By Anisha Sircar and Noel Randewich (Reuters) – Wall Street rallied on Thursday, led by Tesla, Nvidia and other megacap growth stocks in a choppy session ahead of a key jobs report due on Friday. Tesla, Nvidia and Meta Platforms each jumped more than 5…
Amber Heard plans to appeal ruling that she defamed Johnny Depp
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Aquaman” actor Amber Heard will appeal a jury’s decision that she defamed ex-husband Johnny Depp when she claimed she was a survivor of sexual violence, her attorney said on Thursday. A seven-person jury in Virginia ruled on We…
New York lawyers to plead guilty in Molotov cocktail case; shorter sentences likely
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two New York lawyers charged with throwing a Molotov cocktail at an empty city police car during protests over George Floyd’s death are expected to plead guilty to new charges on Thursday, part of a deal in which prose…
U.S. EPA restores rights of states, tribes to block polluting projects
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday restored the right of states and tribes to block projects on environmental grounds through the federal clean water permitting process, reversing a Tru…
Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction upheld by New York appeals court
By Kanishka Singh and Rami Ayyub (Reuters) – A New York appeals court on Thursday upheld Harvey Weinstein’s rape and sexual assault conviction, rejecting the disgraced movie producer’s arguments that the trial judge made several errors that tainted the…
Tennis-Gauff appeals for end to gun violence, French Open final is no stress
By Karolos Grohmann PARIS (Reuters) – American teenager Coco Gauff appealed for an end to gun violence in the United States on Thursday after she beat Italian Martina Trevisan to reach the French Open final. In a message written on an on-court camera a…
A coming crypto storm for central banks? Focus on digital money intensifies
By Howard Schneider NEW YORK (Reuters) – Digital money, a curiosity just a few years ago, is emerging as an intense concern among central banks with the potential to erode the power of monetary policy, and even in the best of worlds likely to make cont…
Biden to make primetime gun speech Thursday after string of mass shootings
By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will deliver a rare primetime address on tackling gun violence on Thursday evening after a string of mass shootings led to renewed calls for action on gun safety in the United St…
Oklahoma gunman killed 4 people, including surgeon who treated him
By Michael Noble Jr. TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – A man who fatally shot five people including himself at an Oklahoma medical building, after buying an assault-style rifle on the same day, had gone there to kill a doctor who he blamed for back pain he felt…
Beaming Queen Elizabeth waves to Jubilee crowds, will miss Friday service
By Michael Holden and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – A beaming Queen Elizabeth waved to cheering crowds massed outside Buckingham Palace on Thursday as Britain kicked off four days of pomp, parties and parades to celebrate her record-breaking 70 years …