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…
Maine Shooting Suspect Found Dead in Cargo Trailer, Motive Still a Mystery
Oct. 28 By Gabriella Borter LEWISTON, Maine (Reuters) -The U.S. Army reservist who sprayed a bowling alley and bar with gunfire this week in Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 people, took his own life inside a cargo trailer parked on the lot of a recycling plant…
Abercrombie and Ex-CEO Sued Over Sex Trafficking Accusations
Oct. 27 By Daniel Wiessner and Katherine Masters (Reuters) – A group of once-aspiring Abercrombie & Fitch models on Friday sued the retailer and its former chief executive officer, Michael Jeffries, alleging the company had benefited from a sex trafficking operation led by Jeffries. Former…
With Eye on 2024, Republicans Push for Early Voting Despite Trump’s Rhetoric
Oct. 26 By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has been crisscrossing the state ahead of November’s legislative elections with a central message for Republicans: Vote early. That exhortation is a far cry from what voters have heard since 2020 from former President…
Republican Mike Johnson Elected US House Speaker, Ending Leadership Vacuum
Oct. 25 By David Morgan, Moira Warburton and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives elected Republican Mike Johnson, a conservative with little leadership experience, as speaker on Wednesday, ending a turbulent three weeks that left the rudderless chamber unable to carry out…
Tesla Aware of Autopilot Steering Malfunction Before Fatal Crash -Lawyer
Oct. 24 By Dan Levine and Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) – An attorney suing Tesla over a fatal accident cited an internal safety analysis conducted by the company that showed it knew about a steering malfunction in its Autopilot driver assistant feature about two years earlier….
Republican Search for New US House Leader Returns to Square One
Oct. 23 By David Morgan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans, whose party infighting has paralyzed the U.S. House of Representatives for three weeks, tried on Monday to find consensus on a new speaker to lead the chamber and address funding needs for Israel,…
Slain Detroit Synagogue Leader Mourned at Sunday Funeral; Police Seek Motive
Oct. 22 By Maria Caspani (Reuters) -A funeral was held on Sunday for the president of a Detroit synagogue who was killed over the weekend as police searched for a motive. Samantha Woll, an adviser to Democratic politicians and president of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue,…