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California’s only nuclear plant gets state approval for 5-year extension
(Reuters) - California's utilities regulator on Thursday granted a five-year extension to operate Pacific Gas and Electric's Diablo Canyon power plant, the state's only nuclear facility, to avoid elec...
Dec 15, 2023
France to review actor Depardieu’s Legion d’Honneur medal following allegations
PARIS (Reuters) - French actor Gerard Depardieu's Legion d'Honneur medal is under review following a string of allegations about sexual aggression and a TV documentary in which he was heard making lew...
Dec 15, 2023
Family of 11-year-old Mississippi boy shot by officer seeks damages, body camera release
(Reuters) - The family of an 11-year-old boy shot by a Mississippi police officer will keep pursuing a civil lawsuit and push for body-camera footage of the encounter to be publicly released, the fami...
Dec 15, 2023
Mother of 6-year-old who shot Virginia teacher sentenced on child neglect charge
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - A Virginia mother was sentenced to two years in prison on a state charge of felony child neglect after her 6-year-old son shot and wounded his teacher last January with a gun...
Dec 15, 2023
US securities regulator appeals ruling on ill-gotten gains
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked a federal appeals court on Friday to reconsider a ruling that it said prevents the agency from clawing back ill-gotten gains...
Dec 15, 2023
UPDATE: Jury finds Brandon Walker guilty of murder in the death of Navin Jones
UPDATED 3:07 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. – "My office, this jury, and our community have cared more for Navin in his death than his parents ever did in his life. Good riddance to them." Those are the word...
Dec 15, 2023
Indigenous protesters in Brazil interrupt hearing on Amazon grain railway
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Indigenous protesters on Friday tried to prevent a public hearing on the construction of a railway that is planned to run through their lands to carry grains to a northern port in...
Dec 15, 2023
E-signature company DocuSign to explore sale – WSJ
(Reuters) - DocuSign is working with advisers to explore a sale, which could be one of the largest leveraged buyouts in recent times, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar...
Dec 15, 2023
White House’s Brainard says chances for economic ‘soft landing’ greater after data
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's top economic adviser said on Friday that recent economic data showed the "width of the runway for (a) soft landing has gotten much...
Dec 15, 2023
Fitch affirms Brazil’s rating at BB with outlook stable
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Fitch Ratings said on Friday it has affirmed Brazil's long-term foreign-currency issuer rating at "BB", with a stable outlook. In a statement, Fitch said that ratings were suppor...
Dec 15, 2023
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