By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. labor costs increased solidly in the third quarter amid strong wage growth while house price inflation accelerated in August, the latest signs that the Federal Reserve could keep interest rates high for some time. The reports on Tuesday pose a threat to efforts by the U.S. central bank …
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By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – A group of local U.S. government officials from 18 states on Tuesday urged the Environmental Protection Agency to phase out food waste disposal in landfills by 2040 to cut emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane. Food waste causes 58% of the methane emissions that come from landfills, the EPA …
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By Doina Chiacu and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Biden administration officials, voicing alarm at reports of anti-Jewish incidents at U.S. universities, met American Jewish leaders on Monday to discuss steps to counter the surge, a White House official said. Tensions between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups have sprung up on some U.S. campuses, including several in …
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(Reuters) -Tech workers at the New York Times plan to strike for half a day on Monday, accusing the publisher of attempting to unilaterally force them back to the office. The stoppage of work will start at 1 p.m. ET and the nearly 700 workers will hold demonstrations on Zoom and outside the company’s headquarters …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday plans to vote on legislation that would bar the Biden administration from awarding funds to California’s High-Speed Rail project. The White House on Monday said it opposed the bill that would also dramatically cut funds for U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak and …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A judge in Kansas on Monday blocked a state law requiring healthcare providers to tell patients that medication abortion can be reversed and that abortion is linked to breast cancer while he considers a legal challenge to the law by abortion providers and Planned Parenthood. Judge K. Christopher Jayaram of …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday temporarily blocked federal immigration authorities from destroying razor wire placed along the border with Mexico by the state of Texas to prevent migrants from crossing the Rio Grande river. U.S. District Judge Alia Moses in Del Rio, Texas barred the Biden administration from cutting or …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Zeba Siddiqui WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House is working to finalize as soon as Tuesday a new policy outlining how governments should respond to ransomware attacks, including sharing information on attackers and the accounts they use to collect ransoms, a senior administration official with knowledge of the matter said. Ransomware …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived a challenge to an Arizona law banning abortions from being performed solely because the fetus has a genetic abnormality. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that a group of healthcare providers can sue the state over the …
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By Rich McKay (Reuters) – An Illinois man charged with murder and hate crimes for stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy to death and wounding his mother pleaded not guilty before a judge on Monday at an arraignment, according to court records. Police say Joseph Czuba, 71, the family’s landlord, targeted them for their religion and …
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