By Daniel Becerril SAN NICOLAS DE LOS GARZA, Mexico (Reuters) – Rows of sleek new school desks equipped with bike pedals are allowing students in Mexico to power through their class work while cranking out some light exercise, burning off calories in a country known for its alarming obesity rates. But for the students at …
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LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Saturday, without specifying how many will be shipped. Costa added that Portugal is in talks with Germany to obtain parts needed for the repair of a number of inoperable Leopard tanks in Portugal’s inventory of the weapon. “We …
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(Reuters) -A train derailed near the border of Ohio and Pennsylvania on Friday night, causing a massive fire in the area, local media reported. Multiple train cars can be seen on fire in images posted on social media from East Palestine, a town northwest of Pittsburgh. Smoke can be seen rising from the blaze and …
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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Memphis police on Friday fired a sixth officer involved in the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who was beaten by officers in the Tennessee city last month. The Memphis Police Department identified the officer as Preston Hemphill, saying in a statement that Hemphill violated department policies on personal …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A judge on Friday released a ruling denying the Federal Trade Commission’s request to stop Meta Platforms Inc from buying virtual reality content maker Within Unlimited, rejecting the regulator’s concerns the deal would reduce competition in a new market. A December trial to decide if Meta could go forward with the relatively small …
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By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two reputed gang members were arrested on Friday and charged with murdering six people, including an infant boy and his teenage mother, in a central California farming community last month in what authorities described as a targeted massacre. The two suspects – Angel Joseph Uriate, 35, and Noah …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the conviction of a doctor accused of unlawfully prescribing addictive opioids in Arizona and Wyoming after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in his favor that made it harder to prosecute such cases. The Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote next week on a bill that would end a requirement that most foreign air travelers be vaccinated against COVID-19, Majority Leader Steve Scalise said on Friday. The Biden administration in June dropped its requirement that people arriving in the country by …
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By Jody Godoy and Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Elon Musk may become even more emboldened in his Twitter use after a jury cleared the billionaire Tesla Inc chief executive over his missive that he had “funding secured” to take his electric car company private. A San Francisco jury took just two hours to unanimously find …
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By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Activist investment firm Starboard Value LP has amassed a sizable stake in Rogers Corp and is seeking seats on the electronics materials company’s board in its push for changes, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. The board challenge comes after chemical company DuPont in November walked …
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