(This Jan. 19 story has been corrected to fix the affiliation of source to Clean Energy Canada, not Clean Energy BC, in paragraph 17) By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – British Columbia boosted its C$36 billion ($26.7 billion) plan to expand its grid over the next decade, but Canada’s Pacific Coast province will still …
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By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) – An Alabama death row prisoner who survived a botched execution attempt by lethal injection asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to halt the state’s planned second attempt next week, this time by the novel method of asphyxiation with nitrogen gas. Lawyers for Kenneth Smith, convicted for a murder-for-hire committed …
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(This Jan. 18 story has been corrected to rectify the name of Washington’s capital city from Columbia to Olympia in paragraph 7) By Joseph Ax and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – Donald Trump can remain on Washington state’s Republican presidential primary ballot, a judge ruled on Thursday, rejecting the latest effort to disqualify the former president …
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By Echo Wang and Anirban Sen (Reuters) – Social media platform Reddit has drawn up detailed plans to launch its initial public offering (IPO) in March, moving forward with a listing it has been eyeing for more than three years, according to people familiar with the matter. It would be the first IPO of a …
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By Andrea Shalal (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday announced student debt cancellation of nearly $5 billion for an additional 74,000 borrowers, including more than half who earned forgiveness after 10 years of public service as teachers, nurses and firefighters. The White House announcement brings the total loan forgiveness approved by the Biden-Harris administration …
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(Reuters) -Waymo, Alphabet Inc’s autonomous driving unit, said on Friday it had applied to the California Public Utilities Commission to expand its driverless service in Los Angeles. A license would allow Waymo, which operates extensively in San Francisco, to fully operate its fleet in Los Angeles, California’s largest city, where it is now testing rides, …
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(Reuters) – Elon Musk has said a report that his artificial intelligence (AI) company, xAI, has secured $500 million in commitments from investors toward a $1 billion goal is inaccurate. “This is simply not accurate,” he said in a reply to a user post about the Bloomberg article on social media platform X. The artificial …
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By Gram Slattery CONCORD, New Hampshire (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Tim Scott, who had campaigned against Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, endorsed his former rival at a rally in New Hampshire on Friday night, dealing a blow to Trump’s top remaining primary competitor, Nikki Haley. The move by Scott comes just four days before …
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By Ann Saphir (Reuters) -San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly on Friday said she believes the U.S. economy and monetary policy are in a “good place,” and the risks have grown more balanced while work remains to bring down inflation. “We have to calibrate very carefully to ensure that we continue to bring …
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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Police in Florida said on Friday they have cleared the ousted chairman of the state’s Republican Party on sexual battery allegations but asked prosecutors to review their investigation of a possibly illegal recording of a sexual encounter. Christian Ziegler was accused in October of rape by a woman who previously …
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