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Google fires employee behind anti-diversity memo
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has fired an employee who wrote an internal memo that ascribed gender inequality in the technology industry to biological differences. James Damore, the engineer who wrote the memo, confirmed…
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U.S. citizen accused of being agent of foreign influence by Singapore appeals expulsion
[ad_1] SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen, whose Singapore permanent residence status was revoked after the government identified him as being an agent of foreign influence, said on Tuesday he had appealed the decision to…
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Suspected Mexican cartel official arraigned in U.S. court on drug charges
[ad_1] (Reuters) – A suspected top official in a Mexican criminal cartel was arraigned in a federal court in California on Monday on drug trafficking charges after he surrendered to U.S. law enforcement authorities in…
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Illinois governor stalls bond sales for other options to pay bills
[ad_1] CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois is holding off on issuing $6 billion of bonds to help pay its hefty pile of overdue bills despite the state comptroller’s public plea for the debt sale, the governor’s…
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Trial pitting Taylor Swift against DJ due to start in Denver
[ad_1] DENVER (Reuters) – A trial pitting pop star Taylor Swift against a Colorado radio personality over allegations the former disc jockey fondled her four years ago during a photo shoot was due to begin…
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Keystone XL pipeline fate in balance as Nebraska opens hearings
[ad_1] LINCOLN, Neb. (Reuters) – Nebraska regulators will hear final arguments for and against TransCanada Corp’s (TRP.TO) proposed Keystone XL pipeline this week before deciding whether to approve its route later this year, the last…
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More than 30 injured after tornado hits in Tulsa
[ad_1] (Reuters) – More than 30 people were injured and dozens of buildings damaged when a tornado hit Tulsa early on Sunday, causing power outages to about 17,000 customers after powerful winds snapped utility poles…
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Infrastructure borrowing drops as U.S. states await Trump plan details
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Donald Trump arrived in office having promised a bold $1 trillion infrastructure investment plan over 10 years for roads, bridges, airports and transit systems crumbling by the day…
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Excessive corrosion blamed for deadly Ohio ride failure
[ad_1] (Reuters) – The “catastrophic failure” of a thrill ride that broke apart in July at the Ohio State Fair, killing one person and injuring seven others, stemmed from excessive corrosion in a support beam,…
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Homicide in Baltimore breaks 'ceasefire' meant to reduce violence
[ad_1] (Reuters) – A 24-year-old man was shot and killed in Baltimore on Saturday, police said, breaking a 72-hour “ceasefire” called by activists who had pleaded for a pause in the city’s record homicide rate.…
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Trump eyes top policy aide for communications director role: official
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House may appoint a senior policy adviser with hardline views on immigration, who recently sparred with reporters in a televised briefing, as its new communications director, a senior administration…
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Fox News host Bolling suspended after sexting allegations
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fox News on Saturday suspended host Eric Bolling following a media report that he sent sexually inappropriate text messages to colleagues, marking the third high-profile harassment case to rock the…
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Former Texas governor Mark White, education reformer, dead at 77
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Former Texas Governor Mark White, a Democrat known as an education reformer for signing a “no pass, no play” bill requiring student athletes to succeed academically, died on Saturday at age 77,…
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FBI takes over probe of bombing of Minnesota mosque
[ad_1] (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Saturday took over the investigation of an early-morning bombing of a mosque outside Minneapolis that caused no injuries. Anti-Muslim incidents have risen sharply in the United…
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'Step' becomes the voice of black Baltimore teens facing adversity
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A group of black teenage girls stomp, clap and shout in unison in step dance routines, channeling their anger, frustration and hopes into powerful performances in a new documentary “Step,”…
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As shootings soar, Chicago police use technology to predict crime
[ad_1] CHICAGO (Reuters) – In a control room at a police headquarters on Chicago’s South Side, officers scan digital maps on big screens to see where a computer algorithm predicts crime will happen next. Thrust…
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U.S. court tosses murder conviction of ex-Blackwater guard
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday threw out the murder conviction of an ex-Blackwater security guard and ordered three of his former colleagues to be re-sentenced in the high-profile prosecution stemming…
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Nissan Mississippi workers vote heavily against unionization
[ad_1] CINCINNATI (Reuters) – Workers at Nissan Motor Co Ltd’s (7201.T) plant in Canton, Mississippi, voted nearly two to one against union representation, the company and the United Auto Workers (UAW) said late on Friday.…
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Fires extinguished after CSX train derailment in Pennsylvania
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Firefighters on Friday extinguished a string of sulfur fires that broke out in a small Pennsylvania town after dozens of CSX Corp rail cars careened off the tracks, the company said, but…
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U.S. judge sets $30,000 bail for famed British cyber expert
[ad_1] LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Law Vegas set a $30,000 bail on Friday for a famed British cyber security researcher accused of advertising and selling malicious code used to pilfer banking…
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Professor sought in Chicago stabbing made donation in victim's name
[ad_1] CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Northwestern University professor who is a primary suspect in a fatal stabbing in Chicago last week was spotted a day after the killing in Wisconsin, where he made a $1,000…
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Wells Fargo to pay U.S. $108 million over veterans' loans
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) on Friday said it agreed to pay the U.S. government $108 million to settle claims arising from its issuance of loans to military veterans. The third-largest U.S.…
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Nebraska regulators block testimony ahead of Keystone XL hearings
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nebraska regulators weighing the fate of TransCanada Corp’s (TRP.TO) proposed Keystone XL pipeline have ruled that opponents of the project cannot use one of their best arguments against it in final…
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Elite firefighter killed while battling western Montana blaze
[ad_1] (Reuters) – An elite California firefighter was killed by a falling tree while battling a blaze in western Montana, the second firefighting death in the area over the last two weeks, officials said on…
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Grand jury issues subpoenas in connection with Trump Jr., Russian lawyer meeting: sources
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A grand jury has issued subpoenas in connection with a June 2016 meeting that included President Donald Trump’s son, his son-in-law and a Russian lawyer, two sources told Reuters on Thursday,…
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Evacuations lifted, allowing return to North Carolina Outer Banks
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Two North Carolina counties on Thursday lifted evacuation orders as of noon on Friday, allowing tens of thousands of people back to the Outer Banks a week after a power outage forced…
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Pentagon suppressing book on interrogations: former investigator
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former chief investigator at the Guantanamo Bay detention center is accusing the Pentagon of blocking publication of his book on the use of brutal interrogation techniques and top U.S. officials’…
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Angry and inspired: Democrats train new wave of candidates
[ad_1] ROCKVILLE, Md. (Reuters) – The 100 Democratic women who packed into a suburban Maryland conference room recently for a one-day training on how to run for political office were more than activists eager to…
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Trump and senators seek to slash legal immigration
[ad_1] WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – After a crackdown on illegal immigration that has sharply reduced the number of unauthorized border crossings from Mexico, U.S. President Donald Trump is now turning his attention to reducing the…
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New York congregation owns oldest U.S. synagogue, court rules
[ad_1] (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a New York Jewish congregation is the rightful owner of the nation’s oldest synagogue, in Rhode Island, along with a set of bells worth…





