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Factbox-Who is Raul Castro, the Cuban leader facing a US indictment
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (335+ words) May 15 (Reuters) " Former Cuban President Raul Castro, the 94-year-old brother of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, could be indicted by the United States in connection with Cuba's deadly 1996 "shootdown of planes operated by the humanitarian group Brothers "to the Rescue. Here…...
Berkshire invests in Delta, sheds several stocks including Amazon, United Health
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (148+ words) May 15 (Reuters) " Berkshire Hathaway on Friday disclosed a new $2. 65 billion investment in "Delta Air Lines and "a small stake in Macy's, and said it sold many of its smaller stock holdings including "in "Amazon. com and "United Health Group. The…...
Colorado governor grants clemency to former county elections clerk Tina Peters
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (104+ words) LOS ANGELES, May 15 (Reuters) - "Colorado "Govenor Jared Polis granted clemency "on "Friday "to former "county elections clerk Tina Peters, "who "was "convicted of "illegally "tampering with voting "machines in the "2020 election, according to "the gove. .. Colorado governor grants clemency to…...
Fed names Powell as chair pro tempore until Warsh is sworn in
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (109+ words) WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The "Federal "Reserve Board on "Friday "said "it has "named Jerome Powell as chair "pro "tempore "until "Kevin Warsh "is sworn in "as the "new head of the "U. S. "central "bank. (Reporting "by "Daphne Psaledakis "and Bharg. .. Fed…...
China's U. N. ambassador criticizes US Hormuz resolution
2+ hour, 38+ min ago (367+ words) (Corrects spelling of envoy's name in paragraph 3) May 15 (Reuters) " China's U. N. ambassador on Friday criticized a proposed U. S. -Bahraini resolution on the Strait of Hormuz, saying the content and timing "were not right and passing it would not be helpful. The "draft…...
Acting CDC chief says White House and Kennedy getting daily hantavirus updates
2+ hour, 47+ min ago (360+ words) By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Erman WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) " The White House and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are receiving daily briefings on the U. S. response to an Andes hantavirus outbreak that "killed three people aboard a luxury cruise ship this…...
Orioles" IF Jordan Westburg undergoes season-ending elbow surgery
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (270+ words) Baltimore Orioles infielder Jordan Westburg underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow on Friday according to an industry source and multiple "reports. The 27-year old " who played in the 2024 "All-Star game " suffered a right oblique injury early in spring…...
US moves to end job protections for hundreds of health department workers
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (131+ words) WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) " President Donald Trump's administration on Friday "moved to strip "U. S. Department of Health and Human Services workers of civil service job protections, according "to "an email "reviewed by Reuters. HHS "employees at several agencies received the email, which…...
USWNT star Sam Coffey (knee) recovering after surgery
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (174+ words) United States Women's National Team midfielder Sam Coffey is recovering after undergoing minor knee "surgery earlier this week, her "club team, Manchester City, announced Friday. Manchester City didn't elaborate on the nature of Coffey's injury or the surgery. The "team…...
Pace of play crawling at PGA; Scottie Scheffler points to "absurd" pins
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (645+ words) NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. " Justin Thomas, Keegan Bradley and Cameron Young were put on the clock early in their second round at the PGA Championship, and they didn't understand why they were singled out. They were far from the only ones…...