Four people were injured in a dozen random shootings over the weekend in Austin, Texas, that police say started with a car being stolen. Three suspects have been detained, including two teenagers. Ian Lee reports.
NextEra Energy said Monday it will acquire Dominion Energy in an all-stock deal valued at about $67 billion, combining two major utilities as electricity demand surges from AI and data center growth. The combined company will serve around 10 million utility customers across Florida, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, according to a statement from NextEra …
For the first time in decades, the Long Island Rail Road, which services hundreds of thousands of riders every weekday, is on strike over wages and health benefits for workers. Jericka Duncan has the latest.
By Ariba Shahid and Parisa Hafezi KARACHI/DUBAI, May 18 (Reuters) – Peace mediator Pakistan has shared with the United States a revised proposal from Iran to end the war in the Middle East, a Pakistani source told Reuters on Monday, warning that the sides “don’t have much time” to narrow their differences. Iranian Foreign Ministry …
The searches had resumed on Monday after being suspended following the death of a local military diver during a perilous mission to try to reach them. Five Italian divers are believed to have died while exploring a cave at a depth of about 50 meters (160 feet) in Vaavu Atoll on Thursday, according to Italy’s …
DUBAI, May 18 (Reuters) – Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been discharged from a cardiac care unit and sent home, weeks after being transferred from prison to hospital following a suspected heart attack, a foundation run by her family said on Monday. Mohammadi, 54, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 while …
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Madison Keys has withdrawn from a French Open warmup tournament because of an injury to her left thigh, organizers said on Monday. The 19th-ranked American was scheduled to play at the Internationaux de Strasbourg this week, where she won the title in 2024. “I’ve decided it’s best to withdraw from Strasbourg …
VATICAN CITY, May 18 (Reuters) – Pope Leo will release his first in-depth document, expected to address the rise of artificial intelligence and challenges to workers’ rights, on May 25, the Vatican announced on Monday. The text, known as an encyclical, is also likely to decry the wars roiling the world. It will be titled …
By Asif Shahzad, Saad Sayeed and Mubasher Bukhari ISLAMABAD, May 18 (Reuters) – Pakistan has deployed 8,000 troops, a squadron of fighter jets and an air defence system to Saudi Arabia under a mutual defence pact, ramping up military cooperation with Riyadh even as Islamabad serves as the main mediator in the Iran war. The …
NEW YORK (AP) — And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming. More than three weeks after the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was thrown into chaos and panic when a man stormed the Washington Hilton lobby and opened fire in what prosecutors say was an attempt to kill President Donald Trump, the event has …