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Macy’s to lift minimum wage to $15 an hour as labor market tightens
(Reuters) - Macy's Inc will raise the minimum wage of its more than 100,000 U.S. employees to $15 an hour by May, the department store chain said on Monday, as retailers fight to hire and retain worke...
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Girl rescued in U.S. after using TikTok domestic violence hand signal
(Reuters) - A 16-year-old girl was rescued in Kentucky after using a hand gesture she learned on social media app TikTok to signal to motorists that she was in trouble, the Laurel County Sheriff's Off...
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Explainer – Who could be held liable for deadly Houston concert?
By Luc Cohen and Thomas Rowe (Reuters) - More than a dozen lawsuits have been filed and a criminal investigation has been opened after eight people died and hundreds were injured in an apparent crowd ...
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Bank leaders need to take climate change risk seriously -U.S. regulator
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. regulator is calling on the leaders of large banks to more seriously assess and manage their risk to climate change, including exposure to a possible ca...
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Exclusive-Boeing U.S. worker vaccine exemption requests top 11,000 -sources
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - The number of Boeing Co employees seeking a vaccine exemption on religious or medical grounds has reached more than 11,000 - or nearly 9% of its U.S. workforce -...
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Peoria Heights man arrested for attempted Bloomington robbery
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – A Peoria Heights man is facing criminal charges in Bloomington after attempting to hold up a restaurant there. Bloomington Police say Joel Perez, 31, is facing a charge of At...
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Australia to accelerate rollout of charging stations for electric cars
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian government on Tuesday will commit A$178 million ($132 million) in new funding to ramp up the rollout of hydrogen refuelling and charging stations for electric vehicle...
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U.S. says two foreign nationals indicted for trafficking ivory, rhinoceros horn
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Two people from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been arrested in the United States and indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly trafficking elephant ivory and...
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James Hardie lifts profit forecast on U.S. housing market boom
(Reuters) -James Hardie Industries on Tuesday raised its fiscal 2022 earnings forecast for a second time this year, as it counts on strong demand for its fibre cement products from a booming U.S. hous...
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Robinhood says email addresses of 5 million customers exposed in security breach
(Reuters) -Robinhood Markets Inc said on Monday a third party had obtained access to the email addresses of about five million of its customers. The fee-free broker said the full names of a different ...
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