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By Jira[censored] Kuhakan ARANYAPRATHET, Thailand (Reuters) – When Nunthida Kongreung heard a huge fire had broken out at a Cambodian border town casino-hotel, she started calling her parents who were …

By Andrew Downie and Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Pele, the legendary Brazilian soccer player who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in …

By Dan Fastenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) – The first licensed marijuana store in New York opened on Thursday, more than a year after the state legalized the drug and during …

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -One is a pistol-packing ex-member of an outlawed Jewish militant group. The other is a religious fundamentalist who once called himself a “proud homophobe”. Both …

LA PAZ (Reuters) – A Bolivian court sentenced right-wing opposition Governor Luis Fernando Camacho to six months of pre-trial detention a day after he was arrested in connection to 2019 …

Columbus, OH – It has been a month since health officials first detected cases of measles in Ohio, and the number of cases has rapidly increased with at least 82 …

Liberal City Offers Bounty After Drivers Take Over Block, Woman Killed Trevor Schakohl on December 29, 2022 The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is offering up to $50,000 for information …

Green Energy Struggled To Meet Energy Demand Across America During Raging Winter Storms Jack McEvoy on December 29, 2022 Renewable energy was unable to generate sufficient power to meet elevated …

The US Could End Up Handing Out Huge Tax Breaks For Foreign EVs John Hugh DeMastri on December 29, 2022 Under mounting pressure from foreign allies, the Biden administration may …

House Financial Services Committee Member Unloads Up To $12 Million In Stocks Trevor Schakohl on December 29, 2022 Outgoing Republican House Financial Services Committee member Van Taylor sold between roughly …

‘Violence, Disorder And Disruption’: Akron Schoolteachers Prepare To Strike Over Student Behavior Alexa Schwerha on December 29, 2022 Akron Public School teachers announced they would go on strike days after …

Kate Anderson on December 29, 2022 According to a recent report published by Americans Against Antisemitism (AAA), 97% of hate crimes committed against Jews in New York during the period …

Dem Senator Backtracks After Claiming ‘Hate’ Isn’t Protected By The First Amendment Harold Hutchison on December 29, 2022 Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland appeared to backtrack Thursday after he …

JARED WHITLEY: Survival Is Sexist Jared Whitley on December 29, 2022 Of everything said already about Brittney Griner, perhaps the most common wisecrack was that she’s the first WNBA anyone …

‘Climate Idealism Meets The Reality’: Green Energy Failed To Meet Power Demand When It Was Most Needed Jack McEvoy on December 29, 2022 Renewable energy was unable to generate sufficient …

MSNBC Host ‘Shocked And Appalled’ Her Kids Passed On COVID Boosters Harold Hutchison on December 29, 2022 A MSNBC host described being “shocked and appalled” Thursday after her children declined …

(Corrects paragraphs 2 and 4 to show extra handouts were monthly) By Aftab Ahmed and Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move to effectively halve …

By Julie Steenhuysen and Nancy Lapid CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – As COVID-19 infections surge in China, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering sampling wastewater taken from …

By Andrew Downie (Reuters) – Pele, the magical Brazilian soccer star who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in modern history, died at …

By Moira Warburton (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol wrapped up its work with a recommendation that former …

By Andrew Downie (Reuters) – Before Pele made his debut for Brazil, the South American nation had never won the World Cup. By the time he retired, they had won …

By Andrew Downie (Reuters) – Of all the headlines Pele made on the football field, few of them came close to the remarkable announcement he made off it in 1975 …

By Dan Peleschuk and Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Russia fired scores of missiles into Ukraine early on Thursday, targeting Kyiv and other cities including Lviv in the west and Odesa …

By Pilar Olivares GUANABARA BAY (Reuters) – On a stormy evening in mid-November, a huge, abandoned cargo ship broke free of its moorings and slowly floated into the massive concrete …