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Japan telecom firm NTT unveils chip to boost the speed of communications
By Jane Lanhee Lee OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - Japanese telecommunications NTT on Thursday unveiled a prototype chip that it believes will help boost communications speed in data centers and across und...
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Tennessee takes lead in Republican effort to restrict drag shows
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Tennessee lawmakers will debate on Thursday whether to restrict drag performances in public or in front of children, one of more than a dozen bills limiting drag advanced...
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R. Kelly sentencing to determine if he spends rest of life in prison
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Illinois on Thursday is due to sentence musician R. Kelly for child pornography and coercion, deciding whether to tack more time onto a 30-year sentence fr...
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U.S. Supreme Court’s ‘major questions’ test may doom Biden student debt plan
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shanna Hayes in 2007 became the first member of her immediate family to attend college. She did not realize she was setting off on a path toward another, less-wel...
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Ex-producer Harvey Weinstein faces sentencing for Los Angeles rape conviction
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Harvey Weinstein, the onetime Hollywood titan who came to epitomize a culture of pervasive sexual misconduct by powerful men that ignited the #MeToo movement, i...
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U.S. manufacturers see big boost from government subsidies and tax breaks
By Timothy Aeppel NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio (Reuters) - A 77-year-old factory in a hard-luck Ohio town sputtered into high gear to produce a new line of electric garbage trucks. A short drive away, const...
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Senator Warren urges U.S. patent office to scrutinize Merck’s Keytruda
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has sent the nation's top patent regulator a letter urging close scrutiny of Merck & Co's requests for new patents on its blockbuste...
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DeSantis to host donors ahead of likely 2024 White House bid
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will host an event for top donors and social-media influencers this weekend, the latest in a flurry of moves that suggest he's ra...
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EU Commission staff told to remove TikTok from phones, EU industry chief says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is asking its employees to remove the Chinese short video-sharing app TikTok from their corporate phones, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said on Thursday...
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U.S. to ‘quickly’ nominate candidate to lead World Bank, Yellen says
By David Lawder BENGALURU (Reuters) - The United States intends to "quickly" nominate a candidate for the World Bank presidency who is committed to the lender's poverty reduction mission as well as le...
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