By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – A failed Republican state candidate in New Mexico was charged by federal authorities on Wednesday for a shooting spree targeting the homes of four elected Democratic officials, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement. Solomon Pena, 40, lost a state House of Representatives race last November. After his defeat,…
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A former employee of Amazon.com’s Ring doorbell camera unit spied for months on female customers in 2017 with cameras placed in bedrooms and bathrooms, the Federal Trade Commission said in a court filing on Wednesday when it announced a $5.8 million settlement with the company over privacy violations. Amazon also…
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A former JPMorgan Chase & Co executive wrote in a 2011 email that the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein should not be a client of the bank, according to a transcript of a deposition of Chief Executive Jamie Dimon seen by Reuters. Dimon said in the deposition…
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Republican Vice President Mike Pence, who incurred Donald Trump’s wrath by refusing to support his effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, is set to enter the 2024 presidential race against his former boss on June 7, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters. Pence…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors have a 2021 audio recording of former President Donald Trump acknowledging he kept a classified Pentagon document about a possible attack on Iran after leaving the White House, CNN reported on Wednesday. CNN did not listen to the recording but cited unidentified multiple sources describing it. Reuters was not able…
By Joseph Ax and Tim Reid (Reuters) – Former Vice President Mike Pence and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie are planning to enter the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination next week in long-shot challenges to the dominance of front-runner Donald Trump. Christie, who advised Trump’s campaign in 2016 only to become a…
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – The U.N. has proposed that Kyiv, Moscow and Ankara start preparatory work for the transit of Russian ammonia through Ukraine as it tries to salvage a deal allowing safe Black Sea grain exports, a source close to the talks said on Wednesday. As the preparatory work starts, the U.N….
By Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has suffered a major defeat over important legislation protecting the Amazon rainforest and the Indigenous people who live in it, and he has had to cut his losses in a conservative Congress. Lawmakers backed by the powerful farm lobby in this…
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – Starting salaries advertised in Britain reached the highest level in two years in April and there were the most job vacancies since December, suggesting some recovery in the labour market, according to job search website Adzuna. Adzuna’s survey showed advertised annual salaries had increased each month since October 2022,…
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – One year after British reporter Dom Phillips was murdered in Brazil while working on a book about saving the Amazon rain forest, a group of journalists aims to complete the project, his family and former colleagues said on Thursday. “How to Save the Amazon: Ask the People Who Know”…
