By Steve Gorman Oct 6 (Reuters) – Convicted killer Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s effort to execute her by lethal injection last week, foiling the state’s first attempt to put a woman to death in two centuries, has regained consciousness and is speaking, her lawyers said in a statement on Tu
(Corrects timing of shooting to earlier this year in first paragraph) By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) – US authorities arrested a person in Washington state on Tuesday who they accuse of providing advice and offering to live stream a deadly mass shooting carried out earlier this yea
By Nandita Bose and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was thinking about suspending the federal gas tax as high gas and diesel prices pose a risk to his Republican Party heading into the November midterm US elections. DETAILS AND QUOTES: • “We’re
By Nate Raymond Oct 6 (Reuters) – A lawyer for the Trump administration told a federal appeals court on Tuesday that a judge had improperly hamstrung an influential vaccine advisory panel by blocking Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handpicked appointees from serving on it. US Justice Depart
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) – The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday that it will rewrite its vehicle lighting standards to address concerns about headlight glare and allow for the latest safety-improving lighting technologies. NHTSA said it plans t
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Lawyers for a former US Olympian accused and then cleared of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool demanded on Tuesday that two government watchdogs investigate the botched renovation of the Washington landmark by President Donald Trump’s
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) – The US trade deficit widened more than expected in August as imports jumped to a record high against the backdrop of robust domestic demand, keeping trade on track to again subtract from economic growth in the third quarter. The deterioration reported
Oct 6 (Reuters) – The Television Academy and Amazon’s Prime Video on Tuesday announced a six-year deal making the streaming service the exclusive global home of the Emmys, ending the awards show’s rotation among US broadcast networks. The deal will take effect with the 2027 ceremony and ends the tra
By Amina Niasse NEW YORK, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Most Americans now favor government-paid health insurance for all, according to a new poll, as voters across party lines see major healthcare reforms as a priority less than a month before midterm elections to decide control of the US Congress. Two-thirds
By Will Dunham Oct 5 (Reuters) – U.S. televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a multimillion-dollar empire and lived in opulence before being disgraced by a sex scandal, fraud conviction for bilking followers and divorce from television co-host Tammy Faye, died on Monday at age 86. The death of Bakker,
By Nate Raymond Oct 5 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday blocked efforts by the Trump administration to impose fines of up to $1.8 million on migrants who fail to leave the US after receiving final deportation orders. US District Judge George O’Toole in Boston issued the ruling in a class-action
By Ed Ou and Steve Gorman ITHACA, New York, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Cornell University students staged a mass rally on Monday voicing solidarity with a classmate whose gang-rape allegations have ignited a national uproar and demanding that the Ivy League school take firmer action against sexual violence o
Oct 5 (Reuters) – Conservation group The Wilderness Society on Monday called for a moratorium on artificial intelligence data centers on federal lands, citing concerns over water use, electricity demand, wildlife habitat and public access. • The call comes as the Trump administration is considering
Oct 5 (Reuters) – New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a statewide disaster emergency on Monday over a measles outbreak, the first such declaration by a U.S. state since cases began surging in 2025. The state also expanded the pool of health professionals allowed to administer measles-mumps-rubel
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s approval rating held at a record low in recent days, as many Hispanic voters panned his job performance and planned to spurn his Republican Party in next month’s midterm elections, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Mo
Oct 5 (Reuters) – Pennsylvania’s health department reported 1,004 measles cases as of Monday, as the state grapples with a fast-growing outbreak. Five Pennsylvania residents have died after contracting the highly contagious disease, as cases in the US reach their highest level in more than three dec
(Washington, DC) — The U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes today and will be hearing several high-profile cases in its new term. Coming up first, the high court will hear arguments in a case out of Colorado that centers on whether lawsuits seeking to hold fossil fuel companies responsible for climate chan
By Jonathan Stempel Oct 5 (Reuters) – Starbucks has been sued by consumers who said the coffee chain falsely advertised eight protein beverages as “sugar-free” because they contain lactose, a naturally occurring sugar in milk. According to a proposed class action filed on Friday, reasonable consumer
By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – US Supreme Court justices wrestled with a bid by oil companies ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy to thwart a lawsuit by officials in Boulder, Colorado, seeking monetary damages for harms caused by climate change, as they opened their new nine-
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump and his Republican Party will carry a 4.2% unemployment rate into the congressional elections in early November, a low number by historical standards and in line with what most economists would regard as full employment. In
By Mike Blake YUMA, Arizona, Oct 5 (Reuters) – The US Army is testing counter-drone technology in the US-Mexico border area, seeking to sharpen its defenses against the growing threat of drone use by cartels and emulate the rapid battlefield innovation happening in Ukraine’s war with Russia. At Falc
(Nashville, TN) — Dolly Parton’s nephew is asking for more time to find a lawyer as he fights a temporary restraining order sought by her estate. Bryan Seaver, who is representing himself, wants to delay an October 9th hearing by about 10 days so he can retain an attorney. Parton’s estate alleges Se
By Nolan D. McCaskill and Donna Bryson WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) – The woman who has alleged she was drugged and raped by Cornell University students has been the target of threats, her lawyer said on Sunday. Thomas Giuffra, who represents the woman identified as “Jane Doe,” told CNN that people h
By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) – The US Supreme Court begins its new nine-month term on Monday with arguments in a major case involving a bid by oil companies ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy to scuttle a lawsuit by officials in Boulder, Colorado, seeking monetary damages fo
TOKYO, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi registered a protest with the United States on Sunday after a US Marine was arrested on suspicion of robbing and murdering a Japanese woman in Okinawa. Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, is suspected of killing Anna Yagi, 39, in a hotel in Naha,
Oct 3 (Reuters) – Cornell University will examine the role of fraternities and sororities on campus following an outcry over the school’s handling of a student’s rape allegations, the Ivy League school’s president said on Saturday. A civil lawsuit filed last month by the woman, who alleges she was d
(Vandalia, OH) — President Trump set to headline an afternoon rally in Ohio in support of Republican candidates ahead of the midterm elections. Trump is set to speak this afternoon at Vandalia-Butler High School, near Dayton, where he’s expected to give a ringing endorsement to the incumbent Republi
Oct 4 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had named Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton the administration’s AI czar, tasking him with coordinating the federal government’s efforts to maintain US leadership in the technology. Trump, who has pushed to rename artificial i
(Nantucket, MA) — A search is underway for a missing medical transport jet off the coast of Massachusetts. The Coast Guard said the FAA notified them that they lost contact with the Gulfstream G-100 early this morning and there were six passengers onboard. The plane was flying from Bermuda to Boston
By Sheila Dang and Lisa Richwine Oct 3 (Reuters) – The US Coast Guard said late on Saturday it found debris from a medical transport aircraft off the shore of Massachusetts’ Nantucket island and was searching for six people who were on board. The Federal Aviation Administration told the Coast Guard
