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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Wisconsin voters on Tuesday will select a new state Supreme Court justice in an election that will determine the future of abortion rights statewide and could have a significant impact on the 2024 election. The contest between liberal Janet Protasiewicz and conservative Daniel Kelly is the most expensive judicial election in U.S. history, according to New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice. Nearly $45 million […]

(Reuters) – There will be no away fans at both legs of the Europa League quarter-final between Feyenoord and AS Roma, after a decision by UEFA followed the Italian authorities’ ban on Dutch supporters, the Eredivisie side said on Tuesday. Some Feyenoord supporters vandalised Rome’s historic Barcaccia Fountain when the two clubs faced each other in the competition back in 2015. Local authorities therefore decided to ban all those registered […]

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Fox News said Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Maria Bartiromo and other top on-air personalities will be available to testify as it defends itself against a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit claiming it lied about voter fraud in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. In a letter filed on Tuesday in Delaware Superior Court, Fox said the hosts are among 11 people the cable television network intends […]

By Brendan Pierson and Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Federal appeals court judges on Tuesday appeared skeptical of 3M’s bid to use the bankruptcy of its subsidiary Aearo Technologies to shield itself from nearly 260,000 lawsuits over allegedly defective military-issue earplugs. Paul Clement, a lawyer for Aearo, urged a three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to reverse a bankruptcy court order allowing the lawsuits to […]

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Twitter Inc faced a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the social media giant of illegally laying off contract workers without notice after Elon Musk bought the company last year, the latest action stemming from its massive job cuts. The proposed class action, filed in San Francisco federal court, claims Twitter in November laid off numerous workers employed by staffing firm TEKsystems Inc without the 60 days […]

LISBON (Reuters) – Switzerland will host the 2025 women’s European Championship, European soccer’s governing body UEFA said on Tuesday, beating out three other bids to stage the 16-team event. Switzerland last hosted a major soccer tournament in 2008, staging that year’s edition of the men’s Euros along with neighbours Austria. “This is a historic day for Switzerland, the SFA and women’s football,” Swiss FA president Dominique Blanc said in a […]

(Reuters) – Finland formally joined the NATO military alliance on Tuesday in a historic policy shift brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, drawing a threat from Moscow of “counter-measures”. REACTION * Citizens of St Petersburg, the Russian city closest to Finland, accused their neighbour of turning its back on them, while Finns largely welcomed the end of non-alignment. * Finland said it would now work “relentlessly” to secure Sweden’s […]

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Fox News said Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Maria Bartiromo and other top on-air personalities will be available to testify as it defends itself against a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit claiming it lied about voter fraud in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. In a letter filed on Tuesday in Delaware Superior Court, Fox said the hosts are among 11 people the cable television network intends […]

By Steve Keating AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – Tiger Woods has always maintained he would never enter a tournament he does not believe he can win but he offered no such bravado on Tuesday about his chances of adding a sixth Masters Green Jacket to his collection. Even last year returning to competitive golf at Augusta National 14 months after a car crash nearly resulted in the amputation of his right […]