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Baby tree kangaroo makes public debut at New York’s Bronx Zoo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A baby Matschie's tree kangaroo made its public debut at the Bronx Zoo in New York City on Friday, peeking its head out from its mother's pouch. As it matures, the baby kangaroo -...
Apr 29, 2022
Peoria County shows off new voting equipment
PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria County has new voting machines that will get their first use during the June primary election. And Friday, the county’s Election Commission was showing them off ̵...
Apr 29, 2022
Brazilian town builds Christ statue taller than Rio’s
ENCANTADO, Brazil (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro's famous Christ the Redeemer has competition. The small town of Encantado in southern Brazil has built a taller Christ to attract tourism. Christ the Prote...
Apr 29, 2022
Brazil to make bolder tax cuts on industrial products
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree to cut taxes on industrial products (IPI) by 35% effective on May 1, a deeper tax cut than the 25% reduction th...
Apr 29, 2022
Augmented reality exhibit in New York looks at impact of climate change
(Reuters) - 'Arcadia Earth' is an immersive environmental art exhibit in New York City that uses augmented reality to spread awareness about the impact of climate change, said the museum's founder, Va...
Apr 29, 2022
Biden to nominate five for U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak board
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to nominate five people to serve on the Amtrak board as the U.S. passenger railroad is making an aggressive push to expand ser...
Apr 29, 2022
Biden’s ‘constructive’ talks with Mexico focused on migration -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's talks with his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador largely centered on migration and steps to reduce it, the White House said on Friday. T...
Apr 29, 2022
Oath Keepers member pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy in U.S. Capitol attack
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Oath Keepers member on Friday admitted to engaging in seditious conspiracy during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and agreed to cooperate with inves...
Apr 29, 2022
Twitter CEO faces employee anger over Musk attacks at company-wide meeting
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc executives said at a company-wide meeting on Friday that the company would monitor staff attrition, but it was too soon to tell how the buyout deal with Elon Musk would affect ...
Apr 29, 2022
CNH Industrial sells Raven’s speciality film division for $350 million
MILAN (Reuters) - Agricultural and construction machine maker CNH Industrial said on Friday it had sold the engineered films division on its Raven Industries unit to private equity firm Industrial Opp...
Apr 29, 2022
