Tuesday, 31 August 2021

Ex-Backpage owners head to trial over alleged sex ads

The founders of the classified site Backpage

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Census: Childless older women better off than older men

Older adults who are childless in the U.S. are more likely to be college educated, working and white than those with children

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Alleged sex assault on school band trip prompts legal split

The full panel of 15 appellate judges in Richmond has narrowly upheld a former Virginia high school student’s appeal to have her lawsuit against the school system reinstated after an alleged sexual assault

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Rajasthan Royals Sign Evin Lewis, Oshane Thomas As Replacement Players

Rajasthan Royals announced Evin Lewis and Oshante Thomas as replacement players for the remainder of IPL 2021.

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Monday, 30 August 2021

Economic Toll From Second Covid-19 Wave Not As Bad As Feared

Data due later Tuesday will likely show gross domestic product grew 21% in the three months through June from a year ago.

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Stocks To Watch: L&T, Axis Bank, Ramkrishna Forgings

Ramkrishna Forgings has bagged LoI for its forging business worth Rs 120 million per annum from a major global axle manufacturer located in India

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Nifty Seen Opening Marginally Lower; Larsen & Toubro n Focus

Foreign institutional investors bought shares worth Rs 1,202 crore while domestic institutional investors bought shares worth Rs 689 crore.

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Petrol, Diesel Rates Steady For Seventh Consecutive Day

In the national capital, petrol prices were steady at Rs 101.49 per litre and diesel was at Rs 89.92 per litre, according to Indian Oil Corporation

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Today in History

Today in History Today is Tuesday, Aug. 31, the 243rd day of 2021. There are 122 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 31, 1980, Poland’s Solidarity labor movement was born with an agreement signed in Gdansk (guh-DANSK’) that ended a 17-day-old strike. On this date: In 1886, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.3 devastated Charleston, South Carolina, killing at least 60 people, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In 1939, the first issue of Marvel Comics, featuring the Human Torch, was published by Timely Publications in New York. In 1972, at the Munich (MYOO’-nik) Summer Olympics, American swimmer Mark Spitz won his fourth and fifth gold medals in the 100-meter butterfly and 800-meter freestyle relay; Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut won gold medals in floor exercise and the balance beam. In 1986, 82 people were killed when an Aeromexico jetliner and a small private plane collided over Cerritos, California. The Soviet passenger ship...

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Sheriff: Deputy wounded, shooter killed during traffic stop

Authorities say a Florida deputy was wounded, and the man who shot him was killed during a traffic stop

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US won't seek death penalty in California synagogue shooting

Federal prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty for a 22-year-old former nursing student charged in a deadly shooting at a Southern California synagogue on the last day of Passover in 2019

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US climate envoy in Japan to discuss effort to cut emissions

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is in Tokyo to discuss efforts to fight climate change with top Japanese officials ahead of a United Nations conference in November

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Feds charge ex-priest with child sex crimes in East Timor

He's accused of having sex with minors at a children’s shelter in East Timor.

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