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U.S. school masks debate erupts anew weeks before classes resume
By Joseph Ax and Brad Brooks (Reuters) - In pandemic-pummeled Florida, angry parents clashed with Broward County school board members this week over whether their children will be forced to wear masks...
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Jodie Whittaker to leave sci-fi series ‘Dr Who’ in 2022
LONDON (Reuters) - Jodie Whittaker, the first woman to take on the lead role in sci-fi series "Doctor Who", will be leaving the television show next year, Britain's BBC said on Thursday. The British a...
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Biden federal worker vaccination push to affect millions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to take a broad new step to fight the pandemic on Thursday by announcing that civilian federal government employees will need to be vaccinat...
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Beauty sales surge at L’Oreal as lockdowns ease
PARIS (Reuters) - Maybelline owner L'Oreal on Thursday said sales growth had accelerated in the second quarter, as the cosmetics group joined fashion labels in benefiting from booming demand from Chin...
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Leonardo confirms 2021 guidance after 37% rise in H1 core profit
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian defence group Leonardo stuck to its full-year guidance after its government and military business more than offset weakness in civil aviation to boost first-half earnings. Be...
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Coffee, cane and orange crops at risk as temperatures plunge in Brazil
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Temperatures fell in swathes of Brazil on Thursday - with rare snowfall overnight in some places - as a polar air mass advanced toward the center-south of the global ...
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Explainer-Robinhood makes most of its money from PFOF. What is it?
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - App-based retail brokerage Robinhood Markets Inc was set to make its highly anticipated market debut on the Nasdaq on Thursday. The brokerage, known for helping pi...
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U.S. grand jury indicts Pilgrim’s Pride executives for chicken price fixing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal grand jury has indicted four current and former executives at Pilgrim's Pride Corp, one of the largest U.S. poultry producers, for their roles in a price fixing c...
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Euronext earnings rise in Q2 as Borsa Italiana joins group
LONDON (Reuters) - Euronext reported on Thursday that net income rose 5.6% to 86.6 million euros ($102.90 million) in the second quarter from a year ago, helped by consolidating Borsa Italiana into th...
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Dream Center prepares for “Backpack Peoria” this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. — A sure sign that school is about to start each year, is the Dream Center’s Backpack Peoria event. The Center’s Andy King told WMBD’s “The Greg and Dan Show...
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