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U.S. senator concerned American, JetBlue partnership will raise prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat who has been outspoken on antitrust issues, expressed concern to the Transportation Department on Friday that a partnership between A...
Sep 17, 2021
Victim identified in fatal Tazewell County crash
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. – More details have been released about Wednesday night’s fatal accident in rural Tazewell County. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley has identified the victim of...
Sep 17, 2021
Greenland prepares legislation to halt large rare-earth mine
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen NUUK (Reuters) - Greenland's new government is preparing legislation that will ban uranium mining and cease development of the Kvanefjeld mine, one of the biggest rare earth...
Sep 17, 2021
Amid COVID surge, states that cut benefits still see no hiring boost
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The August slowdown in U.S. job creation hit harder in states that pulled the plug early on enhanced federal unemployment benefits, places where an intense s...
Sep 17, 2021
Biden admin looks to revive Trump-era order on migrant expulsion
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Friday moved to revive an order put in place by then-President Donald Trump directing the expulsion of migrant families caught crossing the U...
Sep 17, 2021
FDA advisers vote to oppose Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster
(Reuters) - A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted against approval of a booster dose of the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 16 an...
Sep 17, 2021
U.S. banking lobby groups oppose proposed tax reporting law
(Reuters) - The largest U.S. banking lobby groups banded together on Friday to make another push to kill a proposed bank account reporting law being drawn up as part of the congressional reconciliatio...
Sep 17, 2021
Biden adds measles to list of diseases that could require quarantine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order adding measles to a list of communicable diseases that could require quarantine after several Afghan refugees were diagnos...
Sep 17, 2021
Pentagon says Kabul drone strike killed 10 civilians in ‘tragic mistake’
(Refiles to remove superfluous "it" from lede) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Friday that a drone strike in Kabul last month killed as many 10 civilians, including seven children, an...
Sep 17, 2021
Barra: GM will make ‘substantial shifts’ in supply chain over chips
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co Chief Executive Mary Barra said Friday the largest U.S. automaker plans to make changes in its supply chain as it works to address the cont...
Sep 17, 2021
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