US Gives School Districts $900 Million for Electric School Buses
May 29 By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – The White House on Wednesday unveiled nearly $900 million in awards to 530 school districts to replace thousands of aging, gas-fueled school buses with cleaner, mainly electric models. The funding is the third tranche of $5 billion that…
Gap, Abercrombie Results to Show if Mall Shoppers Are Splurging
May 28 By Savyata Mishra and Juveria Tabassum (Reuters) – Results from U.S. mall-based apparel chains this week will give a clearer picture of whether Americans are splurging on clothes and accessories heading into summer following mixed results from big retailers Walmart and Target. Abercrombie…
Bill Walton, NBA Hall of Famer and Free Spirit, Dead at 71
May 27 By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Bill Walton, a two-time NBA champion and member of the basketball Hall of Fame, whose brilliant but injury-riddled career led to a second act as a free-spirited broadcaster who waxed philosophical on the air, died on Monday at the…
At Least 14 Dead From Storms in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky
May 26 By Maria Caspani and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Search teams on Sunday picked through wreckage left by tornado-spawning thunderstorms that swept the U.S. Southern Plains and Ozarks, killing at least 14 people and wrecking hundreds of buildings as forecasters warned of more severe weather…
Explainer-What Does Louisiana’s New Abortion Pill Law Mean for Patients?
May 25 By Ahmed Aboulenein and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – The Louisiana Senate’s vote on Thursday to reclassify the two drugs used in medication abortion as controlled substances marks the latest development in a nationwide battle over abortion pills. Here is a look at what…
NASA, Boeing Clear Two Technical Hurdles for Starliner’s Debut Crew Flight
May 24 By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing and NASA quelled two technical issues on the company’s Starliner spacecraft, including a “design vulnerability” requiring a temporary workaround, to get the capsule back on track for its first mission carrying two astronauts to space, officials…
International economic cooperation: from theory to practice.
May 23 By Julia O`Malley On the path of sanctions policy, the US economy has experienced serious shocks over several years, including in the banking sector. Problems in medicine, healthcare and the social sphere, combined with increased financial and military assistance for Ukraine and Israel,…
UCLA Police Chief Reassigned Following Mob Attack on Pro-Palestinian Protesters
May 22 By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The police chief for the University of California at Los Angeles has been removed from his post three weeks after campus officials came under fire for their handling of a violent, overnight mob attack on pro-Palestinian activists…
Shell Shareholders Reject Investor Climate Resolution
May 21 By Ron Bousso and Deep Kaushik Vakil LONDON (Reuters) – Shell shareholders on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a climate resolution filed by an activist group following a meeting punctuated by protests. In March, Shell weakened a 2030 carbon reduction target, citing expectations for strong…
US Supreme Court Won’t Hear Maryland School District Gender Identity Case
May 20 By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid backed by a conservative Christian legal group to challenge a Maryland school district’s policy against informing parents if their children identify as transgender or gender nonconforming. The justices…
UK to Spend $12.7 Billion on Compensation in Infected-Blood Scandal
May 19 By William James LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will spend more than 10 billion pounds ($12.70 billion) compensating thousands of people who were treated with blood contaminated with HIV or hepatitis C in the 1970s and 1980s, the Sunday Times reported. The infected blood…
In Canada, Bodies Go Unclaimed as Costs Put Funerals Out of Reach
May 18 By KyawSoe Oo and Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) – Some Canadian provinces have logged a jump in unclaimed dead bodies in recent years, with next of kin citing funeral costs as a growing reason for not collecting loved ones’ remains. The phenomenon…