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Walnuts for holiday baking languish as U.S. shipping crisis hurts farmers
By Sharon Bernstein and Nathan Frandino ESCALON, Calif. (Reuters) - The shrink-wrapped boxes of fresh California walnuts stacked almost to the ceiling in Don Barton's California packing facility shoul...
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Former U.S. senator, presidential candidate Bob Dole to lie in state in Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Senator Bob Dole, a three-time Republican presidential candidate and decorated World War Two veteran, will lie in state on Thursday in the rotunda of the Capitol whe...
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Georgia Republicans purge Black Democrats from county election boards
By James Oliphant and Nathan Layne GRIFFIN, Georgia (Reuters) - Protesters filled the meeting room of the Spalding County Board of Elections in October, upset that the board had disallowed early votin...
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Fourth Ghislaine Maxwell accuser expected to testify at sex abuse trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A fourth woman who said she was a teenager when Ghislaine Maxwell gave her an unsolicited massage and set her up for sex abuse by late financier Jeffrey Epstein is ex...
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Starbucks union drive spurred by barista burnout from mobile orders
By Hilary Russ and Julia Love NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp baristas waging a union campaign in Buffalo, New York, say they are organizing in part to have more of a say in the work...
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Deal to avert U.S. default, raise debt limit faces test in Senate
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A deal between the top Democrat and Republican in the U.S. Senate to help raise the federal government's $28.9 trillion debt limit will be tested on Thursday wh...
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Companies divided on draft EU rules for gig economy workers
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The European Commission published draft rules on Thursday to give workers at online platform companies such as Uber and Deliveroo better social rights, but which companies say co...
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EU draft rules for gig workers target Uber, Deliveroo, online platforms
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission announced on Thursday draft rules to give workers at online platform companies such as Uber and Deliveroo better social rights, but which companies say cou...
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U.S. senators announce bipartisan social media data transparency bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. senators, two Democrats and a Republican, announced on Thursday a bill to require social media companies like Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms Inc, to give certa...
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Volkswagen board to provide details on CEO’s future powers – source
HAMBURG (Reuters) -Volkswagen's supervisory board will provide details on Thursday on the future responsibilities of CEO Herbert Diess, which are likely to be curtailed as a result of an ongoing clash...
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