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Not guilty pleas entered in shooting death of Manual High School student
PEORIA, Ill. – Two of three people charged in the shooting death of a Manual High School student have pleaded not guilty. Peoria County Circuit Court records indicate Gary Irby III, 19, and Jere...
Nov 10, 2021
U.S. teacher of immigrant children lands $1 million global educator prize
PARIS (Reuters) - The Global Teacher Prize, an annual accolade worth $1 million (865,000 euros), was awarded on Wednesday to high school teacher Keishia Thorpe, who has devoted her career to teaching ...
Nov 10, 2021
U.S. judge halts Johnson & Johnson talc litigation for 60 days
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) -A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Wednesday put a 60-day halt on tens of thousands of legal claims against Johnson & Johnson that allege its talc-based products cause cancer. U.S. ...
Nov 10, 2021
Smuggled Romanov royal jewels net nearly $900,000 – Sotheby’s
GENEVA (Reuters) - A sapphire and diamond brooch and matching earrings, which were part of the royal jewels from Russia's Romanov family smuggled out of the country during the 1917 revolution, sold fo...
Nov 10, 2021
Factbox-The biggest U.S. IPOs of all time
(Reuters) - The market for initial public offerings in the United States has been on a tear since last year, as ample liquidity due to accommodative monetary policies lured a number of companies to li...
Nov 10, 2021
US Energy Dept to hire 1,000 workers in infrastructure boost, officials say
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. infrastructure bill President Joe Biden is expected to sign soon will boost investments in the U.S. Department of Energy by the most since its foundi...
Nov 10, 2021
U.S. budget gap narrows more than expected from a year earlier in October
(Reuters) - The U.S. government on Wednesday posted a $165 billion budget deficit for October, 42% lower than the $284 billion shortfall a year earlier as personal and corporate income tax receipts su...
Nov 10, 2021
U.S. to allow pork plants to operate faster in trial program
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday that some pork plants can apply to operate faster processing-line speeds under a one-year trial, after a federal judge ended a ...
Nov 10, 2021
Kering to name new designer for Bottega Veneta, Daniel Lee departs
PARIS (Reuters) - Kering will announce a new creative director to head Bottega Veneta, the French luxury group said on Wednesday, announcing the surprise departure of Daniel Lee just three and a half ...
Nov 10, 2021
Exclusive-U.S. warns against IP, trade secret risks in draft EU tech rules – paper
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Draft landmark EU rules requiring U.S. tech giants to share information with rivals could put at risk companies' intellectual property and trade secrets, the Unite...
Nov 10, 2021
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