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Cher sues Mary Bono over Sonny & Cher song royalties
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) - Cher has sued former Republican U.S. Representative Mary Bono, widow of her late musical partner and ex-husband Sonny Bono, and his estate in Los Angeles federal court fo...
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Fourteen U.S. attorneys general press Facebook on vaccine disinformation
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The attorneys general of 14 U.S. states sent a letter to Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg asking if the top disseminators of vaccine disinformation o...
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Biden signs bill raising U.S. debt limit, averting default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed legislation temporarily raising the government's borrowing limit to $28.9 trillion, pushing off the deadline for debt default only unt...
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Bank of Canada chief: Supply chain problems mean inflation set to be more stubborn
By Julie Gordon and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Global supply chain bottlenecks are not easing as quickly as expected, meaning inflation in Canada and among IMF members will probably take a lit...
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U.S. administers 405.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 405,444,558 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Thursday morning and distributed 490,951,045 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
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Swiss bank UBS closing brokerage business in Mexico – sources
By Noe Torres and Rodrigo Campos MEXICO CITY/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Swiss bank UBS is closing its brokerage in Mexico, said three people familiar with the matter, following in the footsteps of other lar...
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Illinois nursing home fined for COVID-19 safety violations
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - An Illinois nursing facility was fined more than $83,000 for failing to protect its staff from COVID-19, the Labor Department said on Thursday, the largest penalty under...
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Ex-Minneapolis police officer seeks reduced prison term in woman’s death
(Reuters) - Lawyers for a former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot a woman while responding to a 911 call in 2017 are asking for his prison term to be significantly reduced to 41 months in a...
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Teenage boy jailed for New York murder of college student Tessa Majors
By Tim Reid (Reuters) - A teenage boy was sentenced on Thursday to nine years to life in prison for the 2019 murder of 18-year-old college student Tessa Majors in New York. Luchiano Lewis, 16, pleaded...
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Union urges locked-out Texas refinery workers to reject Exxon contract offer -statement
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The United Steelworkers union (USW) urged locked-out workers at Exxon Mobil Corp's Beaumont, Texas, refinery to reject a company contract offer in a vote scheduled for Tuesday, acc...
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Peoria, IL, USA
51 °F Thunderstorm In Vicinity, Mist
