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Con Edison asks NY customers to conserve energy amid heat wave
(Reuters) - New York utility company Con Edison on Wednesday asked customers in the New York City area to limit energy use during a heat wave that has gripped sections of the United States. The compan...
Jun 30, 2021
Motor racing-Ganassi sells NASCAR operation to Trackhouse
(Reuters) - Trackhouse Entertainment Group said on Wednesday it has agreed to purchase Chip Ganassi Racing's NASCAR operation, a deal that will see the longtime motorsports fixture exit the top U.S. s...
Jun 30, 2021
Venezuela’s Maduro aims to ‘whitewash’ image with concessions, Guaido says
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is seeking to "whitewash" his image abroad with recent political changes seen as favorable to the opposition ahead of state and local elections ...
Jun 30, 2021
Motor racing-Senna scriptwriter to make Ecclestone docu-series
LONDON (Reuters) - Manish Pandey, who scripted the award-winning motor racing film "Senna", is making an eight-part documentary series about the life of former Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone an...
Jun 30, 2021
U.S. House approves creation of select committee to probe Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the creation of a Democratic-majority select committee to probe the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capito...
Jun 30, 2021
Golf-Thomas, Nelly Korda to lead eight-member U.S. team at Olympics
(Reuters) - Golfers Justin Thomas and Nelly Korda are set to lead the American charge at the Tokyo Olympics next month after USA Golf on Wednesday confirmed the eight athletes taking part. Thomas, Col...
Jun 30, 2021
Tennis-Venus follows Serena out of Wimbledon
LONDON (Reuters) - A day after sister Serena endured a heart-breaking Wimbledon exit after suffering an injury in the first round, Venus Williams also bowed out of the singles on Wednesday. Venus, age...
Jun 30, 2021
U.S. says ‘pipe bomb’ found in home of ex-cop charged in Capitol attack
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - A Virginia man awaiting trial on criminal charges stemming from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol recently procured a pipe bomb and other weapons, a violation of his parol...
Jun 30, 2021
Tennis-Fourth seed Kenin dumped out in second round
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -American Sofia Kenin became the highest women's seed to fall so far at Wimbledon as she suffered a 6-2 6-2 second-round defeat at the hands of compatriot Madison Bre...
Jun 30, 2021
Smithfield Foods to pay $83 million to settle pork price-fixing claims
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods Inc said on Wednesday it will pay $83 million to settle litigation that accused several companies of conspiring to limit supply in the $20 billion-a-ye...
Jun 30, 2021
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