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Stocks Slide, Euro Plunges As Ukraine War Shakes Markets

A man wearing protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks in front of a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, March 10, 2020.
Data showing a vibrant U.S. jobs market sent Treasury yields lower and strengthened the dollar on Friday, but the war in Ukraine overshadowed the blowout report as the euro plunged on the worsening outlook for slower European economic growth.

New York Times Tech Workers Vote To Join Union

The New York Times building is seen in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 3, 2020.
A group of nearly 600 tech employees at The New York Times Co has voted to unionize as the company faces claims it unlawfully interfered with labor organizing, according to election results announced on Thursday.
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Former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison poses for a booking photograph at Shelby County Detention Center in Shelbyville, Kentucky, U.S. September 23, 2020.  Shelby County Detention Center/Handout via REUTERS

Jury Acquits Only Louisville Officer Charged In Breonna Taylor Raid

A Kentucky jury on Thursday acquitted a white former detective of endangering neighbors of Breonna Taylor during a botched raid that killed the Black woman in her home, clearing law enforcement of all criminal liability in a case that rocked the United States in 2020.
Former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison poses for a booking photograph at Shelby County Detention Center in Shelbyville, Kentucky, U.S. September 23, 2020.  Shelby County Detention Center/Handout via REUTERS

Jury Clears Louisville Detective In Breonna Taylor Raid

A Kentucky jury on Thursday acquitted a white former detective of endangering neighbors of Breonna Taylor during a botched nighttime raid that killed the Black woman in her home, clearing law enforcement of all criminal liability in a case that rocked the United States in 2020.
A U.S. flag flies above a razorwire-topped fence at the "Camp Six" detention facility at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay December 10, 2008.

U.S. Supreme Court Nixes CIA Contractors' Testimony On Guantanamo Detainee

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that due to national security concerns two former CIA contractors cannot be questioned in a Polish investigation into the treatment of Abu Zubaydah, a suspected high-ranking al Qaeda figure who was repeatedly subjected to a type of torture called waterboarding.
The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2022.

U.S. Supreme Court Lets Kentucky Official Defend Abortion Law

By Andrew ChungThe U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Kentucky's Republican attorney general to take over the defense of a restrictive abortion law after the state's Democratic governor dropped the case when lower courts struck down the statute.

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