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As murders surge, Democrats find a new message: Fund the police
By James Oliphant and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last summer, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser played a high-profile role in the protests sweeping America over police killings of Black suspects...
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Exclusive-Guinea rail builders blast in chimp habitat, no plan to protect apes
By Helen Reid and Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A Chinese-backed consortium building infrastructure for a massive iron ore mine in Guinea started blasting a railway tunnel in a habitat for a cri...
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Walmart beats U.S. sales estimates on back-to-school demand, raises forecast
(Reuters) -Walmart Inc raised its annual U.S. same-store sales forecast after beating analysts' estimates on Tuesday, buoyed by customers splurging on back-to-school products from backpacks to clothes...
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U.S. plans to begin administering COVID-19 booster shots in September – source
(Reuters) -The Biden administration plans to begin administering COVID-19 booster shots to Americans as early as mid or late September, pending authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
Julia Bradley Aug 17, 2021
Eco-friendly vehicles offer quieter, cleaner safaris in Kenyan reserve
By Monicah Mwangi MAASAI MARA, Kenya (Reuters) - In Kenya's Maasai Mara National Reserve, the Toyota 4x4 Landcruiser of tour guide and driver Sylvester Mukenye glides silently past a herd of grazing e...
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Dutch museum fills ‘Blind Spot’ with exhibit for visually impaired
By Eva Plevier AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Visitors to a Dutch exhibition titled "The Blind Spot" may call it a little cheesy - but they mean that as a compliment. Utrecht Central Museum launched the unusua...
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Delta, beef prices threaten to take the sizzle out of U.S. steakhouses
By Hilary Russ and Lisa Baertlein NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Just as American steakhouses are recovering from the first wave of COVID shutdowns, the Delta variant threatens to diminish the appet...
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Home Depot misses U.S. same-store sales estimates as DIY demand wanes
(Reuters) -Home Depot Inc missed estimates for U.S. quarterly same-store sales on Tuesday, as the pandemic-driven surge in demand for do-it-yourself home-improvement products waned with people increas...
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Gold Star mothers’ hearts ache after Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
By Tim Reid MIAMISBURG, Ohio (Reuters) - Jill Stephenson lost her only child Ben Kopp, a 21-year-old U.S. Army Ranger, when he was shot during a 2009 firefight with Taliban forces in Afghanistan. For ...
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Incoming BT Chairman Crozier’s record of corporate leadership
(Reuters) - Adam Crozier will become BT Chairman later this year, the telecoms group said Tuesday, tapping a seasoned executive known for leading turnarounds at a variety of public and private busines...
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