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US judge sets August hearing on bid to end Boeing criminal prosecution
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday said he will hold an August 28 hearing on a request by the J...
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Los Angeles sues Airbnb for alleged price gouging following wildfires
(Reuters) -Los Angeles sued Airbnb, accusing the home rental company of allowing price gouging affecting more than 2,000 prop...
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US files motion to unseal grand jury transcripts related to Jeffrey Epstein
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. government on Friday filed a motion to unseal grand jury transcripts related to the late financi...
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US to release over $1 billion after-school funding that it withheld, official says
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration will release more than $1 billion for after-s...
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Donald Trump's lawsuit against Bob Woodward over audiobook is dismissed
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump cannot pursue his nearly $50 million lawsuit against the journalist Bob ...
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National Sports
Boxing-Usyk winds up Dubois in Wembley weigh-in ahead of heavyweight fight
LONDON (Reuters) -Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk tried to play mind games with Britain's Daniel Dubois during their weigh-in at Wem...
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NASCAR puts brakes on 2026 Chicago Street Race
The Chicago Street Race will not be on the NASCAR calendar in 2026, officials announced Friday. NASCAR and city officials are...
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Rockies reinstate SS Ezequiel Tovar (oblique) from IL
The Colorado Rockies reinstated shortstop Ezequiel Tovar from the injured list Friday, while second baseman Thairo Estrada wa...
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Basketball-Sponsors swoop in to net new generation of WNBA fans
By Amy Tennery INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) -An onslaught of brands has descended on Indianapolis to take advantage of the WNBA's g...
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Caitlin Clark to coach, not compete, vs. Team Collier at WNBA All-Star Game
The WNBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis will not be at Fever pitch. Not with Indiana's Caitlin Clark wearing street clothes in...
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World
Ukraine's top commander says troops standing firm outside key city
(Reuters) -Ukraine's top military commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said on Friday his forces were standing firm in defending a k...
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NTSB chair says media reports on Air India crash are speculative, premature
(Reuters) -The United States National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said on Friday that recent media rep...
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Israel and Syria agree to ceasefire, US ambassador to Turkey says
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said on Friday that Israel and Syria have agreed t...
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Ex-Australian PM Morrison to testify before US House panel on China
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will testify at a U.S. House panel ...
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Rubio says 10 Americans detained in Venezuela have been released
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that 10 Americans detained in Venezuela have been re...
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Business
Perplexity in talks with phone makers to pre-install Comet AI mobile browser on devices
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Nvidia-backed Perplexity AI, the startup challenging Google with its AI-powered search engine, is ...
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Exclusive-Blackstone drops out of consortium bid for TikTok US, source says
By Dawn Chmielewski and Krystal Hu (Reuters) -Private equity giant Blackstone has withdrawn from a consortium seeking to inve...
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Cryptocurrency firm Bullish files for US IPO
(Reuters) -Cryptocurrency firm Bullish on Friday filed for an initial public offering in the United States. Uncertainty surro...
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Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern explore cross-continental railroad merger, source says
By Sabrina Valle NEW YORK (Reuters) -Union Pacific, the largest U.S. freight railroad operator, is exploring a possible acqui...
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Trading Day: Tariff cloud reappears over sunny Wall Street
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -- TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeev...
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Politics
US to release over $1 billion after-school funding that it withheld, official says
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration will release more than $1 billion for after-s...
2h ago
Donald Trump's lawsuit against Bob Woodward over audiobook is dismissed
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump cannot pursue his nearly $50 million lawsuit against the journalist Bob ...
2h ago
Trump appointees pushed for marble in Fed renovation project
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's appointees to a Washington project review board pushed the Federal Reserve ...
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Explainer-What you need to know about Trump, Epstein and the MAGA controversy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The 2019 suicide of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a New York jail cell gener...
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US judge weighs putting new block on Trump's birthright citizenship order
By Jan Wolfe BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday could deal another blow to President Donald Trump's attempts to limi...
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Health
Congressional forecaster says Trump health research cuts would lead to fewer new drugs
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's proposed budget cuts to the National Institutes of Health ...
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US FDA advisers vote against Otsuka's PTSD combination treatment
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's panel of independent advisers on Friday voted against the efficacy of Otsu...
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US rejects WHO global pandemic response accord
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has rejected an agreement adopted by members of the World Health ...
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Health Rounds: AI expands usefulness of common heart test
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Artificial intelligence (AI) can turn a common doctor's office test into a screening tool for detec...
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Slovenia passes assisted dying law
SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Slovenia approved a law to allow assisted dying on Friday, joining an increasing number of countries givi...
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Science
Martian meteorite sells for record $5.3 million at Sotheby's
By Roselle Chen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A 54-pound (24.5-kg) Martian meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars found on E...
Jul 17, 2025
Europe's oldest lake settlement uncovered in Albania
By Fatos Bytyci LIN, Albania (Reuters) -Archaeologists working on the shores of Ohrid Lake in Albania are convinced they have...
Jul 17, 2025
Israeli research finds that when plants talk, insects listen
TEL AVIV (Reuters) -There is evidence that plants and insects interact through sound, researchers at Tel Aviv University said...
Jul 15, 2025
Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary head for splashdown with NASA veteran
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson headed for splashdown in the Pacif...
Jul 15, 2025
Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary depart space station for return flight
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson and four crewmates from India, Pol...
Jul 14, 2025
Technology
Perplexity in talks with phone makers to pre-install Comet AI mobile browser on devices
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Nvidia-backed Perplexity AI, the startup challenging Google with its AI-powered search engine, is ...
A few minutes ago
Exclusive-Blackstone drops out of consortium bid for TikTok US, source says
By Dawn Chmielewski and Krystal Hu (Reuters) -Private equity giant Blackstone has withdrawn from a consortium seeking to inve...
A few minutes ago
Cryptocurrency firm Bullish files for US IPO
(Reuters) -Cryptocurrency firm Bullish on Friday filed for an initial public offering in the United States. Uncertainty surro...
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Microsoft likely to sign EU AI code of practice, Meta rebuffs guidelines
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Microsoft will likely sign the European Union's code of practice to help companies comply...
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Trump signs stablecoin law as crypto industry aims for mainstream adoption
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a law to create a regulatory regime for U.S.-dollar-pe...
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Entertainment
Alan Bergman, great American lyricist, dies at 99
By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Alan Bergman wrote a song with his future wife on the day they first met. Over the nex...
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North Korean defectors make debut in new K-pop boy band
By Hyun Young Yi and Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -A new K-pop boy band made their global debut on Friday with two members who ...
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Stephen Colbert's late-night show on CBS to end in May 2026
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on CBS will end in May 2026 after the upcoming broadcas...
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Netflix says it used GenAI in Argentine TV series
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Netflix said on Thursday that it used generative artificial inte...
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Final 'Squid Game' season lifts Netflix above earnings forecasts
By Lisa Richwine and Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The final season of global phenomenon "Squid Game" hel...
Jul 17, 2025