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New York to test gun-detection systems for city's subway
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City will begin testing gun-detecting technology in a pilot program at severa...
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US awarding $60 million to Maryland after bridge collapse, source says
(Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department on Thursday awarded $60 million in emergency relief funding to Maryland after ...
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AI fails to detect depression signs in social media posts by Black Americans, study finds
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - Analyzing social media using artificial intelligence may pick up signals of depression in white Am...
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US judge strikes down Biden highway climate rule for states
By David Shepardson and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Texas struck down a climate rule adopted by the B...
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Biden restores endangered species protections rolled back by Trump
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday restored some protections under the Endangered Species Act rol...
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National Sports
Tennis-Rybakina survives Azarenka test to reach Miami Open final
(Reuters) - Fourth seed Elena Rybakina overcame a second-set meltdown to beat Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 6-4 0-6 7-6(2) on ...
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Duquesne elevates Dru Joyce III to succeed retired coach Keith Dambrot
Duquesne has promoted Dru Joyce III to replace retired coach Keith Dambrot, the university announced Thursday. Dambrot had co...
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Report: Big bidding expected for NFL Christmas games
There will be a hot commodity on the market ahead of next holiday season: a pair of NFL games on Christmas Day. The league pl...
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Reports: Southern Illinois to hire Wright State's Scott Nagy
Southern Illinois will hire Wright State's Scott Nagy as its next basketball coach, multiple outlets reported Thursday. Nagy ...
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Tennis-Zverev sees off in-form Marozsan to reach Miami semi-finals
(Reuters) - German fourth seed Alexander Zverev overcame tricky conditions to beat Hungary's Fabian Marozsan 6-3 7-5 on Thurs...
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World
Russian forces attacking infrastructure near Dnipro city, regional governor says
(Reuters) - Russian forces attacked infrastructure sites early on Friday in Kamianske district near the central Ukrainian cit...
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US urges UN Security Council action to get aid into Sudan from Chad
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States warned on Thursday that it would push the U.N. Security Coun...
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Nigeria to free 313 suspected Boko Haram insurgents for lack of evidence
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's military will free more than 300 people suspected of being part of the Boko Haram Islamist insurg...
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US FDA extends review of Applied Therapeutics' genetic disease drug
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended its review of Applied Therapeutics' experimental drug to treat...
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Egypt population growth continues slowing to 1.4%, government says
CAIRO (Reuters) - Population growth in Egypt, the Arab world's most populous country, slowed to 1.4% in 2023, its lowest rate...
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Business
Brazil exchange operator B3 to offer bitcoin futures in April
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian exchange operator B3 said on Thursday it received a green light from the country's securities...
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S.Korea Feb factory output rises most in six months, retail sales drop
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's factory production rose in February by the fastest pace in six months, while retail sales dro...
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Morning Bid: Yen wary of holiday calm as Q1 curtain falls
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Markets in Asia on Friday will be quieter and probabl...
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Goldman, Morgan Stanley win dismissal of lawsuits over Archegos collapse
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed seven lawsuits by investors who accused Goldman S...
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Rite Aid moves ahead on restructuring as sale efforts continue
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rite Aid, one of the largest U.S. pharmacy chains, received permission from a U.S. ju...
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Politics
US House to deliver Mayorkas impeachment to Senate April 10
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will deliver two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security S...
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Obama, Bill Clinton to join Biden to raise $25 million at event with Queen Latifah and Lizzo
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will get a boost from Democratic predecessors Barack Obama and Bill ...
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Pennsylvania can discard undated mail-in ballots, US appeals court rules
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday rejected a challenge to a Pennsylvania rule that allowed the st...
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Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should be disbarred, California judge rules
By David Thomas (Reuters) - A California state judge on Wednesday said attorney John Eastman should be stripped of his law li...
Mar 27, 2024
Former U.S. Senator, Joe Lieberman dies at 82, media reports
(Reuters) - Former U.S. senator and vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman has died at the 82, according to media reports. L...
Mar 27, 2024
Health
Rite Aid moves ahead on restructuring as sale efforts continue
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rite Aid, one of the largest U.S. pharmacy chains, received permission from a U.S. ju...
1h ago
US FDA extends review of Applied Therapeutics' genetic disease drug
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended its review of Applied Therapeutics' experimental drug to treat...
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Bristol Myers' bowel disease drug fails to meet main goal in late-stage study
(Reuters) - Bristol Myers Squibb said on Thursday its experimental drug to treat Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory bowe...
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US CDC warns of increase in meningococcal disease
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday issued a health advisory to alert healthcar...
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Dengue cases surge in the Americas in potentially worst-ever outbreak -PAHO
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Dengue cases in the Americas spiked in the first three months of this year by three times the number o...
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Science
Secret planting operation boosts critically endangered Welsh shrub
By Helena Williams LONDON (Reuters) - At a secret location in the Welsh countryside, naturalists have planted 30 young specim...
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A million solar eclipse enthusiasts expected at Niagara Falls
By Wa Lone and Nivedita Balu NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (Reuters) - From vintage train rides costing almost $4,000 per person to ...
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Scientists chronicle the earliest stages of a supernova
By Ari Rabinovitch REHOVOT, Israel (Reuters) - About 20 million years ago, in a galaxy not so far away, a large star exploded...
Mar 27, 2024
Twisted magnetic field observed around Milky Way's central black hole
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers on Wednesday announced that they have detected a strong and organized magne...
Mar 27, 2024
Humans give more viruses to animals than they give us, study finds
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens that jumped ...
Mar 26, 2024
Technology
Automotive computer chip maker NXP rolls out new platform
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - NXP Semiconductors NV, the biggest maker of computer chips for cars, on Thursday said it had introduced...
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US may soon unveil list of Chinese chip factories barred from receiving tech
By Karen Freifeld and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is drawing up a list of advanced Chines...
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Apple's new iPad Pro likely to launch in May, ramps up overseas production, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) - Apple's overseas suppliers have increased production of the company's new iPad models and plans to launch them in...
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General Dynamics unit awarded $922 million IT infrastructure contract
(Reuters) - General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a unit of General Dynamics, said on Thursday it was awarded a $92...
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Poland's CD Projekt full-year net profit rises 39%
By Adrianna Ebert GDANSK (Reuters) -CD Projekt, Poland's biggest games developer, posted a 39% rise in full-year net profit o...
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Entertainment
'Oppenheimer' director Christopher Nolan to be given knighthood
LONDON (Reuters) - British-American filmmaker Christopher Nolan, fresh from his Oscar victory for historical drama "Oppe...
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Blackwells sues Disney in Delaware over disclosure in relationship with ValueAct
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blackwells Capital is ratcheting up the pressure on Walt Disney in a bruising boardroom battle by suing ...
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'The Batman,' a 2022 blockbuster, wasn't plagiarized, US judge rules
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warner Bros Entertainment didn't steal the plot for its 2022 blockbuster "The B...
Mar 27, 2024
Spice Girl Mel B shares more in expanded memoir, aims to help abuse survivors
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Spice Girl Mel B is releasing an expanded version of her 2018 memoir, sharing more deta...
Mar 27, 2024
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer says rapper subject to 'witch hunt'
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A lawyer for music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs said Tuesday the rapper was be...
Mar 27, 2024