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Alito says Congress lacks authority to regulate US Supreme Court -WSJ
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said that Congress lacks the power to regulate the court, in an interview published by the Wall Street Journa...
Jul 28, 2023
J&J effort to resolve talc lawsuits in bankruptcy fails a second time
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday shot down Johnson & Johnson's second attempt to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits over its talc products in bankruptcy, imperiling a p...
Jul 28, 2023
Backup driver in 2018 Uber self-driving crash pleads guilty
(Reuters) - The backup safety driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber Technologies test vehicle that struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, in 2018 pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced...
Jul 28, 2023
White House unveils proposed reforms to speed clean energy permitting
By Clark Mindock and Timothy Gardner (Reuters) - The White House on Friday proposed reforms to the environmental review process for new energy projects that it said would help speed up permitting for ...
Jul 28, 2023
Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes Andaman Islands, India region -GFZ
(Reuters) - An earthquake of 6 magnitude struck Andaman Islands, India, on Saturday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the GFZ added...
Jul 28, 2023
Hollywood studios considering terminating some deals with writers – Variety
(Reuters) - Major Hollywood studios and streaming platforms are considering terminating some of their first-look, overall deals with writers as soon as Aug. 1, Variety reported on Friday, citing sourc...
Jul 28, 2023
Portuguese artist rolls out banknote carpet to slam pope’s visit costs
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's famed street artist, Bordalo II, has broken into a Lisbon venue where Pope Francis will celebrate a mass next week and rolled out a huge carpet of over...
Jul 28, 2023
EU to squeeze carbon market cap in 2024 as new climate policies kick in
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will shrink the supply added to its carbon market next year, as it presses ahead with reforms to strengthen Europe's main policy for curbing greenhouse gas emis...
Jul 28, 2023
White House cuts 2023 US deficit forecast after student loan forgiveness struck down
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Friday revised its fiscal 2023 U.S. budget deficit forecast to $1.543 trillion, a decrease of $26 billion from its March budget forecast, due largely to a maj...
Jul 28, 2023
2024 Republican candidate Scott decries Florida’s new Black history plan
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Tim Scott, the most high-profile Black candidate in the 2024 Republican presidential race, has blasted his rival Ron DeSantis, Florida's governor,...
Jul 28, 2023
