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From Vermont to Kentucky, some Republicans expand voting access in 2021
By Julia Harte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vermont's Republican governor on Monday signed a law requiring the state's top election official to send a mail ballot to every eligible voter, becoming one of th...
Jun 07, 2021
State COVID roundup 6/7: beds in use, overall case count dwindle
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — As the state marches towards this Friday’s full reopening, COVID-19 numbers continue to decrease in proper ways. Illinois Department of Public Health said 244 people be...
Jun 07, 2021
New York couple settle insider trader charge by U.S. SEC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A New York-based couple has agreed to pay more than $325,000 to settle charges of insider trading in the stock of a pharmaceutical company where one was employed, The U.S. Secur...
Jun 07, 2021
Four killed by car were victims of anti-Islamic hate crime -Canada police
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Four people killed after a car jumped the curb and ran into them on Sunday night were deliberately targeted in an anti-Islamic hate crime, Canadian police said on Monday. "It was pr...
Jun 07, 2021
U.S. recovers $2.3 million from Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Monday said it recovered some $2.3 million worth of cryptocurrency from the Colonial Pipeline Co ransomware attack. U.S. Deputy A...
Jun 07, 2021
Biden’s first international trip schedule – from the queen of England to Putin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The following are some of the main events of President Joe Biden's schedule on an eight-day trip to the UK, Belgium and Switzerland, the first foreign trip of his presidency, be...
Jun 07, 2021
Giant drone sculpture menaces New York City, with intent
By Aleksandra Michalska NEW YORK (Reuters) - A giant, white sculpture of a drone has appeared 25 feet (7.6 m) over Manhattan's High Line park, unnerving New Yorkers - which was the creators' intention...
Jun 07, 2021
Carey Mulligan to star in feature film on Harvey Weinstein scandal
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The first Hollywood feature film to focus directly on the Harvey Weinstein scandal is due to start production in the summer, Universal Pictures said on Monday. "She Said" is ba...
Jun 07, 2021
U.S. consumers sour on housing market’s buying conditions
By Evan Sully (Reuters) - A record-low percentage of U.S. consumers believe now is a good time to buy a home, with worries about surging prices and a small supply of houses on the market outweighing i...
Jun 07, 2021
Carbon dioxide in the air at highest level since measurements began
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - Despite a massive reduction in commuting and in many commercial activities during the early months of the pandemic, the amount of carbon in Earth's atmosphere in May re...
Jun 07, 2021
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