Chief Justice Silvia Valdés Quezada issued the unusual order late Friday.
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Biden is heading to Europe. A king and a war are on his agenda
His national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said the trip would ‘showcase the president’s leadership on the world stage.’
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Thursday’s solar storm is expected to make Northern Lights visible in 17 states, including Maine
The Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks has forecast auroral activity in Alaska but also Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and more.
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Russian fighter jets harass American drones over Syria, U.S. military says
Tension between Russian and U.S. troops is not uncommon in Syria as both countries conduct patrols on the ground as well as overflights.
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Dutch prime minister hands in resignation as government collapses over migration
Reining in migration that has troubled countries across Europe for years.
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Zelensky hails Ukraine’s soldiers from symbolic Black Sea island to mark 500 days of war
Russian forces took control of Snake Island the day Moscow launched its invasion, in the hope of using it as a staging ground for an assault on Ukraine’s biggest port and the headquarters of its navy.
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Texas prepares to deploy Rio Grande buoys in governor’s latest effort to curb border crossings
Once installed, a new floating barrier will cover 1,000 feet of the middle of the river.
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Climate change ratchets up stress on farmworkers on the front lines of a warming Earth
As Earth this week set and then repeatedly broke unofficial records for average global heat, it served as a reminder of a danger that climate change is making steadily worse for farmworkers and others who labor outside.
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Top Republicans are gearing up to investigate the Hunter Biden case. Here’s what to know.
The congressional inquiry was launched in response to testimony from IRS employees describing a pattern of ‘slow-walking investigative steps’ ahead of the 2020 election.
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Biden takes aim at ‘junk’ insurance, vowing to save money for consumers being played as ‘suckers’
The new proposed rules aims to close loopholes that allow insurers to offer products that can discriminate based on pre-existing conditions and market to consumers policies that provide little or no coverage.