The Hoover Dam is shown from the Arizona side in the early morning of May 6, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register July 19 (Reuters) – Local firefighters responded to a fire at Hoover Dam on Tuesday but the blaze was quickly extinguished before Boulder City Fire Department arrived … Read more
NEW YORK, July 11 (Reuters) – The euro slid to a 20-year low and came closer to parity against the dollar on Monday on concerns that an energy crisis will tip the region into a recession, while the U.S. currency was boosted by expectations that the Federal Reserve will hike rates faster and further than … Read more
WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) – U.S. tax commissioner Charles Rettig will face questions from legislators over how two former FBI officials vilified by former President Donald Trump were targeted for intensive tax audits, lawmakers and the Internal Revenue Service said on Monday. The Senate Finance Committee will hold a closed-door hearing on July 26 into … Read more
U.S. talkshow host Oprah Winfrey arrives for the Legends Ball at the Bacara Resort in Santa Barbara, California, May 14, 2005. REUTERS/Phil Klein Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register July 9 (Reuters) – Oprah Winfrey’s father, Vernon, has died, the doyenne of daytime talk said on her Instagram account on Saturday, just … Read more
Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Recession fears continue to cap price gains Dollar holds at 20-year high against the euro China reports new COVID cases across the country Oil … Read more
GENEVA, July 5 (Reuters) – Scientists working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered three subatomic particles never seen before as they work to unlock the building blocks of the universe, the European nuclear research centre CERN said on Tuesday. The 27 kilometre-long (16.8 mile) LHC at CERN is the machine that found the … Read more
NEW YORK, June 27 (Reuters) – An Illinois man has been arrested on charges he threatened the prosecutors who won the conviction of R. Kelly on sex trafficking charges, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said on Monday, two days before the R&B singer’s sentencing. Christopher Gunn, 39, allegedly live-streamed a video on YouTube last October in … Read more
WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) – The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court has chipped away at the wall separating church and state in a series of new rulings, eroding American legal traditions intended to prevent government officials from promoting any particular faith. In three decisions in the past eight weeks, the court has ruled against government officials … Read more
NEW YORK, June 26 (Reuters) – Ghislaine Maxwell reported Brooklyn jail staff threatened her safety, prompting employees to place her on suicide watch, prosecutors said on Sunday, arguing there was no need to delay her sentencing on sex trafficking charges. Maxwell, 60, is scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday for her December conviction for helping … Read more
OSLO, June 26 (Reuters) – The deadly rampage by a gunman at a gay bar and another venue in central Oslo on Saturday will not put an end to the fight for the rights of all individuals to live a free and safe life, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Sunday. Police on … Read more