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Wall Street sees biggest U.S. outflows in 16 years
Wall Street sees biggest U.S. outflows in 16 years

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. investors are withdrawing money from domestic equities at the fastest pace in at least 16 years, as fading...

Bayer moves to settle Roundup lawsuits for $7.25 billion
Bayer moves to settle Roundup lawsuits for $7.25 billion

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri: Bayer and attorneys for cancer patients have proposed a US$7.25 billion nationwide settlement to resolve...

Trump’s plan to overhaul East Potomac golf course tees off in court
Trump’s plan to overhaul East Potomac golf course tees off in court

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Adding to the list of legal battles challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's effort to stamp his name on public...

Tyrese Maxey, 76ers snap 4-game skid at Timberwolves' expense
Tyrese Maxey, 76ers snap 4-game skid at Timberwolves' expense

(Photo credit: Matt Krohn-Imagn Images) Tyrese Maxey scored 39 points and the Philadelphia 76ers snapped a four-game skid with a...

Spring training roundup: Pete Alonso homers again as O's tie Tigers
Spring training roundup: Pete Alonso homers again as O's tie Tigers

(Photo credit: Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images) Offseason acquisition Pete Alonso homered for the second time in as many games to fuel...

Heartbreak for Canada, Sidney Crosby in Olympic hockey final
Heartbreak for Canada, Sidney Crosby in Olympic hockey final

(Photo credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images) MILAN -- For a nation that measures itself in hockey gold, Sunday's heartbreaking 2-1 defeat...

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4 life sentences for Ohio woman who used fentanyl to kill four men
4 life sentences for Ohio woman who used fentanyl to kill four men

COLUMBUS, Ohio: On February 19, an Ohio woman was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences with the possibility of parole after...

Transportation Department moves to close unsafe CDL schools
Transportation Department moves to close unsafe CDL schools

WASHINGTON, D.C.: More than 550 U.S. commercial driving schools that train truck and bus drivers must shut down after federal investigators...

NASA boss: Boeing, space agency answerable for Starliner’s blunders
NASA boss: Boeing, space agency answerable for Starliner’s blunders

WASHINGTON, D.C.: NASA administrator Jared Isaacman castigated Boeing and the space agency on February 19 for Starliner's botched flight...

Court says Amazon can be sued over nitrite deaths
Court says Amazon can be sued over nitrite deaths

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Washington Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Amazon.com must face lawsuits from families whose relatives died...

Without Congressional nod, Trump vows $10 billion for Board of Peace
Without Congressional nod, Trump vows $10 billion for Board of Peace

WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. President Donald Trump announced at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting on February 19 that the U.S. was pledging...

Man pleads guilty to claiming ownership of New Yorker Hotel
Man pleads guilty to claiming ownership of New Yorker Hotel

NEW YORK CITY, New York: A New York City man who lived rent-free for years in Manhattan's New Yorker Hotel, then attempted to claim...