New York City said 'no injuries' at Columbia arrests; students' medical records say otherwise
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - After the arrests of pro-Palestine student protesters occupying a Columbia University building last month, New York Mayor Eric Adams and senior police officials repeatedly said there were "no injuries," no "vi...
May 17, 2024
Upside-down flag at US Supreme Court Justice Alito's home prompts recusal calls
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito faced calls from critics on Friday to step aside from cases related to the 2020 election after a media report that an American flag flew upside-down outside his Virginia home in th...
May 17, 2024
At Cannes, Barry Keoghan jokes about doing a musical after 'Bird'
By Hanna Rantala and Miranda Murray CANNES (Reuters) - Does Barry Keoghan have a musical in his future? After dance scenes in two recent films, including director Andrea Arnold's fresh new Cannes Film Festival entry "Bird," the Irish actor joked th...
May 17, 2024
Man who attacked Pelosi's husband sentenced to 30 years in prison
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home in 2022 and assaulted her husband with a hammer was sentenced on Friday to 30 years in prison, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. In a politically moti...
May 17, 2024
Complaint dismissed against Trump hush-money judge who donated to Biden
By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has dismissed an ethics complaint against Justice Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the hush money criminal case against former U.S. President Donald Trump, a sp...
May 17, 2024
Biden launches fresh bid for election support from Black voters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Friday launched a fresh bid to bolster support from African-American voters, looking to seal up cracks in the Democratic coalition that carried him to victory over Republican Donald Trump in 2020. Biden...
May 17, 2024
NY man who used name of fake 'Seinfeld' company pleads guilty to fraud
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Brooklyn man who ran a business named for a fake company from the TV show "Seinfeld" to swindle $1.34 million from real estate and cryptocurrency investors, leaving some victims with nothing, has pleaded g...
May 17, 2024
Cost to rebuild Brazil state after floods to be higher than initially thought, governor says
(Reuters) - The governor of Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul said on Friday that the costs of rebuilding the state after devastating floods in recent weeks will be "much higher" than the 19 billion reais ($3.72 billion) initially es...
May 17, 2024
IMF reaches staff-level agreement with Tanzania on $790 million climate financing
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Friday that it had reached a staff-level agreement with Tanzania on reforms to bolster resilience against climate change backed by about $790 million in financing. The concessional financi...
May 17, 2024
With hunger, climate cuts, US House farm bill proposal faces slim Senate odds
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Agriculture Committee on Friday released a long-awaited farm bill draft that includes provisions to reduce spending on food aid for the poor and efforts to help farmers fight climate change, dra...
May 17, 2024