NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell, the first woman to lead the nation’s largest police department, on Monday said she is resigning after serving 18 months in the post. She gave no reason for stepping down. The surprise departure was announced by Sewell, 51, to her colleagues in a brief…
By Arshad Mohammed (Reuters) – The United States and Iran are not discussing an interim nuclear deal, a U.S. official said on Monday, but Washington has told Tehran of steps that might trigger a crisis and also those that may create a better climate between the long-time antagonists. “There are no talks about an interim…
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – The mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his elementary school teacher pleaded guilty on Monday to federal gun charges in a deal with prosecutors, according to court documents and her lawyer. Deja Taylor, whose son shot teacher Abby Zwerner at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is concerned that North Korea is planning to deliver more weapons to Russia, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Monday after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster strategic cooperation with Moscow. Earlier on Monday, North Korea’s KCNA state news agency said Kim made the pledge…
(Reuters) – Harley-Davidson said on Monday the motorcycle maker will be running limited motorcycle manufacturing operations at its York facility after being notified of an issue with parts from a third-party supplier. The company said the issue was related to brake hose assemblies provided by a tier-2 supplier, Proterial Cable America, which is a portfolio…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee on Monday introduced a bipartisan aviation policy bill that would boost runway safety, track high-altitude balloons and prohibit airlines from charging fees for families to sit together. Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, a Democrat, top Republican Ted Cruz and the aviation subcommittee leaders…
By Noel Randewich and Shristi Achar A (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rallied on Monday to their highest closing levels since April 2022, while Oracle hit a record high ahead of quarterly results as investors awaited inflation data and the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision this week. Lifted by gains in market…
By Abhirup Roy (Reuters) -Electric vehicle charging companies are cautiously embracing Tesla’s charging technology as the main U.S. standard, mere days after Ford and GM said they were adopting it, but questions remained about how any interoperability would work. The rare agreements between Tesla Inc and each of the two U.S. automakers, who among them…
By Lewis Krauskopf (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Lewis Krauskopf, U.S. markets correspondent Markets face a question heading into Tuesday’s action — will the U.S. inflation report spoil the mood? Asian investors are waking up to another upbeat session in global stock markets. Wall Street’s major averages continued…
OTTAWA (Reuters) – A Canadian Supreme Court judge being probed for alleged involvement in a drunken fight resigned on Monday, marking the first time a member of the top court has resigned amid questions of misconduct. Russell Brown, appointed to the nine-judge court in August 2015, had stepped aside in February after reports emerged of…
