By Alexandra Ulmer and Tim Reid HALF MOON BAY, California (Reuters) – A deadly gun rampage at northern California mushroom farms likely stemmed from a workplace grievance, authorities said on Tuesday, as new details emerged about the latest of two back-to-back mass shootings that claimed 18 lives in total. In apparently unrelated acts of mass …
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By Andreas Rinke and Tom Balmforth BERLIN/KYIV (Reuters) – Germany will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and allow other countries such as Poland to do the same to help Kyiv fight off Russia’s invasion, while the United States may supply Abrams tanks, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. While there was no …
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By Diane Bartz and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators slammed Live Nation Entertainment’s lack of transparency and inability to block bot purchases of tickets on Tuesday, in a hearing called after a major fiasco involving ticket sales for Taylor Swift’s upcoming concert tour. Live Nation Entertainment Inc subsidiary Ticketmaster, which has been unpopular …
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(This Jan. 23 story has been officially corrected to say one hacker group, not two, in the headline and paragraph 1) (Reuters) – A hacker group associated with North Korea, the Lazarus Group, also known as APT38, was responsible for the theft last June of $100 million from U.S. crypto firm Harmony’s Horizon bridge, the …
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By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 ended nominally lower on Tuesday at the close of a rocky session marked by a raft of mixed earnings and a technical malfunction at the opening bell. A spate of NYSE-listed stocks were halted at the top of the session due to an apparent technical …
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By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) – Crude oil prices slipped on Tuesday on concerns about a global economic slowdown and as preliminary data indicated a bigger than expected build in U.S. oil inventories. Brent futures for March delivery fell $2.06, or 2.3%, to $86.13 a barrel. U.S. crude fell $1.49, or 1.8%, to $80.13 per …
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By Herbert Lash and Alun John NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. stock indexes closed mixed and the dollar slid a bit on Tuesday after companies warned of a tough year ahead along with some profit beats, while data showed U.S. business activity contracted for a troubling seventh straight month in January. S&P Global’s Flash U.S. Composite …
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By Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) is investigating whether there is any connection between manufacturers whose contaminated cough syrups it has linked to the deaths of more than 300 children in three countries, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Citing “unacceptable levels” of toxins in the products, the WHO is …
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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -A Georgia prosecutor investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his defeat in the state’s 2020 presidential election told a judge on Tuesday that decisions on whether to bring criminal charges are “imminent.” Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, spoke at a hearing on whether to publicly release the final report …
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By Steve Holland, Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Monday that a search by the Justice Department of President Joe Biden’s home on Friday had been carried out after a “voluntary, proactive offer” by his personal lawyers to the department. The White House Counsel’s Office also said it was …
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