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FedEx quarterly profit falls on labor costs
By Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) -U.S. delivery firm FedEx Corp posted a 7% drop in quarterly profit and lowered its full-year profit forecast on Tuesday, after labor costs crimped earnings growth from sur...
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U.S. House Democrats advance abortion rights bill, Senate passage unlikely
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives advanced a bill on Tuesday that would protect the right to abortion and annul some new restrictions passed by Republican-controlle...
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U.S., several states file antitrust lawsuit against American Airlines, JetBlue
(Reuters) - The United States and several U.S. states on Tuesday filed an antitrust lawsuit against American Airlines Group Inc and JetBlue Airways Corp, according to records in Boston federal court. ...
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Biden to tap intelligence expert Corless for Treasury terrorism post
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will nominate Shannon Corless, a career intelligence expert, as assistant secretary of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence at the Trea...
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Disney’s Chapek says program production delayed as Delta variant spreads
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Officer Bob Chapek said on Tuesday the resurgence of the Delta variant of the coronavirus was delaying production of some of its titles. Shares in the compan...
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U.S. debt limit is not a partisan issue, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration will continue to argue that the U.S. debt limit is not a partisan issue and push Republicans and Democrats to vote to raise it, White House ...
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Former wunderkind Massachusetts mayor gets six years in prison
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former Massachusetts mayor first elected at age 23 was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison after being convicted in May of defrauding investors in a smartp...
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Pritzker explains nuclear power plant deal during Peoria visit
PEORIA, Ill. – Illinois Governor JB Pritzker was asked during his visit to the McCluggage Bridge Tuesday about the deal Illinois lawmakers recently approved that keeps two Illinois nuclear power...
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Judge sets May for possible trial of ‘Proud Boys’ facing Jan 6 riot charges
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday set May 18 as a tentative date for the start of a trial of four men allegedly affiliated with the "Proud Boys" movement on charges s...
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R. Kelly trial nears end as singer’s lawyers defend against sex abuse claims
By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) - R. Kelly's sex trafficking trial entered the homestretch on Tuesday, with the presiding judge forecasting that closing arguments could begin the next day and jur...
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