By Poppy McPherson and Vorasit Satienlerk NA KLANG, Thailand (Reuters) – Pink and white coffins adorned with gold and bearing the bodies of the 22 children killed in a gun and knife rampage in Thailand were loaded onto a truck late on Thursday and driv…
Fed officials, including newcomer Cook, sing from same policy hymn book
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on Thursday added her voice squarely to the U.S. central bank’s broad consensus for continued interest rate hikes, as other policymakers joined to reiterat…
Proud Boys member pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy for U.S. Capitol attack
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A member of the far-right Proud Boys, Jeremy Bertino, pleaded guilty on Thursday to a charge of seditious conspiracy over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, making him the first member of t…
Twitter lawsuit halted so Elon Musk can close deal by Oct. 28
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -A Delaware judge on Thursday ordered a halt to Twitter Inc’s lawsuit against Elon Musk on the eve of trial, giving the billionaire time to finance his $44 billion takeover of the social media platform. The ruling…
Biden overhauls U.S. policy on marijuana, pardons prior federal offenses
By Jeff Mason and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden took steps to overhaul U.S. policy on marijuana on Thursday by pardoning thousands of people with federal offenses for simple marijuana possession and initiating a review of how t…
U.S. to apply Ebola screenings for recent Uganda visitors at 5 airports
By David Shepardson and Julie Steenhuysen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration will begin redirecting U.S.-bound travelers who had been to Uganda within the previous 21 days to five major American airports to be screened for Ebola as public h…
EU wants to know if Microsoft will block rivals after Activision deal
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators are asking games developers whether Microsoft will be incentivised to block rivals’ access to “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard’s best-selling games, according to an EU document seen b…
‘Zombie killer’ ax part of U.S. Capitol rioters’ planning, FBI agent says
By Chris Gallagher WASHINGTON (Reuters) -“Zombie Killer” tomahawk axes were among the weapons that Donald Trump supporters recommended bringing to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, an FBI agent testified on Thursday at the trial of five me…
Rare U.S. raid in Syrian govt-held zone kills Islamic State arms smuggler
By Orhan Qereman, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Phil Stewart QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) – A rare U.S. helicopter raid on a government-held village in Syria’s northeast killed an Islamic State official hiding out there on Thursday, the U.S. military and two se…
Oh my gourd! Pumpkin spice trend is a $500 million industry in U.S.
By Eric Cox (Reuters) – From the perennial popularity of Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Lattes to the annual introduction of creative new pumpkin-related products, like Hefty’s already sold-out pumpkin-scented trash bags, the brightly-colored crop seems to h…