Lawyer for billionaire tied to US Justice Thomas offers Senate staff meeting

By Susan Heavey and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Texas billionaire Harlan Crow’s lawyer has offered to meet with Senate Judiciary Committee staff to discuss the businessman’s ties to conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, but Democratic senators on Tuesday said the Republican donor was refusing to cooperate with legitimate requests for information. Revelations in…

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US DOJ settles probe of illegal dumping in Houston’s minority neighborhoods

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice secured a settlement in its environmental justice investigation into Houston’s response to illegal dumping in Black and Latino neighborhoods, the department and the city of Houston said separately on Tuesday. The agreement builds on a plan to develop improved waste management services for residents…

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Senegal temporarily shuts consulates abroad following attacks in several cities

DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegal has temporarily closed its consulates abroad following attacks on diplomatic missions in Bordeaux, Milan, Paris and New York among others, the foreign affairs ministry said on Tuesday. The closures were announced in the wake of deadly unrest that broke out after a leading opposition figure, Ousmane Sonko, was handed a two-year jail…

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