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April 15 (Reuters) – Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has stepped up her criticism of the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court for increasingly deciding cases on an emergency basis without letting them play out in lower courts – a path the nation’s top judicial body has taken in multiple rulings favoring President Donald Trump. Jackson, one of …
Duran made the gesture as he returned to the dugout after a fifth-inning groundout in Boston’s 6-0 loss to Minnesota on Tuesday night at Target Field. “We were made aware of the situation late last night and are looking into it,” Twins senior vice president of communications and public affairs Dustin Morse said. “There’s no …
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The defending champion Las Vegas Aces completed the process Wednesday of bringing back their core group by re-signing four-time MVP A’ja Wilson. Terms were not released, per club policy, but ESPN reported it was a three-year, $5 million supermax contract that is the most lucrative in WNBA history. “A’ja is truly …
April 15 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it was introducing a new model of combat operations integrating drone warfare with infantry and pointed to successes it said had been achieved in retaking territory from Russian forces in the south of the country. “A new model of warfare is being introduced, drone-assault units …
By Nolan D. McCaskill and David Morgan WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) – White House budget director Russell Vought said on Wednesday he could not estimate the cost of the Iran war, as he defended President Donald Trump’s request for a massive $1.5 trillion annual military budget against bipartisan criticism from U.S. lawmakers who cited the …
On Wednesday the San Francisco-based company said it had signed a definitive agreement with an unnamed institutional investor for $50 million in financing to shift its business to AI infrastructure. It will also have a new name: NewBird AI. It plans to use the proceeds to purchase graphics processing units, known as GPUs. The transaction …
April 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. government has released all funds allocated for security at the soccer World Cup, but the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security has affected planning and coordination, a department official told a Senate hearing on Wednesday. “A lot of the planning efforts underway for the World Cup have …
I’m a national reporter by trade but have been something of a lifelong booster of local and regional news. Unless you trust your state government implicitly in all things and are certain that your county’s largest employer would never cut safety or environmental corners, you should be, too. But tens of millions of Americans have …
The Federal Reserve saw an economy that was moderately growing in April but also dealing with the higher prices brought on by import tariffs and the war between the U.S. and Iran. It was the latter that left firms cautious on hiring and investment, with the Fed’s “beige book” survey of its 12 regional districts …
April 15 (Reuters) – A group of officials from developing economies launched on Wednesday the Borrowers’ Platform, an effort backed by the United Nations to give debt-hit nations a stronger collective voice in dealings with creditors. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at the launch event that the platform is essential for power relations to …