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State Sen. Sue Rezin is praising a U.S. Department of Energy conditional loan commitment of up to $5 billion to upgrade Constellation nuclear plants, including six in Illinois.
Oct 30 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Friday that inviting Poland to attend G20 meetings was counter-productive and broke with diplomatic practice of seeking consensus at such gatherings. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told reporters in Atlanta
By Daniel Wiessner Oct 30 (Reuters) – A US appeals court on Friday paused a judge’s ruling that said Idaho’s near-total ban on abortion is unconstitutional because it does not provide exceptions for when pregnancies pose risks to women’s health. The San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeal
ATLANTA, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Atlanta on Friday and demanded the release of a Japanese national detained in Russia’s Sakhalin region. The rare high-level meeting between the two
By Marisa Taylor and Chris Prentice WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – A top US housing regulator led by Trump appointee Bill Pulte refused to provide records to its internal watchdog, obstructing congressionally mandated reviews of its oversight of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other housing lenders, acc
By Marianna Parraga, Mircely Guanipa and Mariela Nava HOUSTON/MARACAIBO, Venezuela, Oct 30 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump called it the biggest oil deal in history: 17 Venezuelan oilfields holding some 64 billion barrels of reserves, handed to a single company. Delivering on it falls to North Am
SEOUL, Oct 31 (Reuters) – North Korea denounced a joint statement by a group of countries monitoring sanctions enforcement against Pyongyang as a “wanton violation of its sovereignty” born out of hostility by the US and the West, KCNA state news agency reported on Saturday. A statement issued this w
Oct 30 (Reuters) – SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said in an X post on Friday that more than 2 million of the company’s shares will be distributed to eligible children through “Trump Accounts” in December. Here are some more details: • The initial gift of shares, currently being transferred to esc
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters) – US midterm elections, a heavy slate of corporate earnings and the monthly jobs report will further test stock investors next week, after a series of setbacks for the market-leading AI trade. The latest AI turbulence stemmed from disappointing quarterly
Oct 30 (Reuters) – The US Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction that would block Alaska from certifying its Senate election result if Republican Senator Dan Sullivan loses and votes cast for another candidate named Dan J. Sullivan could theoretically ch
Oct 30 (Reuters) – S&P Global Ratings on Friday revised its outlook on Meta Platforms to “negative” from “stable”, citing significant uncertainty around the social media giant’s capital spending and free operating cash flow. Big Tech has historically spent heavily on cloud computing, online advertis
By Sahil Pandey and Christy Santhosh Oct 30 (Reuters) – The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Inovio Pharmaceuticals’ treatment for a rare respiratory condition, marking the company’s first approved product. Shares of Inovio were up 257% in extended trading. Inovio’s therapy INO-310
By Field Level Media Oct 30 (Field Level Media) – With long-term injuries to both Jalen Wiliams and Cason Wallace, the Oklahoma City Thunder signed guard Ochai Agbaji, ESPN reported Friday. Agbaji was waived by the New York Knicks just before the season started. The Kansas product has played with th
By Field Level Media Oct 30 (Field Level Media) – Seven years after he last played in an NBA game, Dwyane Wade has that old look back again. The Miami Heat revealed enhancements to its Wade statue outside of its home arena that had been widely ridiculed since it was unveiled in October 2024 for look
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, Oct 30 (Reuters) – The Los Angeles and Long Beach seaports employer group and ILWU Local 26 have agreed to extend their negotiating deadline from November 1 to November 5, averting the potential strike of 2% of port workers that could snarl cargo flows at the nation’s
By Sinéad Carew and Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Monday will ring in a brand-new trading month, a prospect that appeals to many after a doozy of a last session in October. A fresh test of this year’s technology rally sent the Nasdaq composite on Friday to its biggest decline since
CAIRO, Oct 30 (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Friday it had intercepted and destroyed a drone launched by Yemen’s Houthis over Saudi Arabia’s Medina region, but the Iran-aligned group denied carrying out any attack towards the kingdom. Medina is home to one of Islam’s h
By Alan Baldwin MEXICO CITY, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Kimi Antonelli reported fit after a bout of sickness and lapped second fastest behind Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in Friday’s first practice for a Mexico City Grand Prix set to crown the 20-year-old Mercedes driver as Formula One’s youngest champion. The
By Jonathan Stempel Oct 30 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday rejected McDonald’s request to dismiss a proposed class action accusing it of defrauding consumers about the content of its McRib sandwich. The plaintiffs accused McDonald’s of intentionally shaping McRib patties with ridges to resembl
