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US Senate vote gives Democrats control of workplace bias agency
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed President Joe Biden's nominee to the agency that enforces workplace bias laws, giving Democrats a majority on the five-member panel th...
Jul 13, 2023
Peoria County Coroner: Man crushed to death at powder coating facility
MACKINAW, Ill. – A Creve Coeur man is dead after an accident at a powder coating facility. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Bradley Willis, Jr., 42, was pronounced dead at a Peoria hospi...
Jul 13, 2023
US resists calls by Trump to postpone trial in classified documents case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday urged the federal judge presiding over the prosecution of former President Donald Trump for his retention of classified records to de...
Jul 13, 2023
Twitter seeks termination of FTC order over data practices
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Twitter asked a U.S. court on Thursday to terminate a consent order with the Federal Trade Commission that governed the social media company's data privacy protections, argu...
Jul 13, 2023
Nissan, Renault agree that Nissan will invest some 100 billion yen in EV unit Ampere -Yomiuri
TOKYO (Reuters) -Carmakers Nissan Motor Co and Renault have reached an agreement that Nissan will invest some 100 billion yen in Renault's EV unit Ampere, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said on Friday....
Jul 13, 2023
US Senator Manchin to oppose Julie Su’s nomination as labor secretary
(Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin said on Thursday he will oppose the nomination of Julie Su as labor secretary, arguing she had a "progressive background" that would prevent her from fo...
Jul 13, 2023
Twitter to offer ad revenue share to select content creators
(Reuters) - Twitter said on Thursday that select content creators on the social media platform will be eligible to get a part of the advertising revenue the company earns. The content creators will ge...
Jul 13, 2023
US House debates ‘culture wars’ amendments to must-pass defense bill
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday debated proposed amendments to its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, an annual bill ...
Jul 13, 2023
Microsoft under fire after hacks of US State and Commerce departments
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In late June, one of cybersecurity expert Steven Adair's clients got an alert from Microsoft: one of the client's employees working on human rights issues had ...
Jul 13, 2023
Hollywood actors will begin strike at midnight – union negotiator
(Reuters) - Hollywood actors will go on strike beginning midnight after talks with studios broke down, said Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, chief negotiator for SAG-AFTRA, the actors' union, on Thursday. (Re...
Jul 13, 2023
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