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Lyft records more than 4,000 sexual assault cases in long-overdue safety report
(Reuters) - Lyft Inc received reports of more than 4,000 instances of sexual assault on its ride-hailing platform between 2017 and 2019, detailing the data in a safety report it had promised to publis...
Oct 22, 2021
U.S. voices concern about China’s treatment of NBA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States voiced concern on Friday at China's actions against the National Basketball Association, after Boston Celtics highlights were absent from a Chinese streaming p...
Oct 22, 2021
U.S. 2021 fiscal year deficit below prior year’s record, Treasury says
By Dan Burns (Reuters) - The U.S. budget deficit totaled $2.772 trillion during fiscal 2021, below the prior year's record shortfall but still reflecting a second straight year of massive spending to ...
Oct 22, 2021
S&P gains EU antitrust approval for $44 billion IHS deal
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Business information provider S&P Global Inc on Friday took a step closer to becoming a data powerhouse as it won EU antitrust approval for its $44 billion takeove...
Oct 22, 2021
CDC director: U.S. may update definition of full vaccination for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Biden administration officials urged eligible Americans on Friday to get booster shots of a COVID-19 vaccine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention head said it may ...
Oct 22, 2021
Canton man pleads guilty to federal child porn-related charge
PEORIA, Ill. – A Fulton County man will be sentenced February 24, 2022, now that he’s pleaded guilty to a federal child pornography-related charge. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Jo...
Oct 22, 2021
Alec Baldwin fired prop gun that killed crew member on movie set – authorities
By Adria Malcolm and Alexandra Ulmer SANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) - Hollywood star Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer and wounded a director when he fired a prop gun on a New Mexico movie set, au...
Oct 22, 2021
Peoria ADM plant sold; employees to stay put
PEORIA, Ill. – Decatur-based Archer Daniels Midland’s facility in Peoria is being sold. ADM says the Peoria Dry Mill plant has been sold to Texas-based BioUrja Group. The price wasn’...
Oct 22, 2021
Fed’s Powell: On track for taper, high inflation could last into next year
By Ann Saphir and Lindsay Dunsmuir (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Friday that the U.S. central bank is "on track" to begin reducing its purchases of assets, and noted that he ...
Oct 22, 2021
Big Oil to attend U.S. House climate disinformation hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top executives from Exxon Mobil Corp, BP America, Chevron Corp and Shell Oil will testify on Oct. 28 at a congressional hearing examining whether the fossil fuel industry led an...
Oct 22, 2021
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