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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department sued the state of Oklahoma on Tuesday over the state's new immigration enforcement law, saying it unlawfully encroaches on the federal government's power to regulate immigration.

(Reporting by Ted Hesson in Washington; Editing by Chris Reese)

By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The trade group for major U.S. airlines on Tuesday urged the government to act quickly to address a long-standing air traffic controller shortage ahead of the busy summer travel season but the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration chief accused the group of trying to deflect responsibility for flight delays.

Nick Calio, head of Airlines for America, whose members include American Airlines, Delta... (continue reading...)

By Brendan Pierson

(Reuters) - New York's highest court on Tuesday ruled that employers' health insurance plans have to cover medically necessary abortions, rejecting a lawsuit by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany claiming that the law's exemption for religious employers was too narrow.

The New York Court of Appeals found that the rule, passed in 2017 by the state's Department of Financial Services (DFS), did not violate religious... (continue reading...)

By Debora Ely

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) - Stranded for nearly three weeks by record flooding in southern Brazil, one tiny Indigenous community is resisting government calls to evacuate what they consider sacred ancestral lands that are in dispute with real estate developers.

The Mbya Guarani people have been living since 2018 on a peninsula in far southern Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul.

The... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Meta Platforms' Facebook removed the account of the suspected shooter of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico after the attack, the company and a state agency said on Tuesday, as the government continues to probe whether the attacker had help.

Fico is recovering in hospital and no longer in immediate danger after being hit by four bullets last Wednesday, in the first major assassination attempt on a European political leader for more than 20... (continue reading...)