By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) -U.S. gasoline prices rose earlier this month but are falling again after West Coast refinery outages subsided and seasonal demand fell. Prices dropped after a weeks-long rebound after the Organization of the Petroleum Expor…
U.S. Senate candidate Fetterman releases doctor letter saying he is OK
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman of Pennsylvania released a doctor’s letter on Wednesday that said he was recovering well from a stroke and has no work restrictions. Fetterman, the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor …
New York City opens tent shelter for hundreds of migrant men
(Reuters) – New York City on Wednesday opened an emergency tent shelter to alleviate some of the strain the city has felt recently from the steady stream of migrants who have arrived on buses sent by officials in Texas and other southern U.S. states. T…
Floridians arrested for voter fraud expressed confusion, police videos show
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Videos published by the Tampa Bay Times show Florida ex-convicts expressing bafflement and frustration as they were arrested for voting illegally, a result of the first investigations by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis’ new el…
Biden to announce U.S. oil reserve release to prevent price spikes
By Jarrett Renshaw and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will announce a plan on Wednesday to sell off the last portion of his release from the nation’s emergency oil reserve by year’s end and detail a strategy to refill the…
Putin demands all-Russia war effort as he declares martial law in occupied Ukraine
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he was introducing martial law in four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine that Moscow claimed last month as its own territory but is struggling to defend from Ukrai…
Elnaz Rekabi: Fans cheer, clap as climber returns to Iran
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi, who caused controversy by competing in an international contest without a headscarf, has returned to Iran to cheering supporters, reiterating in comments to state media she had climbed without a hijab uni…
Elnaz Rekabi: Iranian climber returns from Seoul tournament amid hijab controversy
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian rock climber who competed in an international contest without a headscarf said she had done so unintentionally, after she was widely assumed to have expressed support for protests in Iran. Footage of Elnaz Rekabi, 33, had s…
Microsoft cuts about 1,000 jobs – Axios
(Reuters) -Microsoft Corp laid off under 1,000 employees across several divisions this week, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing a source, making it the latest U.S. technology company to cut jobs or slow hiring amid a global economic slowdown. The layoff…
N.Korea fires artillery shells to send ‘serious warning’ to S.Korea
By Heekyong Yang and Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired 100 more artillery shells off its west coast on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, just hours after it launched hundreds of shells into the sea off its east and west coasts in what …