By Julien Pretot, Karolos Grohmann and Iain Axon BEIJING (Reuters) – Russian skating prodigy Kamila Valieva’s failed drug test prior to her dazzling Winter Games team gold threw the 15-year-old’s Olympic future into doubt and reawakened global anger ov…
SpaceX chief Elon Musk ‘highly confident’ his Starship will reach orbit this year
(Corrects typographical error in Tesla, adds RIC; paragraph 6) By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Elon Musk said on Thursday he was “highly confident” his new SpaceX Starship, designed for voyages to the moon and Mars, will reach Earth orbit for the first time…
Minnesota judge approved no-knock search that killed Amir Locke to protect officers -document
(Refiles to fix typo in headline) By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) -A Minnesota judge approved the “no-knock” raid that killed Amir Locke in Minneapolis last week, believing that it was needed to protect the investigating officers and the public, court docu…
U.S. lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to address social media addiction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Cynthia Lummis, a Republican, introduced a bill aimed at addressing addiction to social media platforms like Meta Platform’s Facebook or Twitter. A Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haug…
New York City set to fire 3,000 unvaccinated workers -report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City plans to fire roughly 3,000 municipal workers by the end of this week for failing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the New York Times reported on Thursday. The move comes even as the state of New York prepares to join oth…
U.S. says Americans in Ukraine should depart immediately
(Reuters) – The United States has urged Americans in Ukraine to leave immediately due to the “increased threats of Russian military action” against Ukraine. “Do not travel to Ukraine due to the increased threats of Russian military action and COVID-19;…
Disney closes gap with Netflix, streaming industry future still in question
By Eva Mathews and Akash Sriram (Reuters) – The strong subscriber additions by Disney+ in the latest quarter helped Walt Disney Co’s flagship streaming service close the gap with market leader Netflix Inc, but industry watchers focused on future prospe…
U.S. unveils $5 billion plan to fund EV charging network
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled its plan to award nearly $5 billion over five years to build thousands of electric vehicle charging stations. Congress approved the funding to states as part of a $…
New York Times is free to publish Project Veritas documents, appeals court rules
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state appeals court freed the New York Times to publish documents concerning the conservative activist group Project Veritas, putting on hold a lower court ruling that alarmed First Amendment advocate…
Biden says he has done a ‘deep dive’ on about four potential Supreme Court picks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he had done a “deep dive” on about four potential nominees for the Supreme Court and that he expects whoever he chooses will get some Republican support in the U.S. Senate. He made the co…