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The central bank is poised to lower interest rates on Wednesday even as a growing chorus of officials urge caution.
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The Fed is expected to lower its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point — but with inflation stubbornly high and mixed signals from the job market, it could be a split decision.
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European shares slip before Fed decision; investors sift corporate news Reuters
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In Alaska, a federal grant that funded seismic data collection in order to warn people about tsunamis is being cancelled. Experts say cuts like this could make tsunami warnings less reliable.
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Federick Green cut "an extensive amount" of his hair off to try to conceal his identity, changed his phone device, and deactivated his social media accounts after the shooting, prosecutors said.
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After a group of homeowners filed suit claiming Cook County's tax sale process robbed them of home equity, a federal judge has ruled the current system unconstitutional.
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A new Illinois law enables individuals to be better able to sue federal officers for knowingly violating their rights and codifies a zone around courthouses where people are exempt from civil arrest.
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A federal judge on Tuesday granted the Justice Department's request to publicly release grand jury transcripts and other material from Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking case, citing a new law that requires the government to open its files on Jeffrey Epstein and his longtime confidant, but he cautioned that people shouldn't expect to learn much new information from them.
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A federal judge in Colorado says federal agents must stop arresting without warrants people they suspect of being in the U.S. illegally.
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