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Missouri sued over alleged decades of underfunding at historically Black universitySeven current and former students at Lincoln University of Missouri sued the state on Wednesday, alleging it violated ‌the US Constitution and federal civil rights law by systematically underfunding the historically Black university for decades.

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Kennedy offers federal support to New York over measles outbreakNew York Governor Kathy Hochul spoke with U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday, and he offered federal support as the state responds to a ‌measles outbreak, the Department of Health and Human Services said on Wednesday.

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FIFA says unpaid court sanction over alleged AI misuse justifies tossing antitrust lawsuitSoccer's global governing body FIFA has urged a federal judge in Puerto Rico to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit after lawyers for the plaintiffs were sanctioned over court filings with defective ‌legal citations that a judge said bore hallmarks of AI misuse.

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US FCC to vote to ban all Chinese labs from testing US electronicsThe Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday it will vote on October 29 to bar all Chinese labs from testing electronic devices such as smartphones, cameras and computers for use ‌in the US, widening a previous action targeting Beijing.

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Priceline to face FTC action over deceptive hotel ads, sources sayThe US Federal Trade Commission is gearing up to take action against Priceline.com owner Booking Holdings over online ads that appear to direct consumers to a hotel's site but send them to a third-party site where they are often charged extra, two ‌sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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US FCC to vote on advancing new spectrum auction to boost 'direct to device' servicesThe US Federal Communications Commission said ‌on Wednesday that it will vote on October 29 on whether to advance a new auction of wireless spectrum to boost "direct-to-device" services.

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US agency considers allowing new AI political robocalls before electionA Democratic member of the Federal Communications Commission urged the agency on Wednesday not ‌to approve a petition to allow political AI-generated robocalls from conservative political group Club for Growth.

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Crypto donors navigate mid-term spending dilemma after Senate bill defeatAfter suffering a major legislative defeat at the hands of Senate Democrats last month, the crypto industry is grappling with a dilemma three weeks out from the November election: punish Democrats, or preserve the bipartisan ties it has spent years building.

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US 30-year mortgage rate hits highest in nearly three yearsThe interest rate on the most common US home loan jumped to 7.49%, worsening affordability for buyers four weeks before elections that will decide if ‌the Republicans keep control of Congress.

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US Circuit Judge, 99, gets fitness dispute moved to new courtUS Chief Justice John Roberts has transferred a dispute between the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and its longest-serving judge ‌Pauline Newman to a new federal appeals court, according to an order published on Tuesday.

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US appeals court weighs block on Kennedy's vaccine panel appointmentsA lawyer for the Trump administration told a federal appeals court on Tuesday that a judge had improperly hamstrung an influential vaccine advisory panel by blocking Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s ‌handpicked appointees from serving on it.

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US Senator Warren presses federal housing director to cooperate with probeDemocratic US Senator Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday pressed Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, an ally of President Donald Trump, to cooperate with a congressional watchdog's inquiry into his criminal referrals of alleged mortgage fraud.

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Texas AG Paxton probes Fruit of the Loom, Hanes over potential toxic chemicals in children's underwearTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation on Tuesday into whether Fruit of the Loom and Hanes use toxic chemicals in producing children's underwear.

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Disney lawyer says US seeks to censor, control ABC broadcastsA lawyer for Walt Disney urged a US judge on Tuesday to block the Federal Communications Commission's early review of licenses for its eight company-owned ABC TV stations, saying President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to censor and punish ‌the company for airing content it does not like.

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Most Americans support switch to Medicare for all health insuranceMost Americans now favor government-paid health insurance for all, according to a ‌new poll, as voters across party lines see major healthcare reforms as a priority less than a month before midterm elections to decide control of the US Congress.

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Police break up Indian opposition protest seeking resignation of election chiefIndian police broke up an opposition sit-in on Tuesday and briefly detained Congress party leader ‌Rahul Gandhi and other lawmakers, after they had demanded the election chief's resignation over claims that voter lists were revised to favour the government.

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Accenture contractor removed from FBI following damaging data breach, sources sayThe ‌Federal Bureau of Investigation removed an Accenture contractor on Monday over their role in a damaging data breach that exposed sensitive personal details of thousands of bureau employees, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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US Supreme Court to kick off term with bid by Big Oil to toss climate suitsMonday's arguments mark the latest example of energy-sector companies asking the justices to block climate-related liability or limit federal environmental regulation.

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FTC opens probe into AI giants including Anthropic and OpenAIThe Federal Trade Commission is conducting an industry-wide probe into Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI labs to uncover the potential dangers their technology poses ‌to consumers, a senior FTC official told Reuters on Wednesday.

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Whistleblower loses fee bid in Walgreens' $4.7 billion settlement with US statesA federal judge on Tuesday denied a whistleblower's bid to receive a cut of retail pharmacy giant Walgreens' $4.7 billion settlement in 2022 that resolved opioid-related claims by more than two dozen US states.

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