US Supreme Court Leans Toward Allowing Domestic-Violence Gun Curbs
Nov. 7 By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to uphold the legality of a federal law that makes it a crime for people under domestic violence restraining orders to have guns in the latest major…
Lyft’s Gains From Price Cuts Not Enough to Dent Uber’s US Lead
Nov. 6 By Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Lyft’s price cuts may have helped the ride-hailing firm make a small dent in Uber’s U.S. market share, but not enough to prevent the bigger rival from reporting its second quarterly operating profit. After the slowest sales increase in…
Protesters Oppose Biden War Policy in Large Pro-Palestinian Rally in Washington
Nov. 5 By Elizabeth Frantz and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington on Saturday to demand a ceasefire in Gaza where thousands have been killed in an Israeli offensive since an attack by Palestinian Islamists Hamas, and to denounce President…
Thousands of Black Women Claim Hair Relaxers Gave Them Cancer
Nov. 4 By Mike Spector, Richa Naidu and Kristina Cooke (Reuters) – Sheila Bush, a cosmetologist, was lounging in the recliner at her St. Louis-area home last winter when an advertisement from a law firm flashed up on her television screen, urging viewers to call…
Musk’s XAI Set to Launch First AI Model to Select Group
Nov. 3 By Akash Sriram and Mrinmay Dey (Reuters) -Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI will release its first AI model to a select group on Saturday, the billionaire and Tesla CEO said on Friday. This comes nearly a year after OpenAI’s ChatGPT caught the…
US Hospital Groups Sue Biden Administration to Block Ban on Web Trackers
Nov. 2 By Diana Novak Jones (Reuters) – The biggest U.S. hospital lobbying group on Thursday sued the Biden administration over new guidance barring hospitals and other medical providers from using trackers to monitor users on their websites. The American Hospital Association (AHA), along with…
US to Launch Its Own AI Safety Institute
Nov. 1 By Paul Sandle and David Shepardson BLETCHLEY PARK, England/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will launch a AI safety institute to evaluate known and emerging risks of so-called “frontier” artificial intelligence models, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said on Wednesday. “I will almost certainly…
U.S. Army Reserve, Family Raised Alarm About Maine Shooter Weeks Before Attack
Oct. 31 By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) -Five months before a U.S. Army reservist shot dead 18 people at a bar and bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, his family contacted the local sheriff’s office to say they were concerned about his deteriorating mental health and that…
Athletics-Olympics No Longer Semenya’s Major Goal Amid Court Fight
Oct. 30 By Hugo Boogaerdt PRETORIA (Reuters) -Double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya’s major aim is no longer to win medals but to continue her legal battle against World Athletics to overturn requirements that female athletes with differences in sexual development (DSDs) medically reduce their…
Games-U.S. Back Racking up Gold While Pan Am Games Problems Mount
Oct. 29 By Steve Keating SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The United States was back racking up Pan American gold on Sunday while problems mounted for organisers and officials after an embarrassing gaffe in the race walk and trouble at venues. Hosting their biggest sporting event since…