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By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -The S&P 500 closed out the week with slight gains on Thursday, with the benchmark index notching its strongest first quarter in five years, …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States’ top general said on Thursday that Israel had not received every weapon it has asked for, in part because some of it could affect the …

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Over half of U.S. landfills observed by aerial surveys are super-emitting sources of methane, according to a new study in the journal Science published …

By Rich McKay (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Thursday restored some protections under the Endangered Species Act rolled back under former President Donald Trump, giving the federal government more leeway …

By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City will begin testing gun-detecting technology in a pilot program at several subway stations, Mayor Eric Adams said on Thursday. The …

By David Shepardson and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Texas struck down a climate rule adopted by the Biden administration requiring states to measure and set …

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – Analyzing social media using artificial intelligence may pick up signals of depression in white Americans but not in Black counterparts, according to a study that …

(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday that it was vital for Congress to pass a new military aid package for …

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -The collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge has highlighted what engineers say is an urgent need to better protect the piers holding up spans over shipping channels …

By Lewis Krauskopf and Amanda Cooper NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -A gauge of global share markets was barely changed on Thursday as it was poised to end the quarter with solid …

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A federal judge in California on Thursday appeared poised to reject Tesla’s bid to toss out a U.S. agency’s lawsuit accusing the electric carmaker of …

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday asked Israel’s top court to defer a March 31 deadline for the government to come up with a new …

By Michael Martina, Michael Erman and Karen Freifeld (Reuters) -U.S. intelligence officials in late February told senators working on a biotech security bill that Chinese pharmaceutical firm WuXi AppTec had …

(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory on Thursday alerting healthcare providers about an increase in invasive meningococcal disease and urging them to ensure necessary …

By John Kruzel (Reuters) – A federal court that previously threw out a Republican-drawn South Carolina electoral map for bias against Black voters decided on Thursday that it can be …

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin told Telegram owner Pavel Durov on Thursday to be more attentive after the messaging application was allegedly used to help recruit the gunmen who attacked a …

CAIRO (Reuters) – The spokesperson for Islamic State praised the group’s attack that killed more than 140 people in a Russian concert hall near Moscow. Abu Huthaifa al-Ansari was speaking …

By Luc Cohen and Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge on Thursday for stealing $8 billion from customers of …

(Reuters) – Brittney Griner and college basketball standout Caitlin Clark were among the 14 players invited to an Olympic training camp next week in Cleveland, Ohio, the USA Basketball women’s …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some former FTX customers expressed anger and disappointment on Thursday after Sam Bankman-Fried, the crypto exchange’s former billionaire boss, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for …

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russian investigators said on Thursday they had found proof that gunmen who killed more than 140 people at a concert last week were linked to “Ukrainian nationalists”, an …

By Birsen Altayli and Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Bruised and fractured by Tayyip Erdogan’s victory in 2023 general elections, Turkey’s opposition aims to land a blow in Sunday’s local …

By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Judges at the International Court of Justice on Thursday unanimously ordered Israel to take all the necessary and effective action to ensure …

By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and other Democratic lawmakers renewed calls for financial regulators to direct the use of a payment code for firearms retailers, citing …