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US Supreme Court won’t scrutinize Mississippi curb on voting by felons
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday turned away a bid by two Black Mississippians to restore their right to vote after being barred under the state's felon disenfran...
Jun 30, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court won’t weigh gender dysphoria’s status under disability law
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday turned away a dispute involving a transgender woman whose former jailers housed her with men and delayed her hormone treatment in...
Jun 30, 2023
US Supreme Court to decide legality of SEC in-house enforcement
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a bid by President Joe Biden's administration to defend certain Securities and Exchange Commission in-house enforcement proc...
Jun 30, 2023
US Supreme Court to weigh legality of domestic-violence gun curbs
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court took up another major dispute over gun rights on Friday, agreeing to decide whether a 1994 federal law that bars people under domestic viol...
Jun 30, 2023
HSBC blocking of Hong Konger pensions matter of ‘deep concern’, say US, UK lawmakers
LONDON (Reuters) - Two influential lawmakers in the United States and Britain accused HSBC on Friday of contributing to the oppression of people in Hong Kong by thwarting their attempts to access pens...
Jun 30, 2023
Venezuela pursues debt settlement with Crystallex, Conoco, bondholders
By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON (Reuters) - Negotiators representing Venezuela have held settlement talks with bondholders and creditors owed billions of dollars from defaults and expropriation claims, th...
Jun 30, 2023
U.S. senators write to Zuckerberg after report on Instagram algorithm
(Reuters) - U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin and ranking Republican member Lindsey Graham said on Friday they wrote to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding reports that Instagram's a...
Jun 30, 2023
Rembrandts of ‘extraordinary rarity’ could fetch $10 million at auction
LONDON (Reuters) - Two rediscovered Rembrandts, the last known pair of portraits by the Dutch master to have remained in private hands, could fetch around $10 million at auction next week. Signed and ...
Jun 30, 2023
Power grids not yet ready for ‘flying cars’, says Brazil’s Eve
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Power grids around the world are not yet ready for the so-called flying car, an executive with Brazilian start-up Eve Air Mobility told Reuters, adding that the...
Jun 30, 2023
US FTC amends suit against Walmart for allegedly allowing money transfer services for fraud
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed an amended complaint alleging that Walmart Inc allowed scam artists to use the company's money transfer services to defraud consumers...
Jun 30, 2023
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