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US Republican senator says Trump ballroom funding removed from spending bill
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Senator John Kennedy on Wednesday said there was insufficient support in the Senate to spend $1 billion on a planned White House ballroo...
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Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers says 2026 will be final season
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers confirmed in a press conference Wednesday that the 2026 season, his 22nd in the NFL, will be his last. "Yes. This is it," the four-time NFL MVP said when ...
Thomson Reuters 8h ago
Trail Blazers lay off 'significant' number of employees
The Portland Trail Blazers laid off an unspecified number of employees on the business side of the organization as part of a restructuring by new ownership. The Blazers confirmed the job cuts in a sta...
Thomson Reuters 8h ago
EU Commission finds treatment of Gaza flotilla activists unacceptable
BRUSSELS, May 20 (Reuters) - The European Commission found the treatment of the Gaza flotilla activists shown in a video released by Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is "completely ...
Thomson Reuters 8h ago
Sabres' Lindy Ruff receives 2-year contract extension
The Buffalo Sabres rewarded Lindy Ruff for ending the team's lengthy postseason drought on Wednesday by signing him to a two-year contract extension. Financial terms were not disclosed by the team for...
Thomson Reuters 8h ago
US working with small biotech firm on experimental Ebola treatment, HHS official says
May 20 (Reuters) - U.S. officials are working with Mapp Biopharmaceutical to make an experimental Ebola treatment available for people who may have been exposed to the virus, an HHS official said on W...
Thomson Reuters 8h ago
Brazil moves to tighten platform oversight, strengthen online safety
BRASILIA, May 20 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday signed a package of draft bills and decrees to tighten oversight of digital platforms, incorporating Supreme Cou...
Thomson Reuters 8h ago
Sinkhole shuts down runway at New York LaGuardia airport
By David Shepardson May 20 (Reuters) - A sinkhole on Wednesday forced the closure of one of the runways at New York's LaGuardia airport, prompting cancellations and delays and ongoing emergency repair...
Thomson Reuters 8h ago
American Ebola patient evacuated from DRC to Germany is in stable condition, CDC says
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Erman WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an outbreak of a rare strain of the virus has killed...
Thomson Reuters 8h ago
US provides another $200 million for plan to rebuild New York Penn Station
By David Shepardson May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department said on Wednesday it will provide another $200 million to begin construction by the end of next year on an $8 billion plan to ...
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