By Kanishka Singh and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The parents of Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine jailed in Russia, said on Wednesday they were worried “something terrible” has happened to him and have not received any updates on his “rapidly…
No poop for you: Manure supplies run short as fertilizer prices soar
By P.J. Huffstutter, Tom Polansek and Bianca Flowers CHICAGO (Reuters) – For nearly two decades, Abe Sandquist has used every marketing tool he can think of to sell the back end of a cow. Poop, after all, needs to go somewhere. The Midwestern entrepren…
U.S. House holds former Trump aides in contempt over Capitol attack probe
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives approved “contempt of Congress” charges on Wednesday against Peter Navarro and Daniel Scavino, former aides to Donald Trump, for failing to cooperate with the p…
Minnesota prosecutor says no charges in police raid that killed Amir Locke
By Brendan O’Brien and Tyler Clifford (Reuters) -A Minneapolis police officer will not face criminal charges for fatally shooting a 22-year-old Black man during a no-knock raid on an apartment in February, state and local prosecutors said on Wednesday….
Big Oil execs defend high fuel prices at U.S. Congress hearing
By Timothy Gardner, David Shepardson and Liz Hampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Oil executives defended themselves in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday from charges by lawmakers that they are gouging Americans with high fuel prices, saying that they are boosti…
S&P 500 ends lower after Fed minutes
By Lewis Krauskopf, Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Praveen Paramasivam (Reuters) – The benchmark S&P 500 fell on Wednesday, with steep declines in tech and other growth stocks, after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s March meeting sharpened investors’ focus…
Russia hit with new round of U.S. sanctions as Biden decries ‘major war crimes’
By Nandita Bose, Matt Spetalnick and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States targeted Russian banks and elites with a new round of sanctions on Wednesday, including banning Americans from investing in Russia, in response to what Preside…
Russia bombards and U.S. imposes sanctions as Ukraine urges decisive help
By Natalia Zinets and Conor Humphries LVIV, Ukraine/DUBLIN (Reuters) – Russian forces bombarded cities in Ukraine as the United States imposed more sanctions on Wednesday after civilian killings widely condemned as war crimes and Ukraine’s President ur…
Analysis-Tesla’s Musk may add to U.S. SEC ire with late report about Twitter stake
By Hyunjoo Jin and Chris Prentice SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Did Elon Musk break U.S. securities laws again? Former securities officials and professors said Tesla Inc’s chief executive may have missed a key disclosure deadline and filed the wron…
White House launches national plan to address long COVID
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Julie Steenhuysen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a national action plan to be developed by the U.S. health department to tackle the looming health crisis of long COVID, a complex, multi-symptom co…