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US House Republicans seek testimony from Hunter Biden investigators
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans sought testimony on Thursday from more than a dozen officials from the Justice Department, FBI and other government agencies involved in t...
Jun 29, 2023
Fed says 57 firms set to use ‘FedNow’ instant payments after late July launch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Thursday that 57 firms have been certified to utilize its "FedNow" instant payments system after it launches in late July. The Fed did not ...
Jun 29, 2023
Canada tells Microsoft that Activision deal is likely to lessen competition — court filing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canada's Department of Justice told lawyers for Microsoft that it had concluded that the deal to buy Activision "is likely to" lead to less competition in some aspects of gaming...
Jun 29, 2023
A ‘great day for America’: Trump, Republicans hail affirmative action ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump and other top U.S. Republican leaders hailed the Supreme Court's rejection on Thursday of race-conscious student admissions programs at two universities, with the f...
Jun 29, 2023
Dolly Parton says turning to rock was ‘one of the most fun things I’ve done’
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - Country music star Dolly Parton says her first rock album "Rockstar" is some of her best, as well as most fun, work she has ever done. Parton, 77, has team...
Jun 29, 2023
Ready, try to stay steady, go! Men in high heels race at Madrid Pride
MADRID (Reuters) - Dozens of people sporting high heels, most of them men, raced down a cobbled street in the centre of the Spanish capital on Thursday as part of Madrid Pride, one of the world's larg...
Jun 29, 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Woodford County until 5 p.m. (6/29)
140 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2023 ILC019-023-025-029-033-035-039-041-045-049-079-101-113-115-123- 139-147-159-173-175-183-203-292200- /O.CON.KILX.SV.A.0415.000000T0000Z-230629T2200Z/ SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATC...
Jun 29, 2023
US State Dept says it condemns burning of Koran in Sweden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday said it condemned the burning of a Koran outside a mosque in Sweden a day before, even though it added that issuing the permit for the demonstratio...
Jun 29, 2023
Exclusive-Latam unicorn Merama cuts nearly 10% of staff amid ‘strategy’ refocus
By Isabel Woodford MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Latin American e-commerce unicorn Merama cut nearly 10% of its staff this week, its CEO told Reuters on Thursday, describing the move as part of a shift in f...
Jun 29, 2023
Explainer-‘Organized’ retail crime: a ‘multi-billion dollar problem’
By Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top executives and major law enforcement agencies in the U.S. are fretting about organized crime rings targeting retailers' stores and trucks for goods they ca...
Jun 29, 2023
Peoria, IL, USA
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