Summer power prices seen surging for Texas, falling in California
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Extreme heat and rising electricity demand are expected to drive up power prices in Texas this summer, while the rest of the U.S. power markets are broadly pricing lower, according to analysts and data this week. WHY IT'S IMPOR...
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Exclusive-In Tesla Autopilot probe, US prosecutors focus on securities, wire fraud
By Mike Spector and Chris Prentice (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are examining whether Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its electric vehicles' self-driving capabilities, three people familiar with ...
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Man who murdered, stabbed homeless New Yorkers gets 25 years to life in prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man who murdered a homeless person and wounded two others as they slept outdoors on park benches in a stabbing spree over several nights in July 2022 was sentenced to between 25 years and life in prison on Wednesday,...
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Oklahoma anti-ESG law blocked by state judge
By Clark Mindock and Ross Kerber (Reuters) - A judge in Oklahoma blocked a state law that prohibits state pension systems from investing with companies that limit investment in the oil and gas industry. Oklahoma County District Court Judge Sheila S...
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Civil rights leader Daisy Bates to be honored with statue at US Capitol
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The late U.S. civil rights leader and journalist Daisy Bates, who was instrumental in desegregating Arkansas public schools in the 1950s, will be honored on Wednesday when a statue of her is unveiled at the U...
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Ex-correctional official sent to US prison for payments from Galleon's Rajaratnam
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former correctional counselor at a federal prison in Massachusetts was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in prison for corruptly accepting tens of thousands of dollars from a wealthy inmate identified by a sou...
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Analysis-Indiana vote shows Trump still struggling with Republican holdouts
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Donald Trump stewed in a Manhattan courtroom during his hush money trial, voters hundreds of miles away in Indiana showed the Republican presidential candidate he still has work to do to win over some ske...
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Biden set to tighten asylum access at U.S.-Mexico border - sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is set to tighten access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border via a new regulation that could be issued at soon as Thursday, three sources familiar with the matter said, in a move aimed at reducing ill...
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US Federal Election Commission gives Trump 45 more days to file personal financial disclosures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Election Commission on Wednesday granted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump a 45-day extension to file personal financial disclosures. Trump, who is facing significant court fines and legal fees while ...
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Bidding opens for Messi napkin that defined soccer great's career
LONDON (Reuters) - Bidding began on Wednesday for a napkin on which soccer club Barcelona penned a promise to sign a 13-year-old Lionel Messi - who went on to become one of the game's greatest players - with early bids reaching almost $300,000. The...
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