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U.S. Senate moves quickly toward confirming Lew as ambassador to Israel

10 Oct 2023

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate could confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee to be ambassador to Israel, former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, as soon as next week, Senate aides said on Monday, as Washington responded to a devastating weekend attack on the Jewish state by Hamas gunmen. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee announced that it …

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Thousands of Las Vegas workers to picket MGM, Caesars casinos

9 Oct 2023

By Doyinsola Oladipo (Reuters) -Thousands of Las Vegas workers will picket MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment casinos on Thursday for the first time in nearly two decades, the unions said, as they contemplate a possible strike. The Culinary Workers and Bartenders Unions seek a new five-year contract with improved wages and benefits as casino operators …

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RFK Jr. declares independent 2024 presidential run, raises millions more

9 Oct 2023

By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -Robert F. Kennedy Jr, an environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist and son of the former senator, announced on Monday in Philadelphia that he is dropping his Democratic Party bid for president and will run as an independent. Kennedy sought to cast himself as a unifier and a voice for voters who …

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California caste bill veto a setback for advocates; opponents say stigma averted

8 Oct 2023

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -California Governor Gavin Newsom’s veto of a bill that would have banned caste discrimination was seen as “heartbreaking” by the legislation’s advocates while being welcomed by those who felt such a law would have stigmatized a minority in the state. The bill itself, as well as the buildup to its passage …

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Israel war adds urgency to US Republican House speaker crisis

8 Oct 2023

By Joey Roulette and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives face new pressure to select a speaker after Israel declared war on Sunday, following a rare attack by Hamas militants that has prompted calls for more U.S. military aid. Some Republicans, including Representative Jim Jordan, a top candidate for the …

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New COVID shots still hard to find for some Americans

8 Oct 2023

By Michael Erman and Ahmed Aboulenein NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans have started rolling up their sleeves for the latest version of the COVID-19 vaccine, but weeks into the rollout some say they are still having difficulty finding appointments for themselves and their children. Shot seekers also say they have been surprised by requests for …

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California governor vetoes bill to ban caste discrimination

8 Oct 2023

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom on Saturday vetoed a bill passed recently by the state legislature to explicitly ban caste discrimination, citing existing laws that already prohibit ancestry discrimination, which made the bill “unnecessary.” Had Newsom signed the bill, officially called Senate Bill 403 or SB 403, California would have become …

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Mummified Pennsylvania man identified and buried after 128 years on display

8 Oct 2023

By Julio-Cesar Chavez and Rich McKay READING, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -A leather-skinned mummified man lying in an open coffin in Reading, Pennsylvania, known only as “Stoneman Willie” to the public got two things Saturday he went without for 128 years – a burial and his real name. Dressed in a period tuxedo, his generations-long public afterlife …

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Factbox-California bill veto is setback in North American fight against caste discrimination

8 Oct 2023

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – California governor Gavin Newsom on Saturday vetoed a bill passed recently by state lawmakers to explicitly ban caste discrimination, citing that exiting laws already prohibited ancestry discrimination, which made the bill “unnecessary.” Newsom’s veto marked a rare but consequential setback in the movement against caste discrimination that had picked up …

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US House’s Scalise, Jordan locked in two-way speaker race, for now

8 Oct 2023

By Makini Brice and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Steve Scalise, the No. 2 Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, and Jim Jordan, a leader of the party’s conservative wing, are in a two-way race to lead the chamber after the historic ouster of Kevin McCarthy, but neither has the election sewn up. Scalise, …

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