Supreme Court's Thomas questions ability of groups to challenge US laws
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas called on the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reconsider a precedent established in 1977 that has allowed advocacy groups, trade associations and other organizations to routinely b...
Jun 13, 2024
Trump calls Milwaukee 'horrible city' ahead of Republican convention
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump called Milwaukee a "horrible city" in a closed door meeting with Republican lawmakers on Thursday, one month before he is due to accept his party's presidential nomination there, according to med...
Jun 13, 2024
Vivienne Westwood's clothes and jewels headed for auction
LONDON (Reuters) - Dresses, suits, shoes and jewellery from the personal collection of late British designer Vivienne Westwood will go under the hammer this month is an auction aimed at raising funds for charity. More than 200 lots are being offere...
Jun 13, 2024
US finds Phoenix Police Dept violates civil rights of city residents
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday took aim at the Phoenix Police Department, accusing its officers of systemically violating peoples' civil rights and using excessive and at times "unjustified deadly force"...
Jun 13, 2024
Biden taps CFTC commissioner Goldsmith Romero to lead scandal-hit FDIC
By Douglas Gillison and Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero, a Democratic member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to replace Martin Gruenberg as chair of the Federal De...
Jun 13, 2024
Apple accused in lawsuit of underpaying female workers in California
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Apple on Thursday was hit with a proposed class action accusing the tech giant of paying more than 12,000 female employees in California less than men with comparable jobs, lawyers for the plaintiffs said. The lawsuit file...
Jun 13, 2024
US Senate confirms Chang, a Democrat, as member of energy regulatory commission
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Judy Chang, a Democrat, as a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the third and final of President Joe Biden's picks for FERC that the chamber approved this week. The tally...
Jun 13, 2024
World Bank to issue $200 million bond to boost Amazon reforestation
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The World Bank will issue a new bond expected to raise some $200 million to support reforestation efforts in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, it said on Thursday, choosing banking giant HSBC to structure the trans...
Jun 13, 2024
South Florida braced for 'life-threatening' flooding after a foot of rain
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - More torrential downpours fell over South Florida on Thursday after at least a foot of rain deluged an area spanning the Gulf Coast into Miami this week, leading the National Weather Service to issue flood watches or warni...
Jun 13, 2024
US Supreme Court backs Starbucks over fired pro-union workers
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court sided on Thursday with Starbucks in the coffee chain's challenge to a judicial order to rehire seven Memphis employees fired as they sought to unionize in a ruling that could make it harder for cou...
Jun 13, 2024
La Nina weather 65% likely to develop in July-Sept, says US forecaster
By Harshit Verma (Reuters) - There is a 65% chance of the La Nina weather pattern, characterized by cold temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, developing during July-September, a U.S. government forecaster said on Thursday. This shift from the curre...
Jun 13, 2024
Antelope dies at Tennessee zoo after choking on plastic cap
(Reuters) - An antelope choked to death at a Tennessee zoo last week after swallowing a plastic cap from a squeezable food pouch that a guest apparently brought into the animal park in violation of its safety rules. Lief, a 7-year-old male sitatung...
Jun 13, 2024
More US bird flu spread would heighten human infection risk, officials say
By Leah Douglas and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - Further spread of bird flu among U.S. dairy herds presents additional opportunities for human infections, federal officials said on Thursday while urging farms to take enhanced biosecurity measures ...
Jun 13, 2024
Reactions to US Supreme Court ruling to preserve access to abortion pill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by anti-abortion groups and doctors to restrict access to the abortion pill, handing a victory on Thursday to President Joe Biden's administration in its efforts to preserve broad access ...
Jun 13, 2024
US Supreme Court rules against effort to restrict access to abortion pill mifepristone
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by anti-abortion groups and doctors to restrict access to the abortion pill, handing a victory on Thursday to President Joe Biden's administration in its efforts to preserve broad access ...
Jun 13, 2024
US weekly jobless claims rise to 10-month high
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased to a 10-month high last week, pointing to easing labor market conditions. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits jumped 13,000 to a seasona...
Jun 13, 2024
US Supreme Court bars 'Trump too small' trademark
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court barred on Thursday a federal trademark for the phrase "Trump Too Small" - an irreverent criticism of former President Donald Trump - rejecting a California lawyer's claim that the trademark denial ...
Jun 13, 2024
Brookfield eyes $5 billion for UAE-backed climate fund
LONDON (Reuters) - Brookfield Asset Management is looking to raise $5 billion for a fund backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that aims to scale up climate finance in emerging markets, the Canadian company said on Thursday. The fund, dubbed the...
Jun 13, 2024
Environmental studies show Serbian lithium project is safe, Rio says
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto said on Thursday newly published environmental studies showed that its Serbia lithium project, which was stopped in 2022 after massive protests, would be safe for the environment. If implemented...
Jun 13, 2024
In new forecasts, Fed appears to bow out of the election cycle
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve may have just ducked out of the presidential campaign spotlight with a fresh set of forecasts showing no interest rate cuts are likely until after Election Day. Central bank policymakers on Wednesday kept their ...
Jun 13, 2024
Republicans hope for unity message in Trump visit to Congress
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans hope that a pair of visits from former President Donald Trump on Thursday will bring unity to their sometimes bitterly divided caucuses in the Senate and House of Representatives, as the party head...
Jun 13, 2024
Biden advisers, Trump to discuss competing economic visions with top US business leaders
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and key advisers to Democratic President Joe Biden will lay out their dramatically divergent economic views in a series of conversations with America's top ...
Jun 13, 2024
Largest US oil trade group to sue to block Biden's EV push
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - The nation's largest oil trade group, which includes Exxon Mobil and Chevron , will file a federal lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block the Biden administration's efforts to reduce planet-warming emissions from cars ...
Jun 13, 2024
Microsoft president to testify before House panel over security lapses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft President Brad Smith will testify before a House of Representatives panel on homeland security on Thursday, fielding questions about the company's security practices after Russian and Chinese hackers breached its sy...
Jun 13, 2024
Wild horses return to Kazakhstan's Golden Steppe after some 200 years
By David W. Cerny ALTYN DALA, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Przewalski's horses have returned to the steppes of Kazakhstan after nearly 200 years, part of an ambitious scheme to reintroduce the world's last wild horses to their original habitats. The enda...
Jun 13, 2024