By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly rose in August and underlying inflation accelerated amid rising costs for rents and healthcare, giving the Federal Reserve ammunition to deliver a third 75 basis points interest…
The legal fallout from Alex Jones’ false Sandy Hook claims
(Corrects May 23, 2018 entry to show that the plaintiffs include 13 family members of Sandy Hook victims and one FBI agent, not 14 family members) By Jack Queen (Reuters) -Here is a timeline of U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ falsehoods about the …
What’s at stake in Alex Jones’ second Sandy Hook defamation trial
(Corrects third paragraph to show that the plaintiffs include 13 family members of Sandy Hook victims and one FBI agent, not 14 family members) By Jack Queen (Reuters) -U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces trial this week in Connecticut to determi…
Alex Jones’ lies about Sandy Hook driven by profits, victims’ lawyer says at trial
By Jack Queen WATERBURY, Conn. (Reuters) -A lawyer for families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting told a Connecticut jury on Tuesday that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones would never stop profiting from destructive falsehoods unless he pays…
Ukraine in full control of 4,000 sq km of recaptured territory -Zelenskiy
(Reuters) – Ukraine is in full control of more than 4,000 square km (1,500 square miles) of territory recaptured from Russian forces and is stabilising another 4,000 square km, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an address on Tuesday. On Monday, he …
Queen’s coffin arrives at Buckingham Palace as huge crowds line London route
By Angus MacSwan and Padraic Halpin LONDON/BELFAST (Reuters) – King Charles and members of the royal family received the coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, after tens of thousands of people lined the streets in heavy ra…
U.S. Senate Republican Lindsey Graham unveils abortion bill ahead of midterms
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham proposed new national restrictions on abortion on Tuesday, two months before the Nov. 8 midterm elections in which the abortion issue has emerged as potential albatross for R…
Iran is not ‘a willing partner’ on reviving nuclear deal, U.S. says
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran is not “a willing partner” in indirect talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the United States told a meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s Board of Governors on…
‘Hustler’ Ruto becomes Kenya’s fifth president after close election
By George Obulutsa and Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) -William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya’s fifth president on Tuesday, a week after the Supreme Court rejected a challenge by his defeated opponent in a close-fought election he won by portraying himsel…
NASA’s science chief Zurbuchen to step down by year’s end
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA’s science chief who oversaw some of the U.S. space agency’s ambitious endeavors including the successful deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope and Perseverance Mars rover, is set to …