Passenger service Amtrak, which uses some freight tracks, has already cancelled a number of its long-distance trains this week, and said the rest of its long-distance trains would stop Thursday.
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MyPillow executive Mike Lindell says FBI agents seized his cellphone
Lindell, a longtime Trump supporter, says agents questioned him about a Colorado county clerk who has been charged in what prosecutors say was a ‘deceptive scheme’ to breach voting system technology used across the country.
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Casket of Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Buckingham Palace
The coffin will be taken to the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday to lie in state for four days before Monday’s funeral at Westminster Abbey.
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Fishermen must have more opportunity to be heard about whale rules, Gov. Mills says
The governor says federal regulators’ plan to provide only 1 chance for public comment about the new rules later this month is not sufficient.
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Trump’s PAC faces scrutiny as legal probes intensify
The Save America PAC is under new legal scrutiny after the Justice Department issued a round of grand jury subpoenas that sought information about the political action committee’s fundraising practices.
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Second trial set to begin for Infowars’ Alex Jones in Sandy Hook hoax case
Last month, a Texas jury ordered Jones to pay $49.3 million to the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis, one of 26 students and teachers killed in the 2012 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Jones’ lawyer has said an appeal is planned.
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Judge tosses manslaughter charge in California boat fire that killed 34
The indictment failed to specify that the captain acted with gross negligence, which a federal judge said was a required element to prove the crime of seaman’s manslaughter and must be listed in the indictment.
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Trump White House lawyers arrive for Jan. 6 grand jury
Federal prosecutors have been especially focused on a scheme by Trump allies to elevate fake electors in key battleground states won by Biden as a way to subvert the vote.
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UN inspectors to have ‘full picture’ of Ukraine nuclear plant in days
Six of the international agency’s experts remain at the plant, and there will be a ‘permanent presence on site … with two of our experts who will be continuing the work.’
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U.S. advisers endorse updated COVID-19 shots for fall boosters
The original vaccines still offer strong protection against severe illness and death, especially among younger and healthier people, but those vaccines were designed to target the virus strain that circulated in early 2020.