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‘Everybody screwed up’: Blame game begins over turbulent U.S. exit from Afghanistan
By Idrees Ali, Patricia Zengerle and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A week into the evacuation from Kabul, the U.S. military was forced to take a drastic step: stop all flights from Hamid Karz...
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Colorado police officers, paramedics charged in 2019 death of unarmed Black man
DENVER (Reuters) - Three Colorado police officers and two paramedics have been criminally charged in the death of Elijah McClain, an unarmed Black man who died in 2019 after he was subdued and injecte...
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Markets cheer as Kansas City puts off shareholder meet after deal setback
By Abhijith Ganapavaram (Reuters) - Kansas City Southern on Wednesday pushed back a vote on its proposed $29 billion sale to Canadian National Railway as financial investors bet a decision by the U.S....
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The man behind the rebuilding of 9/11’s Ground Zero
(Reuters) - Developer Larry Silverstein signed a $3.2 billion 99-year lease on New York's World Trade Center six weeks before the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. He recalls the smoldering ruins of the Twin ...
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U.S. consumer watchdog proposes small business lending data rules
By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Wednesday proposed new requirements for financial institutions to collect and report data on small busin...
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Biden vows to protect Roe v. Wade after Texas abortion law takes effect
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden condemned the Texas law that went into effect on Wednesday which prohibts the vast majority of abortions in the state, and pledged his administration would f...
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Twitter launches ‘safety mode’ to block accounts for harmful language
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc will launch a safety feature that would allow users to temporarily block accounts for seven days for using harmful language or sending uninvited replies, the social media platf...
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Television’s ‘Seinfeld’ comes to Netflix in October
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Television comedy "Seinfeld" will stream globally on Netflix starting in October under a deal reached two years ago, Netflix Inc said on Wednesday. All 180 episodes of "Seinfel...
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Companies-backed Massachusetts gig worker ballot measure clears key hurdle
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -Massachusetts' attorney general on Wednesday gave backers of a proposed ballot measure, which would define drivers for app-based companies like Uber Technologies Inc ...
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Cyberpunk, The Witcher 3 land CD Projekt with profit beat
(Reuters) -Polish video games maker CD Projekt reported lower first-half net profit but beat expectations on Wednesday, helped by sales of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Cyberpunk 2077, ...
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