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Florida man charged with trying to extort Rep. Matt Gaetz’s family
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Tuesday accused a Florida man of trying to defraud U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz's father Don Gaetz out of $25 million, in a scheme allegedl...
Aug 31, 2021
White House taking steps to create, sell 100,000 affordable homes
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration is taking steps to address a severe housing shortage in the United States by creating and selling 100,000 affordable homes over the next...
Aug 31, 2021
Louisiana shrimpers ‘try and survive’ after Ida sinks boats, destroys homes
By Devika Krishna Kumar GOLDEN MEADOW, La. (Reuters) -Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana shrimp towns right at the start of shrimp season, destroying homes, sinking boats and threatening the livelihoods o...
Aug 31, 2021
Texas Senate passes bill critics say restricts votes; goes to governor
LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) -The Texas Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that critics say will unduly restrict voting access for minority voters, and the governor is expected to sign the measure soon into ...
Aug 31, 2021
Manhattan prosecutor charges pair in scheme to sell fake vaccine cards
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Two women have been charged in an alleged scheme to sell forged COVID-19 vaccination cards through an Instagram account and to enter the names of customers into New York...
Aug 31, 2021
‘Oh, that’s an idea…’: U.S. parents respond to China screen time ban
(Refiles to remove extraneous quotation mark in paragraph 2) By Helen Coster (Reuters) -Raleigh Smith Duttweiler was folding laundry in her Ohio home, her three children playing the video game Minecra...
Aug 31, 2021
U.S. House Democrat proposes repeal of Arctic refuge oil lease
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic lawmaker in the U.S. House of Representatives proposed infrastructure legislation on Tuesday that would end oil and gas leases in an Alaskan wild...
Aug 31, 2021
Biden says U.S. committed to safe passage for last 100-200 Americans left in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday said 90% of Americans who wanted to leave Afghanistan were able to do so, and the United States remained committed to helping the remaining 100 to...
Aug 31, 2021
Thousands displaced as wildfire threatens California’s Lake Tahoe resort area
By Sharon Bernstein TRUCKEE, Calif. (Reuters) - Firefighters battled to protect homes on the fringe of tinder-dry forests near Lake Tahoe on Tuesday as a wildfire chased thousands of residents and tou...
Aug 31, 2021
Louisiana assesses major damage to power grid from Ida
By Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) - The damage to Louisiana's power grid from Hurricane Ida is so extensive that the U.S. Coast Guard has joined the task of assessing the wreckage, a departure from its mar...
Aug 31, 2021
