News
Important Only
US judge acknowledges 'mistake' in speaking to politically affiliated club
By Nate RaymondDec 24 (Reuters) - A federal judge has acknowledged he violated judicial ethics rules by speaking before an unnamed "politically affiliated club" and has taken steps to ensure the presentations he gave were removed from the group's YouTube channel.Chief U.S. Circuit Judge Jerome Holme...Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
US appeals court again rejects blanket gun ban for non-violent felons
By Brendan Pierson Dec 24 (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania man convicted of food stamp fraud cannot be barred under federal law from possessing a gun, a U.S. appeals court held for a second time, declining to change its conclusion in light of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling that clarified the standar...Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
Former US President Clinton discharged from hospital
WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was discharged from a Washington hospital on Tuesday after being treated for the flu, his deputy chief of staff said in a post on X.Clinton, 78, was hospitalized on Monday at Georgetown University Medical Center with a fever, his depu...Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
UPDATE 4-Starbucks strike to expand to over 300 US stores on Christmas Eve, union says
Adds union's latest comment in paragraph 3By Gursimran Mehar, Bipasha Dey and Savyata Mishra Dec 24 (Reuters) - A strike at Starbucks SBUX.O will expand to over 300 U.S. stores on Tuesday, with more than 5,000 workers expected to walk off the job before the five-day work stoppage ends later on...Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
One killed, 11 wounded by Russian missile strike on Ukraine's Kryvyi Rih
Dec 24 (Reuters) - One person was killed and 11 were wounded by a ballistic missile strike on an apartment block in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, local officials said on Tuesday, and Kyiv condemned the Christmas eve attack."The monsters landed a direct hit on a four-storey residential bl...Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
UPDATE 3-Starbucks strike to expand to over 300 US stores on Christmas Eve, union says
Adds company's latest response in paragraph 2, analyst comment is paragraph 7By Gursimran Mehar, Bipasha Dey and Savyata Mishra Dec 24 (Reuters) - A strike at Starbucks SBUX.O will expand to over 300 U.S. stores on Tuesday, with more than 5,000 workers expected to walk off the job before the f...Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
UPDATE 4-Hong Kong offers bounties for six more democrats in security squeeze
Adds UK response in para 10-11By James Pomfret HONG KONG, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Hong Kong offered bounties of HK$1 million ($128,728) on Tuesday for six more pro-democracy campaigners deemed to have violated national security laws, and revoked the passports of seven more, as the Asian financial hub ...Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
UPDATE 2-Israeli army forces patients out of north Gaza hospital, medics say
Adds fresh Israeli comment in paragraph 4By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Israeli troops forced the evacuation of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza and many patients, some of them on foot, arrived at another hospital miles away in Gaza City, the territory's health ministry sa...Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
Toyota is donating $1 million to Trump's inauguration
By Nora Eckert DETROIT, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor 7203.T of North America is donating $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, a company spokesman said on Tuesday, a day after Detroit's Ford Motor F.N and General Motors GM.N, said they would give the same amount.Fo...Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
UPDATE 3-Big banks, business groups sue US Fed over annual stress tests
Lawsuit challenges Fed's stress test procedures and transparencySupreme Court rulings embolden banks to challenge regulatory powersFed plans changes for 2025 exams amid ongoing industry concernsAdds context, background in paragraphs 3-6, 9By Pete Schroeder Dec 24 (Reuters) - Major banks and busin...Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
UPDATE 1-Trump says he'll seek the death penalty for 'rapists, murderers, and monsters'
Adds Trump quote, paragraph 3, background, paragraphs 4-7WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct his Justice Department to "vigorously pursue" the death penalty to protect Americans from "violent rapists, murderers, and monsters" when he takes ...Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
ANALYSIS-Target's holiday advertising push will only take it so far, investors say
Target online ad spend up y/y from Oct to mid Dec - Sensor TowerDec spending at Target up only modestly - credit/debit card dataTarget needs to 'win back the moms', investor says By Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK, Dec 24 (Reuters) - In the most competitive holiday season in years, major U.S. retailer...Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
BRIEF-Eversource Energy Acquired A 26-Acre Portion Of Mystic Property From Constellation Energy
Dec 24 (Reuters) - Eversource Energy ES.N:EVERSOURCE ENERGY: ACQUIRED A 26-ACRE PORTION OF MYSTIC PROPERTY FROM CONSTELLATION ENERGYEVERSOURCE ENERGY: TRANSACTION WILL NOT HAVE ANY IMMEDIATE IMPACTS TO CUSTOMER BILLSFurther company coverage: ES.N ((Reuters.Briefs@thomsonreuters.com;))Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
Soccer-Frustrated Man Utd boss Amorim not feeling Christmas cheer
Dec 24 (Reuters) - Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim said on Tuesday that while dealing with the Premier League club's problems is frustrating, he is confident in his ability to resolve them.United visit Wolverhampton Wanderers on Boxing Day, looking to bounce back from two straight defeats. Am...Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
DraftKings, ex-executive settle lawsuit over move to rival Fanatics
By Nate Raymond Dec 24 (Reuters) - DraftKings has reached a settlement with a former executive that the sports betting company had accused of stealing trade secrets before he quit his job to help build out rival Fanatics' nascent team catering to "VIP" clients.Lawyers for DraftKings, Michael Herm...Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
Trump says he will seek the death penalty for 'rapists, murderers, and monsters'
WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct the Justice Department to "vigorously pursue" the death penalty to protect Americans from "violent rapists, murderers, and monsters."Trump's statement on his social media platform Truth Social comes one d...Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
Apple seeks to defend Google's billion-dollar payments in search case
By Jody Godoy Dec 24 (Reuters) - Apple AAPL.O has asked to participate in Google's upcoming U.S. antitrust trial over online search, saying it cannot rely on Google to defend revenue-sharing agreements that send the iPhone maker billions of dollars each year for making Google the default search e...Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
UPDATE 2-China's WuXi to sell Advanced Therapies unit amid US restrictions
Adds Altaris' response in para 6 Dec 24 (Reuters) - China's WuXi AppTec 603259.SS said on Tuesday its subsidiaries have signed a deal with U.S.-based private equity firm Altaris LLC for the sale of its cell and gene therapy manufacturing unit, WuXi Advanced Therapies, for an undisclosed sum.The c...Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
ANALYSIS-Mexico's president may be toughening fight with drug cartels
Initial signs suggest a more aggressive approach Most substantial deployment of troops in at least six years Threat of Trump tariffs is loomingBy Lizbeth DiazMEXICO CITY, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Amid a fresh wave of violence, Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has sent her security chief and thousands ...Reuters
Tue, Dec 24
