By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – More environmentalists were killed in Latin America than any other region in the world last year, according to a report by advocacy group Global Witness, underscoring the growing threat to activists in the resource-…
U.S. Senate heads toward passage of stopgap government funding bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Wednesday edged toward passage of a temporary government funding bill to avert a partial government shutdown, with leaders of both parties signaling support for the measure and lawmakers eager to return to the c…
Another $372 million on the way to Bernard Madoff’s victims
By Jonathan Stempel and Rami Ayyub NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bernard Madoff’s victims will soon receive another $372 million to help cover their losses, nearly 14 years after the swindler’s capture for running a massive Ponzi scheme, the U.S. Depa…
Exxon orders shale stand-down over rash of oilfield worker injuries
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil issued a temporary “stand-down” across its U.S. shale operations last week following back-to-back worker injuries, including one fatality, according to people familiar with the matter. The incidents, one of which …
Smith & Wesson marketed to ‘would-be mass shooters,’ Highland Park victims claim
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Survivors of a mass shooting in July that killed six people and injured dozens in a Chicago suburb sued gunmaker Smith & Wesson Brands Inc on Wednesday, accusing it of deliberately marketing its weapons to violence-prone …
U.S. says it has agreed Pacific Islands partnership, offering ‘big dollar’ aid
By David Brunnstrom, Alexandra Alper and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States began a first-of-its-kind summit with Pacific island leaders on Wednesday, saying they had agreed a partnership for the future and holding out the prospect…
San Francisco sued by homeless demanding affordable housing
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – San Francisco’s homeless are suing the City by the Bay, demanding that it stop rounding them up like criminals and invest in affordable housing instead. More than 57% of the city’s homeless is unsheltered, according to adv…
Ukrainians flee from Russian annexation – while they still can
By Jonathan Landay ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) -“It’s funny. Nobody voted, yet the results are in,” laughed Lyubomir Boyko, 43, from Golo Pristan, a village in Russian-occupied Kherson province as he waited on Wednesday outside a United Nations aid…
Singer R. Kelly, already behind bars, ordered to pay victims
NEW YORK (Reuters) – R. Kelly, the multiplatinum R&B singer convicted twice this year of sex crimes, will be required to pay at least $300,000 in restitution to some of his victims, a federal judge said on Wednesday. The money will compensate two women…
Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida with Category 4 fury
By Brad Brooks and Brendan O’Brien VENICE, Fla. (Reuters) -Hurricane Ian plowed into Florida’s Gulf Coast with catastrophic force on Wednesday, assaulting the state with howling winds, torrential rain and a treacherous surge of ocean surf that made it …