By Pavel Polityuk and Simon Lewis KYIV/KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine has so far staved off any major Russian advance into the north of its Donetsk region, but pressure is intensifying with heavy shelling, missile and rocket fire on the city o…
Jury finds suspect guilty of murder of rapper Nipsey Hussle
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California man was found guilty on Wednesday of killing Grammy-winning Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle in 2019. A jury in Los Angeles County Superior Court convicted Eric Ronald Holder Jr., 32, of first-degree murder in the s…
Wall Street ends up as investors absorb Fed minutes
By David French NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street put a seesaw day behind it to close higher on Wednesday, as investors digested new clues on the U.S. central bank’s approach to rate policy and its inflation fight detailed in the minutes from the latest…
Biden calls wife of WNBA’s Griner, says her detention is ‘intolerable’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden told Brittney Griner’s wife in a call on Wednesday that he is working to secure the WNBA basketball star’s release from Russia as soon as possible, describing her detention on drug charges as “intolerable…
Juul ban put on hold as FDA starts additional review
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has put on hold its ban on sales of Juul Labs Inc’s e-cigarettes, with the health agency saying late on Tuesday that it would do an additional review of the company’s marketing application. Juul ha…
Highland Park shooting suspect admits to deadly attack, prosecutor says
By Brendan O’Brien WAUKEGAN, Ill. (Reuters) -The man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens of others at an Independence Day parade outside of Chicago admitted to authorities that he carried out the shooting, a prosecutor said on Wednesday…
European police arrest 39 in crackdown on migrant smuggling gang
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Police in five European countries have arrested 39 people in a major cross-border operation targeting an Iraqi-Kurdish gang which smuggled migrants across the Channel to Britain, the EU’s law enforcement agency Europol said on Wedn…
Biden heads back to Ohio to try to woo blue collar voters
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden travels to Ohio on Wednesday and will announce plans to bolster pension plans for millions of Americans in an attempt to woo working class voters frustrated with high inflation. The White House…
U.S. says defrauded students could receive loan forgiveness
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government wants to simplify the student loan forgiveness process for defrauded students and make it easier for public servants to get the debt forgiveness, the Education Department said on Wednesday. S…
U.S. job openings stay high in May, keeping labor market tight
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job openings fell less than expected in May, pointing to a still tight labor market that could keep the Federal Reserve on an aggressive monetary policy path as it battles high inflation. Though a survey fr…