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School Districts write op-ed opposing mask mandates
MORTON, Ill. -Eighty different school districts in Illinois, including some in this area, are signing a newspaper op-ed that opposes mask mandates in schools. In the op-ed, the districts are accusing ...
Will Stevenson Sep 14, 2021
Argentina inflation cools to 2.5% in August
By Hernan Nessi and Jorge Iorio BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.5% in August, the country's official statistics agency said on Tuesday, the smallest rise in over...
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Factbox-Over 284,000 customers in Texas without power from Storm Nicholas
(Reuters) - More than 284,000 homes and businesses in Texas were still without power on Tuesday afternoon as utilities started restoring service faster than Tropical Storm Nicholas caused new outages,...
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American hacker mercenaries face U.S. charges for work in UAE
By Christopher Bing (Reuters) - Three former U.S. intelligence operatives, who went to work as mercenary hackers for the United Arab Emirates, face federal charges of conspiring to violate hacking law...
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Generali says majority of directors back keeping Donnet as CEO
MILAN (Reuters) - Generali said a majority of its board members was in favour of keeping Chief Executive Philippe Donnet in his job for another mandate, as shareholders in Italy's biggest insurer spar...
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Factbox-Top announcements from Apple event
(Reuters) - Apple Inc on Tuesday launched a new series of iPhones and iPads, featuring a faster processor and better cameras. Launching the products at a virtual event, Apple priced its smartphones at...
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Amazon hires Twitter executive to tackle diversity challenges
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has hired a Twitter Inc executive, Candi Castleberry Singleton, as vice president of global diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), according to a staff mem...
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White House says it is encouraging state, local COVID vaccine mandates
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House is advocating for state and local leaders to mandate coronavirus vaccinations, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tuesday. "W...
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Louisiana grain terminal reopens after Hurricane Ida as Nicholas rains arrive
By Karl Plume (Reuters) - Another grain export terminal near Louisiana's Gulf Coast shuttered for two weeks by Hurricane Ida restarted operations this week even as heavy rains from Tropical Storm Nich...
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Pritzker, others want federal reproductive health bill passed
AURORA, Ill. – Governor JB Pritzker says the state of Illinois is a “champion of women’s reproductive health” — which is why he says a law was passed two years ago that p...
Will Stevenson Sep 14, 2021
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