By Chris Kirkham and Aishwarya Venugopal (Reuters) -Sales of Juul e-cigarettes were blocked by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, in a major blow to the once high-flying firm whose products have been tied to a surge in teenage vaping. T…
U.S. Senate advances gun safety bill as Supreme Court knocks down handgun limits
By David Morgan and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan package of modest gun safety measures advanced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, even as the Supreme Court broadly expanded gun rights by ruling Americans have a constitutional right to …
U.S. Supreme Court protects police from ‘Miranda’ lawsuits
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday shielded police from the risk of paying money damages for failing to advise criminal suspects of their rights before obtaining statements later used against them in court, siding…
Record numbers of Chinese graduates enter worst job market in decades
(Corrects detail mentioned by NormStar report in para 20) By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) -Jenny Bai was among 10 high-performing computer science students from different Chinese universities selected by a Beijing-based internet firm for a job…
Swimming-US swimmer Alvarez saved from drowning by coach
(Reuters) – American artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez was in danger of drowning after losing consciousness in the pool at the world championships in Budapest on Wednesday before being rescued by her coach Andrea Fuentes. Spaniard Fuentes, a four-time Oly…
Analysis: High energy prices could sink U.S. stocks during earnings season
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sky-high oil prices pose yet another obstacle to U.S. corporate earnings, and some on Wall Street are worried this could sink stock prices even deeper into the red. Brent crude has surged nearly 40% since the start…
Six killed in helicopter crash in West Virginia-report
(Reuters) – A helicopter used for tourism flights crashed onto a highway in West Virginia state on Wednesday, killing six people on board, local media reported. The helicopter, which was based at an airport in the state’s Logan County, crashed on State…
Explainer-Biden’s U.S. fuel tax holiday plan no easy relief for gas prices
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden wants Congress to suspend the federal fuel tax for three months to help lower record gasoline prices that threaten some of his fellow Democrats who are candidates in the Nov. 8 congressi…
Wall Street ends little changed after Powell remarks
By Lewis Krauskopf, Devik Jain and Anisha Sircar (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes ended little changed in choppy trading on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke to the central bank’s aim to bring down inflation. After opening…
Jury accepts insanity defense of driver in deadly 2017 Times Square rampage
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The man who drove his car down a crowded sidewalk in New York City’s Times Square five years ago, killing a woman and injuring 22 others, was found to be not criminally responsible due to mental illness at the end of his murder tri…