US weekly jobless claims unchanged; layoffs decline in April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits held steady at lower levels last w...
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Olympics-Giant reservoir ready for service as Paris 2024 Games loom
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo on Thursday inaugurated a colossal storage basin that will help r...
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Insurer Chubb prepares to pay $350 million in Baltimore bridge collapse, WSJ reports
(Reuters) - Chubb, the insurer of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed in March, is preparing to make a $350 m...
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India's Kerala shuts schools, colleges amid sweltering heat
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Kerala state has closed all schools and colleges until Monday due to scorching temperatures, ur...
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Hailstorm ravages Chablis vineyards in French region of Burgundy
PARIS (Reuters) - A violent hailstorm ravaged vineyards on Wednesday in Chablis in the French region of Burgundy, with hailst...
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Trump hush-money trial judge to weigh more fines for defying gag order
By Jack Queen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York prosecutors on Thursday will ask the judge overseei...
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Berkeley takes hands-off approach to Gaza campus protests. Columbia called the police
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - At Columbia University, tensions between the administration and students protesting over Israel's w...
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Biden faces tough balancing act as campus protests over Gaza escalate
By Trevor Hunnicutt and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Escalating campus protests are forcing U.S. President Joe Biden...
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Unions, businesses eye migrants to fill labor gaps in Ohio
By Kristina Cooke and Howard Schneider COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - On a noisy factory floor in Columbus, Ohio, trade union app...
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Biden thinks he can flip North Carolina, polls show a rough road
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Since 1968, North Carolina has backed only two Democrats for president: Jimmy Carter in 1976 a...
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