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Florida man who threw plank, extinguisher at police gets longest Capitol riot sentence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge sentenced a U.S. Capitol rioter to more than five years in prison on Friday on charges that he threw a wooden plank and a fire extinguisher at police during the ...
Dec 17, 2021
Lawsuit accuses Washington-area police of involvement in sex-trafficking ring
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A woman has accused two former members of a Virginia police department of sexually assaulting her as part of a deal to protect the leader of a human traffickin...
Dec 17, 2021
Holiday carolers spread joy in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. – ‘Twas the week before Christmas and in the River City maybe some didn’t feel jolly so Discover Peoria took pity Discover Peoria Friday rounded up some volunteers and w...
Dec 17, 2021
U.S. recommends approving Google, Meta undersea cable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Friday recommended the Federal Communications Commission grant Alphabet's Google and Facebook-parent Meta licenses for an undersea cable. The compani...
Dec 17, 2021
Aeromexico resumes trading after Mexican stock market pause; shares fall 27%
By Noe Torres and Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Shares in Mexican airline Grupo Aeromexico fell 27% in early afternoon trading on Friday following a temporary suspension earlier in the session d...
Dec 17, 2021
U.S. pork producer to limit sales in California over new pig law
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Seaboard Foods, the nation's second-biggest pig producer, said on Friday it will limit sales of certain pork products in California due to a measure requiring farmers to provide mo...
Dec 17, 2021
Analysis-Purdue Pharma ruling targets controversial U.S. bankruptcy tactic
By Mike Spector and Dan Levine (Reuters) - A federal judge's decision to unravel a settlement shielding members of the Sackler family from future opioid litigation could upend a controversial corner o...
Dec 17, 2021
Tesla faces investor lawsuit over Musk tweets on 10% stock sales
San Francisco (Reuters) - Tesla Inc was hit by a lawsuit over CEO Elon Musk's social media posts including his Twitter poll on stock sales that pulled down its stock prices. Tesla investor David Wagne...
Dec 17, 2021
Bond markets don’t buy hawkish Fed’s view on how high U.S. rates can go
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's more hawkish turn this week came amid heightened worries about economic recovery and inflation, but it has barely changed the bon...
Dec 17, 2021
‘Tidal wave’: Omicron could put U.S. COVID-19 surge into overdrive
By Joseph Ax and Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) - Two years into the coronavirus pandemic, the United States is confronting another dark winter, with the red-hot Omicron variant threatening to further inf...
Dec 17, 2021
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