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Virginia mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher charged
By Jasper Ward (Reuters) - A Virginia grand jury on Monday indicted the mother of a 6-year-old who shot a elementary school teacher in Newport News in January on felony child neglect and a firearms ch...
Apr 10, 2023
Pritzker: ‘Devil’s in the details’ when considering lifting ban on new nuclear
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Lawmakers went on a two-week spring break last week with more than 700 bills already passed in at least one chamber of the General Assembly. They will retur...
Apr 10, 2023
U.S. Postal Service seeks to hike stamp prices by 5.4%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States Postal Service (USPS) on Monday said it was seeking approval to hike the price of first-class mail stamps to 66 cents from 63 cents. USPS won approval to hike ...
Apr 10, 2023
Fulton County tornado damage: by the numbers
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. – Officials in Fulton County are starting to put out some numbers other than the one we knew about: which was “three” as in the strongest of the tornadoes that we...
Apr 10, 2023
US regulator orders Goldman Sachs to pay $15 million for violations of swap business standards
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ordered banking group Goldman Sachs to pay $15 million for violations of swap business conduct standards, the agency said in a stat...
Apr 10, 2023
U.S. seeks to stay abortion pill ruling while it appeals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government on Monday filed an emergency motion to stay a judge's ruling to revoke the Food and Drug Administration's 23-year-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristo...
Apr 10, 2023
Yellen to push next steps for development bank evolution at spring meetings
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday will host a roundtable discussion on further steps to evolve the World Bank and other development lenders to tac...
Apr 10, 2023
FTC asks for temporary halt to Intercontinental Exchange deal for Black Knight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission opened a new front in its fight against the Intercontinental Exchange deal to buy Black Knight by asking a federal court for a preliminary inju...
Apr 10, 2023
BofA sees ‘meaningful risks’ of Q2 U.S. economic contraction
(Reuters) - The U.S. economy is at risk of shrinking in the second quarter, BofA Global Research wrote in a client note, following recent economic data that hinted that the Federal Reserve's aggressiv...
Apr 10, 2023
Cameroon aims to boost export revenues, rejoin AGOA – minister
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cameroon is working to boost export revenues to fend off a potential debt crisis and has relaunched talks with the U.S. to rejoin Washington's flagship trade initiative with Afr...
Apr 10, 2023
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