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U.S. considering hike to royalty rate for drillers at onshore auctions
(Reuters) - The Biden administration is considering raising the royalty rate that drilling companies must pay on oil and gas leases it plans to sell in the first quarter of this year, according to dra...
Jan 31, 2022
Trump’s fundraising groups have over $122 million in cash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Fundraising groups run by former U.S. President Donald Trump have amassed more than $122 million in cash after raising over $51 million in the second half of 2021, Trump's office...
Jan 31, 2022
Sacklers near deal to increase opioid settlement in Purdue bankruptcy
By Tom Hals and Mike Spector (Reuters) -Members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma LP are nearing an agreement to boost their more than $4 billion offer to resolve sprawling opioid litigation...
Jan 31, 2022
Mistrial declared in murder case after jury deadlocked
PEORIA, Ill. – The jury considering the fate of a Peoria man charged with one of the city’s first homicides of 2021 has deadlocked. That’s according to our news partner 25 News. A ju...
Jan 31, 2022
Chicago blues drummer Sam Lay dies at 86
By Eric Cox (Reuters) - Chicago blues drummer and vocalist Sam Lay, who performed and recorded with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Bob Dylan, has died at age 86. Lay died of natural causes in a nursin...
Jan 31, 2022
Exclusive-SoftBank-backed Cybereason confidentially files for U.S. IPO: sources
By Anirban Sen and Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Cybereason, a security startup backed by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 and Alphabet Inc's Google Cloud unit, has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public off...
Jan 31, 2022
Avenatti does not plan to testify in his defense in Stormy Daniels U.S. fraud case
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. lawyer Michael Avenatti said on Monday he does not intend to take the stand to defend himself at trial on charges he defrauded his former client, the adult film ...
Jan 31, 2022
New York Times acquires Wordle
(Reuters) - The New York Times Co said on Monday it had acquired Wordle, a website-only word game that has seen a recent surge in popularity. (Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil ...
Jan 31, 2022
White House: Judge Fed nominee Raskin on credentials, not marriage to impeachment manager
By Jeff Mason and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday rejected concerns that Sarah Bloom Raskin would be unable to maintain independence at the Federal...
Jan 31, 2022
Singer Rihanna expecting first child with rapper A$AP Rocky
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop singer Rihanna announced she is expecting her first child with rapper A$AP Rocky through photos released on Monday of the couple smiling, holding hands and revealing a visi...
Jan 31, 2022
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