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U.S. Justice Dept defends efforts to step up monitoring threats to school boards
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco on Tuesday defended a new initiative to combat a rise in threats and harassment targeting public school boards and teachers...
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Schumer sets U.S. debt ceiling vote for Wednesday as tensions rise
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate will vote on Wednesday on a Democratic-backed measure to suspend the U.S. debt ceiling, a key lawmaker said on Tuesday, as partisan brinkmanship in Co...
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Brazil prosecutors seek $457 million from miners Vale, Samarco, BHP for dam disaster
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -State prosecutors in the state of Minas Gerais have filed a lawsuit seeking 2.5 billion reais ($457 million) from miners Vale, Samarco and BHP related to a tailings dam disas...
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Treasury warns Arizona it can’t use federal funds to undermine school mask requirements
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told Arizona's governor on Tuesday that his state could not use federal funds to pay for programs aimed at undermining fa...
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Coatue, Ackman invest in trading-focused social network Commonstock
(Reuters) - Commonstock, a social network platform for retail investors, said on Tuesday it had raised $25 million in a funding round led by hedge fund Coatue and from others including billionaire inv...
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NYC will not enforce restaurant customer data-sharing law while DoorDash sues
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City agreed to hold off on requiring food delivery companies to share customer data with restaurants, the subject of a recent lawsuit by DoorDash Inc....
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U.S. senators suggest expelling 300 Russian diplomats amid embassy dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic and Republican senators urged President Joe Biden on Tuesday to expel 300 Russian diplomats from the United States if Moscow does not issue more visas for Americ...
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ECB to zoom in on inflation expectations, wages: Lagarde
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is closely watching inflation expectations and wage developments as predicting the length of disruptions caused the economy's post-pandemic reopening is...
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Stitches represent scars in Beirut blast survivor’s art show
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Palestinian artist Majd Abdel Hamid, a survivor of the 2020 Beirut blast, has opened his first solo show in Brussels this month, with displays of embroidery and ...
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Canada’s trade surplus widens in August as imports fall
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's trade surplus with the world widened in August, easily beating analyst expectations, as strong exports of energy products outweighed a drop a two-way trade ...
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