By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of four U.S. senators on Wednesday asked passenger railroad Amtrak Chief Executive Stephen Gardner to answer questions about a Virginia to Florida train last week that faced extreme delays. The senators noted one passenger dubbed it the “train ride from hell.” During the 20-hour scheduled trip with 563 …
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By Sinéad Carew and Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Dow lost almost 2% on Wednesday, their biggest daily drops in more than a month, after weak economic data fueled recession worries while hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials soured investor moods further. Before the market opened, U.S. economic data showed retail …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Florida on Sunday and deliver remarks on the 50th anniversary of a ruling that recognized women’s constitutional right to abortion but which was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court last year. In June 2022, the Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. Harris’ …
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By Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm warned Republicans in a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday that limiting President Joe Biden’s authority to tap the nation’s oil reserves would undermine national security, cause crude oil shortages and raise gasoline prices. Biden repeatedly tapped the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) …
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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Groups of Americans will be able to directly sponsor refugees for resettlement in the United States under a new program launching on Thursday, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters, a step that could bolster admissions and reduce government costs. Under the pilot program, which will be called …
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(Reuters) – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden on Wednesday called for the Justice Department inspector general to investigate federal, state and local law enforcement access to a database of more than 150 million money transfers, citing concerns it disproportionately affects minorities and low-income individuals. Law enforcement agencies have routinely accessed the vast trove of money transfer …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Gunfire damaged another power substation in North Carolina on Tuesday, a North Carolina power company said, marking what appears to be the latest in a series of shootings that have targeted utilities. The incident follows vandalization of electrical substations last month that left thousands of residents without power in …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate committee will hold a hearing on Jan. 24 on the lack of competition in the ticketing industry after Ticketmaster’s problems managing the sale of Taylor Swift concert tickets. The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing is titled “That’s The Ticket: Promoting Competition and Protecting Consumers in Live Entertainment.” …
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By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – If your kid happens to be in public school in Portland, Dallas, Los Angeles or Oakland and is taking a personal finance workshop in the coming months, ask them if they caught sight of one of the founders of the program. If he is 6-foot-4 (1.93 meters), more …
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(Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday it will discontinue the late-stage global trial of an HIV vaccine after it was found ineffective at preventing infections. The trial involved administering two different types of a shot – that uses a cold-causing virus to deliver genetic code of HIV – spread over four vaccination visits in …
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