Key Senate Democrat calls for new leadership at FDIC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown called for new leadership at the troubled Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Monday, urging President Joe Biden to immediately nominate someone to replace current Chairman Ma...
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US Supreme Court rebuffs appeal in Maryland assault weapon dispute
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to a Democratic-backed ban in Maryland on assault-style rifles such as AR-15s, steering clear of the dispute while the litigation continues in a lower court. ...
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US Supreme Court spurns former Guantanamo Bay detainee's appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court turned away on Monday a Canadian former Guantanamo Bay detainee's bid to vacate his convictions for the 2002 murder of an American soldier in Afghanistan and other crimes he committed at age 15 to which...
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Factbox-Over 226,000 customers still without power after storms in Texas
(Reuters) - More than 226,000 homes and businesses in Texas were still without power on Monday morning after storms battered the region last week and over the weekend, according to meteorologists and data fromPowerOutage.us. That is down from over ...
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US Supreme Court won't hear Maryland school district gender identity case
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid backed by a conservative Christian legal group to challenge a Maryland school district's policy against informing parents if their children identify as transgender ...
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Crashed ship that took down Baltimore bridge refloated, towed from channel
(Reuters) - Recovery teams refloated a huge cargo vessel impeding shipping in the Port of Baltimore early on Monday and began pulling it free of the main channel, two months after the boat crashed into the Francis Scott Key bridge and caused the sp...
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Trump has the chance to testify at hush money trial - if he so chooses
By Jack Queen, Luc Cohen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - For weeks, Donald Trump has sat silently in a New York courtroom while former employees and associates have testified in his criminal hush money trial. On Monday, the forme...
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Dogs shred waves in northern Spain surfing contest
By Vincent West SUANCES, Spain (Reuters) - Dozens of furry surfers and their human companions hit the beach in northern Spain over the weekend for the annual European dog surfing championship. Baloo and Ghost, a pair of Weimaraners, shredded the wa...
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Target lowering prices on 5,000 items in bid to lure more shoppers
(Reuters) - Target will be lowering prices on at least 5,000 frequently shopped products across its assortment ranging from milk to diapers, the big-box retailer said on Monday, as it looks to attract budget-stretched customers. Still-high food pri...
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Schumer says US Senate will try again to pass border bill
(Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Sunday the Senate would once again try to pass a bipartisan border security bill this week after a previous attempt failed when enough Republicans withdrew their support at the urging of...
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Half of Americans oppose immigrant detention camps, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
By Ted Hesson and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About half of U.S. voters oppose putting immigrants in the country illegally into detention camps while awaiting deportation, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows, suggesting Americans may be wary of h...
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U.S. regulator closes preliminary review of Tesla's Model X over seat belt issues
(Reuters) - The U.S. auto safety regulator closed the preliminary evaluation of certain Model X vehicles over seat belt issues, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday. (Reporting by Arsheeya Bajwa in Bengaluru; Editing b...
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US judge blocks Biden-backed rule expanding gun background checks
() By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A federal judge on Sunday blocked the Biden administration from fully implementing a new rule that would require gun dealers to obtain licenses and conduct background checks when selling firearms at gun shows and onli...
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Baltimore workers to move crashed cargo ship that downed bridge
(Reuters) - Workers in Baltimore were preparing to clear a crashed cargo ship nearly as long as the Eiffel Tower from the channel it is blocking, officials said on Sunday, almost two months after the vessel downed the Francis Scott Key bridge, para...
May 19, 2024
Factbox-High-profile US trials where defendants took the stand
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyer said last week the former U.S. president had not decided whether to testify at his criminal trial stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, which would be an uncommon and risky move that some high...
May 19, 2024
Biden speaks to Morehouse grads after season of campus unrest over Gaza
By Trevor Hunnicutt ATLANTA (Reuters) - Joe Biden on Sunday delivers a commencement address at Morehouse College, a venue offering the U.S. president an election-year opportunity to address anger over his support for Israel and to repair bonds with...
May 19, 2024
Eruption of Indonesia's Mt Ibu forces seven villages to evacuate
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera has spectacularly erupted, spewing a grey ash cloud into the sky, and people from seven nearby villages have been evacuated, authorities said on Sunday. Mt. Ibu erupted on S...
May 19, 2024
Donald Trump to fire up supporters at NRA's annual US gathering
By Gram Slattery DALLAS (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will address thousands of gun rights supporters in Dallas on Saturday, in what will be an opportunity to whip up enthusiasm among some of his core supporters. T...
May 19, 2024
Despite polls, Biden aides insist Gaza campus protests will not hurt reelection bid
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several top White House aides say they are confident protests across U.S. college campuses against Israel's offensive in Gaza will not translate into significantly fewer votes for Joe Biden in November's elect...
May 18, 2024
Residents of Canadian oil town menaced by wildfire can return home
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Residents of the Canadian oil town threatened by an out-of-control wildfire can return home, authorities said Saturday, even as they warned the community will have to contend with the blaze for the foresee...
May 18, 2024
Houston area grapples with heat, power cuts after major storms
(Reuters) - Thousands of people in the Houston area faced sweltering heat without power on Saturday following severe storms that claimed at least seven lives, according to local media and the National Weather Service. The NWS predicted temperatures...
May 18, 2024
'Triangle of Sadness' director launches stuck-on-a-plane dark comedy at Cannes
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Ruben Ostlund, two-time winner of the Cannes Film Festival's top prize and last year's jury president, returned to the festival in southern France to launch his next project on Saturday, a dark comedy about being stuck on...
May 18, 2024
At Cannes, Yorgos Lanthimos says world is stranger than his films
By Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) - Director Yorgos Lanthimos, who was at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday with his second Emma Stone-billed feature in quick succession, "Kinds of Kindness," said his often darkly funny films are less s...
May 18, 2024
Fifty dead in heavy rain, floods in central Afghanistan, official says
KABUL (Reuters) - At least 50 people are dead following a fresh bout of heavy rain and flooding in central Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday. Mawlawi Abdul Hai Zaem, the head of the information department for the central Ghor province, told...
May 18, 2024
Donald Trump falsely tells supporters he won Minnesota in 2020
By Gram Slattery (Reuters) - Donald Trump falsely claimed on Friday that he won the 2020 presidential election in Minnesota and he said he would win this year in the state that has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate in over 50 years....
May 18, 2024