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By Jonathan Allen and John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton kicked off high-stakes testimony to a Republican-led panel on Benghazi on Thursday with an admonition that U.S. diplomats must inherently work in unstable and dangerous parts of the world. In her opening statement in what was expected to be a contentious and highly partisan hearing, Clinton said the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, when she
A Florida musician who was shot and killed by a plainclothes police officer after his car broke down on a highway exit ramp never fired the handgun he was carrying and was running away at one point, lawyers for the dead man’s family said on Thursday. Corey Jones, a 31-year-old black drummer, was waiting for a tow truck around 3 a.m. on Sunday when he was approached by Nouman Raja,
The new contract will be used as a basic pattern for contracts at U.S. automakers General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co . The UAW is expected to soon name the company with which it negotiates next. Last month, 65 percent of Fiat Chrysler UAW members rejected a previous proposed agreement, which led to a threat by the union to strike Fiat Chrysler’s U.S. operations.
The vice president is being praised by Democrats and Republicans for his decision to stay out of the presidential race.
The gunman who allegedly shot and killed a New York City police officer has been charged with murder, officials said. Tyrone Howard, 30, of East Harlem, who has prior gang-related offenses, was also charged with robbery in the shooting death of Officer Randolph Holder and stealing a bike in the process, officials said. Holder and other officers were responding to reports of gunshots in East Harlem, which police sources said
(Reuters) – Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inc’s share slumped for the second straight day on Wednesday, a day after influential shortseller Citron Research said the Canadian drugmaker used specialty pharmacies to create “phantom sales”. Valeant’s U.S.-listed shares closed down 19 percent on Wednesday and fell as much as 18 percent to a low of $96.78 on Thursday. At that price, about $17 billion of Valeant’s market value has been wiped out since
TORONTO (Reuters) – The securities regulator in the province of Quebec, where Valeant Pharmaceuticals International is headquartered, said on Thursday that claims against the drugmaker are “worrying” and that it is closely following the situation. On Wednesday, Citron Research, an influential short-selling firm, in a report accused Valeant of using specialty pharmacies to inflate its revenue, the claims sent Valeant shares into a tailspin and reduced its market capitalization by
Tanzania is facing a major cholera outbreak, counting nearly 5,000 cases and dozens of deaths, the World Health Organization said Thursday, calling for urgent action to stop the disease from spreading to neighbouring countries. The UN health agency said that from August through Wednesday October 21, 4,922 cases of cholera had been tallied in 12 regions of Tanzania, and 74 deaths. The east African country’s largest city Dar es Salaam
