. dollar drops to two-week low; bitcoin eyes $50,000

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. one hundred dollar notes are seen in this picture illustration taken in Seoul February 7, 2011. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/File Photo February 10, 2021 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar fell to two-week lows on Tuesday in choppy trading, led by losses against the yen and euro, as risk sentiment improved …

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