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Mikie Sherrill says she’s innocent, but won’t show anyone the file that could prove it
MONTCLAIR, NJ – Questions continue to surround Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s time at the U.S. Naval Academy, where she graduated in 1994 amid a major cheating scandal, but where definitive evidence of her…
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un says now is time to be ready for war, KCNA says
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said unstable geopolitical situations surrounding his country mean now is the time to be more prepared for war than ever, as he inspected…
Wisconsin man gets over 7 years in prison for firebombing anti-abortion office
(Reuters) – A Wisconsin man was sentenced to over seven years in a federal prison on Wednesday for the 2022 firebombing of a conservative anti-abortion group’s office, the U.S. Department of Justice…
Floods swamp swathes of Russia and Kazakhstan but worse still to come
ORENBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Floods engulfed cities and towns across Russia and Kazakhstan on Wednesday after Europe’s third-longest river burst its banks, forcing about 110,000 people to evacuate and swamping parts of the…
Voters in many countries sceptical of democracy, poll shows
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Voters in many countries are suffering a crisis of faith in their democracies and institutions, a survey by a governance watchdog showed, painting a bleak picture in a year…
Biden considering Australia request to drop Julian Assange prosecution
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he was considering Australia’s request to drop the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who had released troves…
US to make additional funding push in response to Sudan conflict
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. will make a push of more than a hundred million in additional funding to respond to the conflict in Sudan as Washington seeks to spur…
Apple’s New Jersey store workers file petition for unionization
(Reuters) – Workers at Apple’s store in Short Hills, New Jersey, have filed for union representation, a staff member who is part of the organizing committee said on Wednesday amid a push…
Bipartisan US bill seeks $2.5 billion for Philippines defense
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – On the eve of a trilateral summit between the United States, Japan and the Philippines, two prominent U.S. senators on Wednesday introduced a bipartisan bill to…
US Senate votes to reject rule to cut greenhouse gas emissions on highways
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution that would overturn a federal agency’s rule requiring states to measure and set declining targets for greenhouse gas…
Wall St ends sharply lower as sticky inflation dims rate cut hopes
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks tumbled to a lower close on Wednesday after hotter-than-expected inflation data threw cold water on hopes that the Federal Reserve would begin cutting interest…
Explainer-What US-Japan defense shakeup involves and why
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed a “new era” of U.S.-Japan strategic cooperation on Wednesday, laying out a series of projects…
Ecuador’s ex-Vice President Glas attempted suicide, on hunger strike, former president says
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador’s former Vice President Jorge Glas attempted suicide earlier this week and is now on a hunger strike at a prison in Guayaquil to protest his arrest,…
Former Cornell University student pleads guilty to making threats against Jews
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former Cornell University student has pleaded guilty to posting online threats, including of death and violence, against Jewish students on campus, the U.S. Justice Department…
Ecuador ex-vice president Glas attempted suicide, ex-President Correa says
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s former vice president Jorge Glas was taken to hospital earlier this week following a suicide attempt, former President Rafael Correa said in a message on X on Wednesday,…
Stocks sink, yields jump as hot US inflation erodes hopes for rate cuts
By Sinéad Carew and Alun John NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Treasury yields surged while equity indexes sank on Wednesday after data showed U.S. consumer prices rose more than expected in March, diminishing…
Trump loses third bid this week to delay hush money trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A New York appeals judge on Wednesday denied Donald Trump’s third last-ditch attempt this week to delay his April 15 criminal trial on charges stemming from…
US NTSB probes fatal Ford Mach-E crash in Philadelphia
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Wednesday it was opening an investigation into a March 3 fatal crash between a Ford Mustang Mach-E…
Analysis-After issuing factory capacity warning to China, Yellen faces tariff decisions
By David Lawder BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen hammered home a stern warning to China’s economic leaders that their overinvestment in factory capacity for clean energy goods is unacceptable throughout…
US Senator says TikTok divestiture deadline could be extended to one year
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chair of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee said on Wednesday that lawmakers could extend to one year a proposed deadline to force TikTok’s parent company,…
Trump thinks it’s not appropriate to visit Ukraine as presidential candidate
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump thinks it is not appropriate for him to visit Ukraine right now since he does not hold office, his campaign said…
US sets first standard to curb ‘forever chemicals’ from drinking water
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced its first-ever drinking water standard to protect people against toxic “forever chemicals” found in many household and everyday…
Surveillance bill stumbles again in US House on privacy concerns
By Raphael Satter, Moira Warburton and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A modest overhaul of a controversial U.S. surveillance program foundered in the House of Representatives on Wednesday after Democratic and Republican critics,…
Three sons of Hamas leader Haniyeh killed in Israeli airstrike
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Palestinian Islamist group and Haniyeh’s family said.…
US consumer prices heat up in March; seen delaying Fed rate cut
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer prices increased more than expected in March as Americans continued to pay more for gasoline and rental housing, leading financial markets to anticipate that…
US electricity and gasoline prices push up energy sector inflation
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. electricity and gasoline prices increased sharply in March, with electricity up 0.9% and gasoline up 1.7%, leading the energy sector to far outpace broader inflation for the…
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