By James Oliphant and Gram Slattery ATKINSON, New Hampshire (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s schedule on Wednesday summed up the unprecedented nature of this year’s election: spend the day in court fighting a defamation case and the evening rallying supporters in his bid to become the next U.S. president. That is how the former president, the …
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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – A downed power line electrocuted three people to death in Oregon after falling onto a vehicle on Wednesday but a baby in diapers survived after a witness retrieved the child from the scene, Portland fire officials said. The deaths appear linked to the severe winter storms and subfreezing temperatures that …
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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – The last woman imprisoned in El Salvador on charges linked to abortion on Wednesday called for people in the Central American country to stop denouncing women who suffer obstetric emergencies, in her first public comments since her release. El Salvador has one of the most draconian abortion bans in the Americas, …
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(Reuters) -Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic has died, the National Basketball Association (NBA) club said on Wednesday after the Belgrade native suffered a heart attack during a team dinner. The 46-year-old Milojevic was in his third season as an assistant coach with Golden State after helping the team win the 2022 NBA championship. …
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(Reuters) – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co is expected to name Stellantis executive Mark Stewart as its new CEO following a pressure campaign by activist investor Elliott Investment Management L.P. , Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. Goodyear plans to announce Stewart’s appointment as soon as this week, the report said, citing people familiar with the …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian employment fell sharply in December after two months of surprisingly strong growth, while the jobless rate held steady as fewer people went looking for work. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Thursday showed net employment dived 65,100 in December from November, when it surged a revised 72,600. Market forecasts …
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By Noel Randewich and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -Wall Street stocks finished lower on Wednesday after upbeat December U.S. retail sales data eroded expectations the Federal Reserve will kick off its rate-cut campaign as early as March. The benchmark S&P 500 fell to its lowest in over a week. Amazon, Nvidia and Alphabet dipped between …
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By Nate Raymond and David Shepardson (Reuters) -Iowa’s attorney general on Wednesday sued TikTok, accusing the video-based social media platform of misleading parents about their children’s access to inappropriate content on the company’s app. Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird in a lawsuit filed in a state court in Polk County accused TikTok and its Chinese …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A group of freelance writers and editors has sued the U.S. Department of Labor, claiming the Biden administration’s new rule making it more difficult for companies to treat some workers as independent contractors is illegal and should be struck down. The four freelance workers filed the lawsuit in Georgia federal court …
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By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The quality of healthcare for minority children in the United States is universally worse than it is for white children, even after accounting for insurance coverage, an analysis of dozens of recent studies found. The pattern was similar across all medical specialties, including newborn care, emergency medicine, primary care, surgery, …
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