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,…
Scientists Infect Volunteers With Zika in Hunt for Vaccines, Treatments
Oct. 21 By Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) – Researchers in the United States have shown for the first time they can safely and effectively infect human volunteers with Zika virus, a step towards learning more about the disease and developing vaccines and treatments. The study –…
Factbox-Who’s In, Who’s Out of the Race to Become US House Speaker?
Oct. 20 By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday are holding closed-door votes as they try to pick a new speaker, with two members of the caucus left after several rounds of voting. Here are the current…
Netflix Shares Surge on Big Subscriber Additions Despite Hollywood Strikes
Oct. 19 By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Streaming pioneer Netflix showed resilience by gaining more quarterly subscribers than in the past three years despite strikes by Hollywood’s writers and actors, sending its shares up 16.23% on Thursday. Netflix capitalized on its heft in global…
ECB Starts Preparation for Digital Euro in Multi-Year Project
Oct. 18 By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank took a further step on Wednesday towards launching a digital version of the euro that would let people in the 20 countries that share the single currency make electronic payments securely and free…
Biden Cuts China off From More Nvidia Chips, Expands Curbs to Other Countries
Oct. 17 By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration plans to halt shipments to China of more advanced artificial intelligence chips designed by Nvidia and others, part of a raft of measures released on Tuesday that seek to stop Beijing from receiving cutting-edge U.S….
US Senator Menendez’s Arraignment on New Charges Moved to Oct. 23 -Judge
Oct. 16 By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez’s arraignment on new charges that he conspired to act as a foreign agent for Egypt has been rescheduled for Oct. 23, a federal judge in New York said on Monday. Menendez had been…
How hackers piled onto the Israeli-Hamas conflict
Oct. 15 By ANTOANETA ROUSSI Hackers sympathetic to Hamas are working to make the Israel-Gaza conflict the next front of cyberwarfare. Hacking groups with links to countries including Iran and Russia have launched a series of cyberattacks and online campaigns against Israel over the past…
Will Jim Jordan bully his way to the speakership?
Oct. 14 By RACHAEL BADE Back in September 2016, Rep. Jim Jordan was on a crusade: He wanted the House to launch impeachment proceedings against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen over allegations that the agency had targeted conservatives. But Jordan (R-Ohio) had a problem: GOP party…