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Google CEO sought to keep Incognito mode issues out of spotlight, lawsuit alleges
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai in 2019 was warned that describing the company's Incognito browsing mode as "private" was problematic, yet it stayed the course because ...
Sep 24, 2021
New comic book highlights life of U.S. President Jimmy Carter
By Alicia Powell (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is starring in his own comic book set to be released days before he turns 97 on Oct. 1. The Democrat, who was in office from 1977-1981, ...
Sep 24, 2021
Chad plans to double army size to deal with security challenges
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad's transitional government said on Friday that it plans to drastically increase the size of its army to deal with security challenges, including threats from Islamist militan...
Sep 24, 2021
Ex-New England mob boss loses appeal of conviction for 1993 murder
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of an octogenarian former New England mob boss sentenced to life in prison for the 1993 murder of a nightclub...
Sep 24, 2021
Cuba starts to reopen economy as COVID-19 vaccine campaign races ahead
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba is allowing a staggered opening from Friday of restaurants, shopping centres and beaches in provinces that have lowered coronavirus cases even as it battles some of the highest...
Sep 24, 2021
U.S. funds Florida school district after state cuts over mask mandate
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Education said it has awarded its first funding to a Florida school district that had state funds withheld because it mandated that students wear mask...
Sep 24, 2021
U.S. SEC delays certain assets from enforcement actions under new disclosure rule
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Friday that it would delay enforcement of certain assets from a new disclosure rule for off-exchange ...
Sep 24, 2021
Canadian court discharges Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou as U.S. extradition case ends
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A Canadian judge on Friday signed Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's order of discharge, vacating her bail conditions and allowing her to go free after nearly three ye...
Sep 24, 2021
Explainer-What is the role of outside advisers to the U.S. FDA and CDC in vaccine decisions?
By Michael Erman (Reuters) - The U.S. CDC on Friday backed a booster shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for Americans aged 65 and older, adults with underlying medical conditions and those i...
Sep 24, 2021
Autopsy shows ‘The Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams died of drug overdose
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - An autopsy has confirmed actor Michael K. Williams, who played the shotgun-toting drug dealer Omar Little in the HBO crime drama "The Wire," died of an overdos...
Sep 24, 2021
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