By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia’s military buildup near Ukraine has expanded to include supplies of blood along with other medical materials that would allow it to treat casualties, in yet another key indicator of Moscow’s military readin…
Pennsylvania court strikes down state’s mail-in voting law
By Jarrett Renshaw and Nathan Layne PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -A Pennsylvania court sided with Republicans in striking down a law on Friday that eliminated barriers to voting by mail, raising doubts over ballot access in the battleground state ahead of im…
Italy’s parties look to female presidential candidate after rightist flop
By Crispian Balmer, Angelo Amante and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) -Italy moved closer on Friday to electing its first ever female president after five days of stalemate in repeated parliamentary ballots forced party leaders to seek a compromise solution…
Ford, GM juggle today’s challenges with tomorrow’s promises
By Joseph White and Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co are expected to report next week they turned solid profits for the last quarter of 2021, but rarely has past performance mattered less to investors. The two Detroi…
Dial down the Russian war talk to save our economy, Ukraine tells West
By Natalia Zinets and Matthias Williams KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president wants weapons and loans at a time of problems with Moscow. But one thing he does not want from the West is more panic-inducing warnings that Russia is about to attack. Western…
Winter storm to blast U.S. Northeast with blizzard-like conditions
(Reuters) – A powerful Nor’easter storm is expected to hammer parts of New England and the Middle Atlantic region this weekend with blizzard-like conditions that will make travel treacherous and bring flooding to coastal areas. Blizzard, winter storm a…
U.S. consumer spending falls in December; inflation increases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer spending fell in December, suggesting the economy lost speed heading into the new year amid snarled supply chains and raging COVID-19 infections, while annual inflation increased at a pace last seen in the early 198…
Biden visits Pittsburgh bridge collapse, vows more U.S. investment
By Andrea Shalal and Doina Chiacu PITTSBURGH (Reuters) -President Joe Biden stopped to look at a Pittsburgh bridge that collapsed just hours before he arrived for a scheduled visit to the city on Friday, dramatically underscoring the urgency of his dri…
S&P 500 gains near the end of frenetic week
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 advanced on Friday, rebounding from selloff to rally and then paring gains near the end of a tumultuous week marked by heightened volatility as investors weighed mixed corporate earnings, geopolitical tu…
U.S. government opens $1.5 billion infrastructure grant program
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday said it was opening a $1.5 billion grant program for a wide range of infrastructure projects. In November, the department awarded 90 projects in 47 states a total o…