Summer power prices seen surging for Texas, falling in California
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Extreme heat and rising electricity demand are expected to drive up power prices in Texas this summer, while the rest of the U.S. power markets are broadly pricing lower, according to analysts and data this week. WHY IT'S IMPOR...
May 08, 2024
Man who murdered, stabbed homeless New Yorkers gets 25 years to life in prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man who murdered a homeless person and wounded two others as they slept outdoors on park benches in a stabbing spree over several nights in July 2022 was sentenced to between 25 years and life in prison on Wednesday,...
May 08, 2024
Exclusive-In Tesla Autopilot probe, US prosecutors focus on securities, wire fraud
By Mike Spector and Chris Prentice (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are examining whether Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its electric vehicles' self-driving capabilities, three people familiar with ...
May 08, 2024
Baseball star Ohtani's ex-interpreter agrees to plead guilty to federal charges
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Japanese baseball great Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges he illegally transferred nearly $17 million from the athlete's bank account, without Ohtani's knowledge, to pay off his own ...
May 08, 2024
Civil rights leader Daisy Bates to be honored with statue at US Capitol
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The late U.S. civil rights leader and journalist Daisy Bates, who was instrumental in desegregating Arkansas public schools in the 1950s, will be honored on Wednesday when a statue of her is unveiled at the U...
May 08, 2024
Oklahoma anti-ESG law blocked by state judge
By Clark Mindock and Ross Kerber (Reuters) - A judge in Oklahoma blocked a state law that prohibits state pension systems from investing with companies that limit investment in the oil and gas industry. Oklahoma County District Court Judge Sheila S...
May 08, 2024
Ex-correctional official sent to US prison for payments from Galleon's Rajaratnam
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former correctional counselor at a federal prison in Massachusetts was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in prison for corruptly accepting tens of thousands of dollars from a wealthy inmate identified by a sou...
May 08, 2024
Analysis-Indiana vote shows Trump still struggling with Republican holdouts
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Donald Trump stewed in a Manhattan courtroom during his hush money trial, voters hundreds of miles away in Indiana showed the Republican presidential candidate he still has work to do to win over some ske...
May 08, 2024
Biden set to tighten asylum access at U.S.-Mexico border - sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is set to tighten access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border via a new regulation that could be issued at soon as Thursday, three sources familiar with the matter said, in a move aimed at reducing ill...
May 08, 2024
US Federal Election Commission gives Trump 45 more days to file personal financial disclosures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Election Commission on Wednesday granted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump a 45-day extension to file personal financial disclosures. Trump, who is facing significant court fines and legal fees while ...
May 08, 2024
Bidding opens for Messi napkin that defined soccer great's career
LONDON (Reuters) - Bidding began on Wednesday for a napkin on which soccer club Barcelona penned a promise to sign a 13-year-old Lionel Messi - who went on to become one of the game's greatest players - with early bids reaching almost $300,000. The...
May 08, 2024
US senators urge Postal Service to pause delivery network changes
(Reuters) - A bipartisan group of 26 senators on Wednesday urged the U.S. Postal Service to pause planned further changes to its processing and delivery network, warning they could slow mail deliveries. The letter, seen by Reuters and led by Senato...
May 08, 2024
Seasonal US fuel demand hits pandemic lows, weighs on refining margins
By Shariq Khan NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. gasoline and diesel demand are at their weakest seasonal level since the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, data from the Energy Information Administration showed on Wednesday, pulling refiners' margins for making t...
May 08, 2024
Presidential candidate RFK Jr said he had a brain worm in 2012, New York Times reports
(Reuters) - Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a brain abnormality that he said doctors attributed to a parasite in his head, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. Citing a 12-year-old deposition, the Times said K...
May 08, 2024
Death toll from heavy rains in Brazil hits 100
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The death toll from heavy rains that swamped Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state in recent days has climbed to 100, local civil defense said on Wednesday, adding that 128 people were still missing. (Reporting by Andre Romani and...
May 08, 2024
Climeworks opens world's largest plant to extract CO2 from air in Iceland
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - Climeworks has opened the world's largest operational direct air capture (DAC) plant to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, with its Mammoth plant in Iceland almost ten times larger than the current reco...
May 08, 2024
Georgia appeals court to hear Trump's bid to disqualify Fani Willis
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump notched another win on Wednesday in his campaign to slow the criminal cases against him when a Georgia appeals court agreed to hear his bid to disqualify the district attorney prosecuting him for t...
May 08, 2024
Biden to unveil $3.3 billion Microsoft AI investment in battleground Wisconsin
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will visit the political battleground state of Wisconsin on Wednesday to announce plans by Microsoft Corp to build a $3.3 billion high-tech data center that will create thousands of jobs, ...
May 08, 2024
Five takeaways from Stormy Daniels' testimony at Donald Trump's trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stormy Daniels took the witness stand on Tuesday at Donald Trump's criminal trial and described in lurid detail her alleged 2006 sexual encounter with the former U.S. president. Trump has pleaded not guilty to Manh...
May 08, 2024
Isabelle Huppert to head Venice Film Festival jury
ROME (Reuters) - Isabelle Hubbert will head the main competition jury at this year's Venice Film Festival, organisers said on Wednesday. Hubbert won the best actress award in Venice in 1988 for her performance in "Story of Women" and in 1995 for "L...
May 08, 2024
Republicans allege US Iran envoy sent classified material to personal email, phone
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Republican lawmakers said they believe the security clearance of Rob Malley, who is on unpaid leave from his post as U.S. special envoy for Iran, was suspended because he allegedly sent classified documents to his persona...
May 08, 2024
US lawmakers seek to strengthen bill to ensure quick airline refunds
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House and Senate negotiators have agreed to revise language in an aviation reform bill to ensure quick refunds for airline passengers whose flights are canceled and who are not seeking alternative fli...
May 08, 2024
US explores AI to train immigration officers on talking to refugees
By Jeffrey Dastin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is piloting artificial intelligence to train officers who review applicants for refugee status in the United States, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters o...
May 08, 2024
Eurovision favourites Croatia, Ukraine qualify for grand final
By Tom Little and Isabelle Yr Carlsson MALMO (Reuters) - Croatia and Ukraine, two favourites to win Eurovision 2024, were among the first 10 contestants to qualify for the competition's grand final on Saturday, following an initial round of semi-fi...
May 07, 2024
John Krasinski's 'IF' brings imaginary world alive for daughters
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - John Krasinski says he made his new film "IF" for his children. The live-action and animated fantasy comedy is written, directed and produced by Krasinski, who also plays the main character's father and voices "M...
May 07, 2024