Mikie’s Millions: How Mikie Sherrill Got Rich Since Joining Congress
Key Points MORRISTOWN, NJ – Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s wealth has surged in recent years, with new financial disclosures showing the Democratic lawmaker and gubernatorial candidate now reporting a net worth of more…
Israel’s Iran attack carefully calibrated after internal splits, US pressure
By Samia Nakhoul, Parisa Hafezi and James Mackenzie DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s apparent strike on Iran after days of vacillation was small and appeared calibrated to dial back risks of a major war,…
Person engulfed in flames outside NY courthouse where Trump trial underway, says CNN
(Reuters) -A person was covered in flames outside the New York courthouse where former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial is underway, CNN reported on Friday. Representatives for New York’s fire…
Superfund designations could fuel PFAS litigation, enforcement
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has designated two of the most commonly used “forever chemicals” as hazardous substances under the federal Superfund law, in a bid to…
Over 100 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested from New York’s Columbia campus
(This April 18 story has been refiled to correct the day of arrest to Thursday, not Wednesday, in paragraph 1) By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – More than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested…
Factbox-Airlines suspend flights due to Middle East tensions
(Reuters) – Global airlines changed flight routes over Iran, canceled some flights, diverted others to alternate airports or returned planes to the points of departure on Friday, as Israel’s reported attack on…
UN rights chief urges states to act on slavery reparations
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights chief called for countries to take concrete steps on reparations for people of African descent at a U.N. meeting on Friday,…
U.S. national dies in Russian-controlled Donetsk – Russian journalist
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russell Bentley, a U.S. national, has died in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in Ukraine, Margarita Simonyan, head of Russia’s state media outlet RT, wrote on Telegram on Friday.…
Airlines reroute flights after Israeli attack on Iran
By Jamie Freed (Reuters) -Airlines changed flight paths over Iran, cancelled some flights, diverted others to alternate airports or returned planes to their departure points on Friday due to airspace and airport…
US to launch carbon offset guidelines to boost integrity
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will unveil in the coming days guidelines for the use of carbon offsets inside and outside of government to build confidence in the…
WHO likely to issue wider alert on contaminated J&J cough syrup
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -The World Health Organization is likely to issue a wider warning about contaminated Johnson and Johnson-made children’s cough syrup found in Nigeria last week, it said in…
Stellantis to recall over 38,000 vehicles on potential airbag deployment issues
(This March 20 story has been corrected to say Stellantis, not Chrysler, is recalling vehicles in the headline and paragraph 1) (Reuters) – Stellantis is recalling 38,164 vehicles due to an issue…
Biden’s tariff warnings signal sharp anti-China election battle
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – The Biden administration’s threat to impose more tariffs on China is the latest election-year signal that frostier relations with China are likely to follow regardless of who…
Factbox-Iran oil sanctions in US aid package for Ukraine
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers have tucked sanctions on Iran’s oil exports in the House of Representatives’ aid package for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific after Tehran’s missile and…
US designates PFAS chemicals as Superfund hazardous substances
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated a pair of widely used industrial chemicals as hazardous substances under the country’s Superfund program, accelerating a crackdown on…
Michigan seeks comment on permit to increase Marathon refinery throughput
By Laura Sanicola and Nicole Jao (Reuters) – A Michigan regulator said this week it is seeking public comment on a proposed permit that would allow Marathon Petroleum to boost crude throughput…
Gun makers urge US Supreme Court to hear appeal in Mexico’s lawsuit
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -U.S. gun manufacturers on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold them responsible for facilitating the trafficking…
US air safety agency requires more down time for traffic controllers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration will require 10 hours off between shifts for air traffic controllers, and 12 hours off before a midnight shift, effective in 90 days, the…
Dubai faces massive clean up after deluge swamps glitzy desert city
DUBAI (Reuters) -Dubai, a city in the desert proud of its modern gloss, faced the towering task on Thursday of clearing its waterclogged roads and drying out flooded homes two days after…
Four dead in UAE, Dubai airport still disrupted after storm
DUBAI (Reuters) -Deaths from heavy rains earlier this week in the United Arab Emirates rose to four, authorities said on Friday, as well as flooding roads and jamming Dubai’s international airport. The…
G7 pledges swift aid for Ukraine, seeks to calm Middle East
By Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante CAPRI, Italy (Reuters) -Group of Seven (G7) major powers pledged on Friday to bolster Ukraine’s air defences to counter increasingly deadly Russian attacks and told China…
Trump’s Stormy Daniels payoff trial hinges on his intent
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – At Donald Trump’s criminal trial, there is no dispute about a central underlying fact: the month before the 2016 presidential election, his personal lawyer and…
Israel and Iran both have muted response to Isfahan attack
JERUSALEM/DUBAI (Reuters) – Israeli media cited foreign reports of an Israeli strike on Iran on Friday in the absence of official public comment, while Iranian television reports played down the attack –…
North Korea releases song praising leader Kim as ‘friendly father’
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has released a new song praising leader Kim Jong Un for being a “friendly father” and a “great leader”, in a move that appears to be part…
Trump uses hush money trial to squeeze small donors, court big spenders
By Alexandra Ulmer and Jason Lange (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is using his hush money trial to squeeze his loyal army of small donors and personally lobby major backers…
Blinken says he’s made ‘determinations’ linked to human rights accusations against Israel
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said he has made “determinations” regarding accusations that Israel violated a set of U.S. laws that prohibit providing…
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