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U.S. COVID-19 death toll hits 700,000
(Reuters) – The United States surpassed 700,000 coronavirus-related deaths on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as officials roll out booster doses of vaccines to protect the elderly and peo...
Oct 02, 2021
The battle for British supermarket group Morrisons
(Reuters) - Morrisons, Britain's fourth-largest supermarket group, is the subject of the country's most high-profile takeover battle with a raft of bids and counter bids reflecting private equity's ap...
Oct 02, 2021
Two injured in rollover crash in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters and emergency medical personnel were called just after 1:30 a.m. Saturday to the 2700 block of W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive for a single-vehicle acciden...
Oct 02, 2021
VW labour boss wants faster electric car rollout at Wolfsburg – Braunschweiger Zeitung
BERLIN (Reuters) - The head of Volkswagen's works council wants the carmaker to bring forward production of electric vehicles at its main plant in Wolfsburg to 2024 make it more competitive, a newspap...
Oct 02, 2021
CD&R wins $10 billion auction for UK supermarket Morrisons
LONDON (Reuters) - Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has won the auction for Britain's Morrisons with a 7 billion pound ($9.5 billion) bid, paving the way for the U.S. private equity firm to take contro...
Oct 02, 2021
ISP trooper shot and killed on Chicago expressway
CHICAGO — An Illinois State Police trooper has died after being shot Friday afternoon on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Chicago’s South Side. ISP Police Director Brandan Kelly said 36-year-old...
Oct 02, 2021
India’s Zee attempts to block investors’ EGM demand in court
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's Zee Entertainment Enterprises said on Saturday it had filed a petition in court against a notice issued by two institutional investors pushing the media company to call for ...
Oct 02, 2021
As redistricting gets under way, Democrats’ prospects looking brighter
By Joseph Ax and Jason Lange (Reuters) - When Republican-controlled states such as Texas and Florida gained U.S. House of Representative seats thanks to 2020 census data showing their populations are ...
Oct 02, 2021
Abortion rights advocates will march across U.S. to protest restrictive laws
By Julia Harte (Reuters) - Women's rights advocates will join 660 marches planned around the United States on Saturday to protest against recent efforts to restrict abortion access, including a new Te...
Oct 02, 2021
La Palma volcano eruption forces stay-home order for some residents
LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) - Authorities told several thousand residents of La Palma to stay home because of worsening air quality as the erupting volcano on the Spanish island spewed red-hot lava and ...
Oct 02, 2021
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