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By Shrivathsa Sridhar NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Jessica Pegula kept alive her bid for a maiden Grand Slam title when the third-seeded American rallied from behind to beat fellow former U.S. Open finalist Leylah Fernandez 1-6 6-4 6-3 and make the fourth round at Flushing Meadows on Friday. Pegula faces Sorana Cirstea in the last 16 and will need to iron out some of the flaws in her […]

TUNIS, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Tunisian police on Friday arrested prominent journalist Mohamed Yousfi, an outspoken critic of President Kais Saied’s policies, the head of the Tunisian journalists’ syndicate told Reuters. Zied Dabbar, the president of the SNJT, and other journalists said police arrested Yousfi as he was preparing to enter Express FM Radio to take part in a radio programme. (Reporting by Tarek Amara, Editing by Timothy Heritage) Brought […]

SAN JOSE, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez said on Friday that U.S. ground operations in the Central American nation would be “very beneficial for national security”, while emphasizing that nothing concrete was in the works with Washington and any such move would require legislative approval. (Reporting by Alvaro Murillo; Writing by Anthony Esposito; Editing by Emily Green) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Sabrina Valle NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co. has hired senior healthcare investment banker David Blais from Guggenheim Securities, according to two people familiar with the decision. Blais, who focuses on mergers and acquisitions in healthcare services, will join JPMorgan as managing director later this month, reporting to co-heads of healthcare investment banking Jerry Lee and Nick Richitt, one of the people said. Blais has been […]

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is overhauling the selection process by eliminating a separate category for senior players, cutting the selection committee nearly in half and returning to in-person meetings. The new procedures were approved by the Hall of Fame board following discussions with Hall of Fame staff, members and people on the selection committee. The changes that were announced on Friday will be in place for the Class […]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have arrived in Melbourne for their season-opening NFL game against the Los Angeles Rams at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sept. 11. It is expected to be the first of many regular-season NFL games in front of its growing Australian fan base. The team’s 200-member traveling party touched down on Friday morning after a 15-hour chartered Qantas flight and will spend a […]

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian prosecutors on Friday indicted social media influencer Andrew Tate on charges of trafficking minors, sex with a minor, and money laundering. Tate, 39, and his brother Tristan Tate, 38, were first arrested in Romania’s capital, Bucharest, in late 2022. Tristan is indicted with complicity in the case, according to DIICOT, Romania’s anti-organized crime agency. The agency said on Friday that the Tate brothers coerced a […]

The Trump administration this week quietly released an update to a major survey on civil rights in schools that was scrubbed of all data related to nonbinary students or bullying based on gender identity. The numbers come from the Education Department’s Civil Rights Data Collection, a federal survey of nearly every public school in the nation. The release this week covers the 2023-2024 school year, when the survey included “nonbinary” […]

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer falsely told investigators he was being attacked with a broom and shovel before he shot and wounded a Venezuelan man during the Minnesota immigration crackdown last winter, according to a federal indictment unsealed Friday. Christian Castro pleaded not guilty to six counts of making false statements to investigators during an appearance in Texas federal court after turning himself into […]