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(Reuters) -The 911 system for emergency calls in Massachusetts went down for about an hour on Tuesday as the region sweltered under a punishing heat wave.

The outage left residents briefly unable to call 911 for police, fire or ambulance assistance even as temperatures soared into the 90s Fahrenheit and as officials issued heat advisories or warnings.

"The Massachusetts 911 system has been restored. The public may now resume calling 911 for... (continue reading...)

By Gram Slattery

RACINE, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Donald Trump holds a rally in Racine, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, where he will slam Democratic President Joe Biden's handling of the economy, even as a major local factory that Trump broke ground on six years ago has proven to be a flop.

The Republican former president was in this largely working-class, lakeside city in 2018 to celebrate what was expected to be a $10 billion investment by... (continue reading...)

By Renee Hickman

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Bayer's Preceon variety of short stature corn has been shown to withstand up to 75 mph winds (120 kph) in some trials, the company said on Tuesday, but could not withstand winds over 100 mph.

That means the corn could still be damaged by extreme weather such as the derecho storm that hit the heart of the Corn Belt in August 2020, causing $11 billion of damage, according to National Oceanic and... (continue reading...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden announced a new program Tuesday that would provide a path to citizenship to some 500,000 people who have been in the country for a decade or more, and are married to United States citizens.

The election-year announcement was quickly denounced by his Republican opponent Donald Trump. It was heralded by pro-immigration groups and Democratic members of Congress.

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(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday it had referred a complaint to the Justice Department against the social media platform TikTok and its parent company ByteDance over potential violations of the Children's Online Privacy Act.

In March, a source told Reuters the FTC could resolve a probe into TikTok over allegedly faulty privacy and data security practices by either filing suit or reaching a settlement.

"The... (continue reading...)