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US Postal Service hiking stamp prices Sunday
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States Postal Service (USPS) is hiking the price of first-class mail stamps to 66 cents from 63 cents effective Sunday. This is the latest in a se...
Jul 07, 2023
Former US Army financial counselor charged with defrauding Gold Star families
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A former U.S. Army financial counselor from New Jersey was criminally charged on Friday with defrauding grieving military families out of life insurance payments, causi...
Jul 07, 2023
Baltimore police arrest suspect in mass shooting at block party
(Reuters) - Baltimore police said on Friday they had arrested a 17-year-old in connection with a July 2 mass shooting that killed two people and injured 28 at a neighborhood block party in the Marylan...
Jul 07, 2023
US farm agency opens applications for $2.2 billion in discrimination payments
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will begin accepting applications for $2.2 billion in financial assistance for farmers who have experienced discrimination at the hands ...
Jul 07, 2023
Workers can’t sue over ‘take home COVID,’ Calif. top court rules
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - California's top state court has ruled that employers cannot be held liable when workers contract COVID-19 on the job and spread it to their household members, siding wi...
Jul 07, 2023
US labor secretary sees no need for now to step into talks between UPS, Teamsters
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su said on Friday she does not see a need at this stage to step in to urge parties to reach a deal in contract talks between ...
Jul 07, 2023
JPMorgan’s Dimon, Staley urge end to shareholders’ Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jamie Dimon and Jes Staley do not agree on who to blame for JPMorgan Chase's relationship with former client Jeffrey Epstein, but agree that a shareholder laws...
Jul 07, 2023
Biden: U.S. jobs report shows ‘Bidenomics in action’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said a report on Friday showing continued, but slowing, job growth is "Bidenomics in action" and a sign of a sustainable economic expansion. "We are see...
Jul 07, 2023
New Mexico trail clash echoes culture war across US West
By Andrew Hay TALPA, N.M. (Reuters) - Physiotherapist Spencer Bushnell lives less than a mile from farmer Carlos Arguello in Taos, New Mexico. But they are worlds apart on proposals to lace the foothi...
Jul 07, 2023
Key gun control measure in the crosshairs at US Supreme Court
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court, which last year expanded gun rights in a landmark ruling, is set to return to the issue in a major case testing whether a law that keeps f...
Jul 07, 2023
