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Tesla launches five-for-one stock split
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc on Tuesday announced a five-for-one stock split, as the electric carmaker looks to make its shares more attractive to retail investors following a stunning rally this year. Share...
Aug 11, 2020
Monday storm impacts some 10 million acres of Iowa farmland
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Monday's Derecho storm potentially impacted some 10 million acres of Iowa farmland and millions of bushels of grain storage, the state's Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig said at a n...
Aug 11, 2020
Pac-12 joins Big Ten in canceling U.S. college sports fall season
(Reuters) - The Pac-12 Conference on Tuesday joined the Big Ten in shelving the college football season and all other sports for the remainder of 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the league c...
Aug 11, 2020
How Kamala Harris found the political identity that had eluded her
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Months after her presidential campaign collapsed amid questions over her political identity, Kamala Harris suddenly and forcefully found her voice - and at a f...
Aug 11, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Biden taps Senator Kamala Harris as running mate
(Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday tapped Senator Kamala Harris of California as his choice for vice president, his campaign told supporters in a text message. Harris, ...
Aug 11, 2020
U.S. attempts to win more support with streamlined bid to extend Iran arms embargo
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States streamlined its bid on Tuesday to get the U.N. Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran, a move that could win Washington more supp...
Aug 11, 2020
Seattle police chief resigns after cuts to police budget
By Gregory Scruggs SEATTLE (Reuters) - Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best announced her resignation on Tuesday, one day after the Seattle City Council cut the police department's budget, as part of refo...
Aug 11, 2020
U.S. Big Ten postpones 2020-21 football, fall sports season, due to COVID-19
(Reuters) - The Big Ten Conference has decided to postpone its 2020-21 football season, along with other fall sports, citing concerns about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. collegiate athletic ...
Aug 11, 2020
McConnell: no talks between White House, Democrats on coronavirus aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said White House negotiators have not spoken on Tuesday with Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress on coronavirus aid legislation...
Aug 11, 2020
Big Ten presidents vote to postpone football season
Big Ten Conference presidents voted to postpone the upcoming football season with the hopes of playing in the spring, the league announced Tuesday. All fall sports are included in the move. The 10-gam...
Aug 11, 2020
