By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp has temporarily beat back a lawsuit by 52 Black former franchise owners who claim the fast-food giant set them up for failure by steering them towards crime-ridden, low-income neighborhoods. A federal judg…
Exclusive-Boeing does not expect FAA approval for MAX 10 before summer 2023 -letter
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing Co does not anticipate winning regulatory approval its 737 MAX 10 before next summer, according to an letter from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sent on Monday. Boeing faces a December deadli…
Biden says Putin’s nuclear threat brings risk of ‘Armageddon’
By Nandita Bose and Pavel Polityuk NEW YORK/KYIV (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine has brought the world closer to “Armageddon” than at any time since the Cold-War Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. Presiden…
North Korea conducts longest-range missile test yet over Japan
By Hyonhee Shin, Josh Smith and Kantaro Komiya SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) -Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile farther than ever before on Tuesday, sending it soaring over Japan for the first time in five years and prompting a warning f…
Oath Keeper leader spoke of ‘civil war’ ahead of Jan. 6 Capitol attack-U.S. prosecutors
By Sarah N. Lynch and Chris Gallagher WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Prosecutors on Monday urged a jury to convict Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four others for their roles in storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, alleging they plotted to do what…
New York City office leasing surges; still below pre-pandemic levels
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s office market rebounded in the third quarter from a year earlier, though leasing remained below levels seen before the rise of remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic, and higher interest rates and …
Trump sues CNN claiming defamation, seeks $475 million in punitive damages
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) -Former U.S. president Donald Trump sued CNN for defamation on Monday, seeking $475 million in punitive damages and claiming that the network had carried out a “campaign of libel and slander” against him. Trump claims in his l…
Wall Street closes with sharp gains as final quarter begins
By Echo Wang (Reuters) – Wall Street stocks ended with sharp gains on Monday at the start of the final quarter of a tumultuous year with interest rate hikes amid historically hot inflation and fears of slowing economic growth. All 11 major S&P 500 sect…
Storm Orlene dumps heavy rains on Mexico’s Pacific coast
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Tropical Storm Orlene dumped heavy rains across Mexico’s west-central Pacific coastline on Monday and headed farther inland after it made landfall earlier in the day as a Category 1 hurricane, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) …
Saudi prince has immunity in Khashoggi killing lawsuit, say lawyers
(Reuters) -Lawyers for Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, facing a U.S. lawsuit over the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, told a court on Monday the crown prince’s appointment as prime minister last week ensured him immuni…