US CDC warns of multi-state salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control said on Thursday that public health officials are investigating multi-state outbreaks of salmonella linked to contact with backyard poultry. The CDC said that 109 people from 29 states have gotten si...
May 23, 2024
Three US troops have non-combat injuries during Gaza pier operation
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. troops suffered non-combat injuries in the effort to make a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza into a conduit for humanitarian aid, with one in critical condition at an Israeli hosp...
May 23, 2024
Baltimore's former top prosecutor to be sentenced for perjury, mortgage fraud
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Baltimore's former top prosecutor will be sentenced on Thursday for lying about suffering a work-related hardship in order to improperly access her city employee retirement account, as well as for making a false statement o...
May 23, 2024
Bruce Springsteen, Lana Del Rey, Raye honoured at Ivor songwriting awards
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - Bruce Springsteen, Lana Del Rey and Raye were among the music stars honoured at the Ivors in London on Thursday, the annual awards for songwriters and screen composers. U.S. rocker Springsteen became the...
May 23, 2024
U.S. Senate panels launch probe into Trump 'quid pro quo' with energy execs
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate finance and budget committees on Thursday launched an investigation into presidential candidate Donald Trump's reported offer to roll back a slew of environmental regulations in exchange f...
May 23, 2024
Zantac not a cause of woman's cancer, jury says in first trial over drug
By Diana Novak Jones CHICAGO (Reuters) - A jury in Chicago on Thursday rejected an Illinois woman's claim that the now discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused her colon cancer, in the first trial out of thousands of lawsuits making similar allega...
May 23, 2024
Democrats renew calls for US Supreme Court's Alito to recuse amid flag flap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats intensified calls on Thursday for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to step aside in two cases - one on Donald Trump's bid for immunity from prosecution and the other on a charge involving the Capitol attack -...
May 23, 2024
US Supreme Court backs S. Carolina Republicans in race-based voting map fight
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court handed a victory to South Carolina Republicans on Thursday, ruling against a challenge to an electoral map they devised that moved 30,000 Black residents out of a congressional district. The j...
May 23, 2024
Israeli Independence Day event in Washington to feature bipartisan speeches
By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic U.S. Representative Pete Aguilar will deliver keynote speeches at the Israeli embassy's Independence Day reception on Thursday, headlining a more su...
May 23, 2024
Norfolk Southern agrees to $15 million civil penalty over 2023 Ohio derailment -- court documents
(Reuters) - Norfolk Southern agreed to pay a $15 million civil penalty and $57.1 million for past government response costs under a proposed consent decree to resolve a U.S. government lawsuit over a 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, c...
May 23, 2024
U.S. forecasters see "extraordinary" 2024 hurricane season
HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. government forecasters said on Thursday the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is shaping up to be "extraordinary" where past experience with tropical storms cannot serve as a prologue, said Rick Spinrad, director of the U.S. N...
May 23, 2024
Biden overtime pay rule challenged by US business groups
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A coalition of U.S. business groups has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a Biden administration rule that would extend mandatory overtime pay to 4 million workers, saying it goes too far. The groups filed a complaint ...
May 23, 2024
US business activity quickens in May; price pressures building up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. business activity accelerated to the highest level in just over two years in May, but manufacturers reported a surge in prices for a range of inputs, suggesting that goods inflation could pick up in the months ahead. S&P...
May 23, 2024
Climate change spurs early blooms in Bulgaria's historic rose industry
By Stoyan Nenov CHERGANOVO, Bulgaria (Reuters) - Bulgarian farmers were busy harvesting rose petals for their renowned oil this week, about a month earlier than the historical norm due to climate change that has ushered in warmer and more humid spr...
May 23, 2024
Texas power demand to break May record in heat wave on Friday
By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - Power use in Texas was on track to break the record for the month of May for a second time this week on Friday and could top that again over the Memorial Day weekend as homes and businesses crank up their air condition...
May 23, 2024
US weekly jobless claims fall as labor market remains solid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to underlying strength in the labor market that should continue to support the economy. Initial claims for state unemployment benefi...
May 23, 2024
Seven dead in south India after heavier than normal pre-monsoon rains
THIRUVANANTHPURAM, India (Reuters) - At least seven people have died in India's southern state of Kerala after heavier than normal pre-monsoon rains, authorities said, even as much of South Asia grappled with a heatwave. Pre-monsoon rains were 18% ...
May 23, 2024
Tornado in Haiti leaves more than 300 families homeless
(Reuters) - A tornado in northwest Haiti has injured at least 50 people, destroyed 200 houses and left more than 300 families homeless, according to the United Nations. Haitian weather authorities have warned of flooding and landslides after Tuesda...
May 23, 2024
Interpol issues red notice for Turkish teen and mother in U.S. after car crash, says state media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Interpol granted Turkey's request to issue a red notice for a 17-year-old involved in a fatal car accident in Istanbul, as well as his mother who fled with him to the United States, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on...
May 23, 2024
University heads to testify before US House committee on campus tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The heads of three universities and an academic honor society are due to testify on Thursday to the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce about universities' handling of pro-Palestinian protests. The hearing is ...
May 23, 2024
Trump to hold South Bronx, New York, campaign rally in push for Black voters
By Helen Coster and Nathan Layne NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will host a campaign rally in the South Bronx neighborhood of New York on Thursday, targeting a Democratic stronghold as he tries to chip away at P...
May 23, 2024
Trump hush money trial to shape prosecutor Alvin Bragg's legacy
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alvin Bragg says he decided to become a lawyer after guns were pulled on him six times while growing up in New York - three of those times by police. A quarter-century after graduating from Harvard Law School, the ...
May 23, 2024
Japan whaler operator says it has no plan to hunt in Antarctic
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Tom Bateman TOKYO (Reuters) - The operator of Japan's first domestically-built whaling mothership in more than seven decades said on Thursday it had no plans to send the whaler to the Antarctic Ocean, although the new vessel...
May 23, 2024
In India's heat, Delhi labourers toil in 'red hot' conditions
By Chris Thomas and Priyanshu Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Working on a highway project in one of India's hottest areas this summer, Banwari Singh handles iron bars that he says often turn "red hot". Temperatures hit 47.8 degrees Celsius (118 degree...
May 23, 2024
Reeling from one heat wave, Mexico awaits 'highest temperatures ever recorded'
By Aida Pelaez-Fernandez and Brendan O'Boyle MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico, reeling from a heat wave that has already broken records, caused power outages and killed people and animals, could see "unprecedented" temperatures over the next two week...
May 23, 2024