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Koch gets $2.5 billion in dividends from unit that offloaded asbestos liability
By Dan Levine and Mike Spector (Reuters) - Industrial conglomerate Koch Industries received nearly $2.5 billion in dividend payments last year from its Georgia-Pacific unit, which had spun off a subsi...
Jan 19, 2023
U.S. looking into ‘unconfirmed’ reports Russia has opened espionage case against U.S. citizen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is looking into the matter of "unconfirmed" reports that Russia has opened a criminal case against a United States citizen on suspicion of espionage, State Dep...
Jan 19, 2023
Bayer is sued for barring non-U.S. citizen from Roundup settlement
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A new U.S. lawsuit on Thursday accused Germany's Bayer AG of illegally excluding a Virginia farmworker from a settlement over claims its Roundup weedkiller causes cance...
Jan 19, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court report fails to identify abortion ruling leak culprit
By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday released a report on the May 2022 leak of a draft version of its blockbuster ruling overturning the 1973 Roe v...
Jan 19, 2023
White House: Americans should expect Congress to make sure debt default is avoided
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House said Americans should expect Congress to make sure a looming debt default is avoided after the U.S. government hit its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit o...
Jan 19, 2023
Harvard school reverses course, will extend fellowship to human rights advocate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The prestigious Kennedy School at Harvard University said on Thursday it has reversed a decision to not award a fellowship to the former head of Human Rights Watch (HRW) after co...
Jan 19, 2023
Biden administration commits another $490 million to combat wildfire risk
(Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Thursday it would invest another $490 million to combat wildfire risk in the western United States, citing a growing threat of d...
Jan 19, 2023
A chronology of the deadly ‘Rust’ film shooting case
(Reuters) - A New Mexico prosecutor on Thursday charged actor Alec Baldwin and others in a 2021 accidental shooting on a New Mexico movie set that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded di...
Jan 19, 2023
Manhunt underway for five escapees from Missouri jail
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A manhunt was underway on Thursday for five fugitives who fled in a stolen vehicle after escaping from a Missouri detention center earlier this week. Three of the men - ...
Jan 19, 2023
New Mexico to announce if Alec Baldwin to be charged in ‘Rust’ movie shooting
By Andrew Hay and Lisa Richwine (Reuters) - A New Mexico prosecutor on Thursday will announce a long-awaited decision on whether she will charge actor Alec Baldwin or others for fatally shooting cinem...
Jan 19, 2023
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