By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of 25 Republican state attorneys general on Thursday urged President Joe Biden’s administration to abandon plans to sharply cut vehicle tailpipe emissions, while a group of Democratic counterparts from 20 states urged more stringent requirements. The Environmental Protection Agency in April proposed new 2027-2032 vehicle standards that would…
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday urged the Department of Justice to open criminal and civil investigations into Florida’s transportation of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard and Sacramento in recent months. “It is unconscionable to use people as political props by persuading them to travel to another state based on…
By Ammar Awad NEAR KDUMIM SETTLEMENT, West Bank (Reuters) – A Palestinian gunman shot and killed an Israeli soldier near a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the military said, in an attack the Hamas militant group said it carried out in response to a two-day raid this week in Jenin. The gunman…
(Reuters) -OceanGate, the U.S.-based company that managed the tourist submersible that imploded during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic, has suspended all exploration and commercial operations, its website showed on Thursday. The company did not elaborate beyond a red banner at the top of its website: “OceanGate has suspended all exploration and commercial…
By Andrea Shalal and Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday began a four-day visit to China focused on easing tensions between the world’s two largest economies, despite low expectations on both sides. Shortly after arriving in the Chinese capital, Yellen said she was glad to be in Beijing and…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two freelance photographers have sued Wisconsin’s Kenosha County, alleging their civil rights were violated by law enforcement when they were shot with rubber bullets in a 2020 anti-racism protest after the police shooting of a Black man. Alyssa Schukar and Scott Olson had been assigned to cover those protests in…
By Deena Beasley The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted standard approval to Eisai and Biogen’s Leqembi for patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The FDA decision is expected to trigger broader coverage of the $26,500-a-year drug by the U.S. government’s Medicare health plan for people aged 65 and older. Leqembi was granted “accelerated” FDA…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s administration did not sanction or support secret meetings that former top U.S. national security officials held with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and other Russians on potential talks to end the Ukraine war, the White House and State Department said on Thursday. NBC News reported that the former U.S. officials…
By Rachel Nostrant (Reuters) – Florida will no longer accept driver’s licenses issued by some other U.S. states to immigrants living in the country illegally under a law signed by Governor Ron DeSantis as he seeks the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. The Florida law, which took effect on July 1, is “the strongest anti-illegal immigration…
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States plans to send cluster munitions to Ukraine to help it battle Russian invaders, U.S. officials said on Thursday, a move opposed by human rights groups but which would provide a powerful new element to Ukraine’s counteroffensive A weapons aid package that includes cluster munitions fired by a…
