By David Morgan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate took the risk of an impending partial government shutdown off the table on Wednesday as it passed a stopgap spending bill and sent it to President Joe Biden to sign into law before a weekend deadline. The 87-11 vote marked the end of this …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Capitol Police officers in riot gear clashed with dozens of demonstrators who gathered outside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in Washington on Wednesday evening to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. The protest was organized by three advocacy groups and held in an area near the U.S. Capitol. Lawmakers who were inside …
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(Reuters) -The United Auto Workers (UAW) union on Wednesday said about 3,900 members representing Volvo Group-owned Mack Trucks ratified a new five-year contract in the U.S., ending a 39-day long strike following the rejection of an earlier deal. The UAW and Mack Trucks had reached a tentative deal in October that included a 19% pay …
(Reuters) – California authorities have determined that a major utility company is to blame for a 2022 wildfire that killed two people, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The Post, citing a California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection (Cal Fire) document not yet made public, reported that a Southern California Edison (SCE) power line …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate will vote Wednesday night on a stopgap measure to avert a partial government shutdown, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said. (Reporting by Moira Warburton in Washington; Editing by Kim Coghill)
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal jury in Manhattan on Wednesday convicted two former National Basketball Association players over their roles in a scheme to defraud a league healthcare plan into paying millions of dollars for bogus medical procedures. Glen Davis, 37, who played for three NBA teams and won a championship …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping met for about four hours on Wednesday to discuss issues ranging from military conflicts to drug-trafficking. Biden welcomed the Chinese leader at the Filoli estate, a country house and gardens about 30 miles (48 km) south of San …
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By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon failed an independent audit of its accounting systems for the sixth consecutive year, a Pentagon official said Wednesday. “Things are showing progress, but it’s not enough,” Mike McCord, the Defense Department’s chief financial officer, told reporters. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin thinks “we need to be doing …
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – A Virginia mother was sentenced to 21 months in prison on Wednesday after her 6-year-old son shot his school teacher with a gun that she had bought illegally. The first-grade teacher, Abigail Zwerner, survived the wound from a 9mm semiautomatic pistol and was hailed as a hero for evacuating students …
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By Clark Mindock and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York state sued PepsiCo on Wednesday, accusing the beverage and snack food giant of polluting the environment and endangering public health through its single-use plastic bottles, caps and wrappers. The lawsuit filed in state court in upstate Erie County is among the first by a …
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