By Brad Brooks BRIGHTON, Colorado (Reuters) -Two Colorado police officers on trial for Elijah McClain’s death ignored his cries for help as they restrained him, a prosecutor said on Wednesday in an opening statement at their trial, but defense lawyers said it was a fatal dose of a sedative administered by paramedics that killed the…
By Stephen Culp (Reuters) – U.S. stocks slumped on Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve held key interest rates unchanged as widely expected, and revised economic projections higher with warnings that the battle against inflation was far from over. All three major U.S. stock indexes retreated in the wake of announcement, with interest rate sensitive…
Gold futures have been on an impressive winning streak for the past five days, a feat not witnessed since January, according to Dow Jones Market data. This remarkable ascent persisted even after the recent Federal Reserve announcement, further solidifying the market’s resilience. In its latest update, the Federal Reserve opted to keep its benchmark fed…
By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices fell about 1% to a one-week low on Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged as widely expected, but stiffened its hawkish stance with a further rate increase projected by the end of the year. Brent futures for November delivery fell 81 cents, or…
By Greg Bensinger (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday unveiled a slate of new and refreshed devices and updated its Alexa voice assistant with generative artificial intelligence to attract users to the unprofitable product as competition grows from chatbots like Google’s Bard. Alexa will converse more naturally, losing its robotic tone of nearly a decade,…
