Endgame for Fed's tightening cycle challenged by easing financial conditions
(This July 28 story has been refiled to remove the garbling in paragraph 2) By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) -
2023-07-30 03:47
Uber self-driving car test driver pleads guilty to endangerment in pedestrian death case
The Uber test driver behind the wheel of one of the company's self-driving cars, when it hit and killed a pedestrian in 2018, pleaded guilty to endangerment and was sentenced to three years of supervised probation Friday, according to officials.
2023-07-30 02:46
More Trader Joe's recalls? This soup may contain bugs and falafel may have rocks, grocer says
Trader Joe’s is recalling a broccoli cheddar soup that may contain insects and cooked falafel that may contain rocks, about one week after the grocery chain recalled two cookie products over similar concerns
2023-07-30 01:28
Historically Black fraternity drops Florida for convention because of DeSantis policies
The oldest historically Black collegiate fraternity in the U.S. says it is relocating a planned convention in two years from Florida because of what it described as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration’s “harmful, racist and insensitive” policies towards African Americans
2023-07-30 00:27
A large explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Thailand kills at least 10 people and wounds scores
A large explosion at a fireworks warehouse in southern Thailand has killed at least 10 people and wounded scores
2023-07-29 21:16
With one eye on China, Japan backs Sri Lanka as a partner in the Indo-Pacific
Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi says that Sri Lanka's strategic location in the Indian Ocean makes it a key partner in realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific
2023-07-29 20:29
To wrap, or not to wrap? Hungarian bookstores face fines over closed packaging for LGBTQ+ books
Booksellers in Hungary must decide whether to comply with a law requiring books that depict homosexuality to be placed in closed packaging on their shelves
2023-07-29 14:19
French President Macron visits his counterpart in Sri Lanka
French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting his Sri Lankan counterpart in the first visit by a French leader to the Indian Ocean island nation
2023-07-29 12:55
Election disinformation campaigns targeted voters of color in 2020. Experts expect 2024 to be worse
Community organizations are gearing up for what they expect will be a worsening onslaught of disinformation targeting voters of color as the 2024 election approaches
2023-07-29 12:28
Members of Congress break for August with no clear path to avoiding a shutdown this fall
Lawmakers broke for their August recess this week with many worried about whether they can avoid a partial government shutdown upon their return
2023-07-29 12:26
Variety revises article on former CNN chief Jeff Zucker that was sharply criticized
Under fire this week for an investigative story on former CNN chief Jeff Zucker, the entertainment publication Variety made changes to the piece on Friday
2023-07-29 12:19
'X' logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation
San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation of a giant “X” sign that cropped up Friday on top of the downtown headquarters of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter
2023-07-29 08:16