Kroger to pay $110 million to resolve Kentucky lawsuit over opioid epidemic
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Kroger has agreed to pay $110 million to resolve a lawsuit by the state of Kentucky alleging the supermarket chain’s pharmacies helped fuel a deadly opioid epidemic by flooding its communities with
Biden, Jimmy Carter grandsons give eulogies at late president’s funeral
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Family, friends and former political colleagues of U.S. President Jimmy Carter, including current President Joe Biden, spoke on Thursday at his state funeral in Washington. Carter was remembered for his public service, his
LA wildfire insured losses total billions of dollars, ratings agencies say
LONDON (Reuters) – The most destructive wildfires ever for Los Angeles may cause billions of dollars in insured losses, ratings agencies said on Thursday, though many homes are likely uninsured. The wildfires burning in the Pacific Palisades,
Florida orange juice and steel will be on Canada’s list for retaliation if Trump imposes tariffs
TORONTO (AP) — Canada is looking at putting retaliatory tariffs on American orange juice, toilets and some steel products if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump follows through with his threat to impose 25% tariffs on all Canadian products,
Carter honored with DC funeral before burial in his Georgia hometown
Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, was honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral before a second service
Fed’s Collins says now is time for patient, gradual approach to rate cuts
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said Thursday that significant uncertainty over the outlook calls for the central bank moving forward cautiously with future rate cuts. “With
US Senate panel to hold hearings on Trump energy picks next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate energy committee will hold nomination hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for energy roles on Tuesday and Wednesday next week, the panel’s chairman said on Thursday. The committee will hold a
Trump, broader growth in focus as US companies prepare Q4 reports
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are watching to see if technology companies and related heavyweights will add to recent strong profit gains and whether growth is broadening to other sectors as corporate America prepares
Trump shakes hands with Pence, engages Obama at Carter funeral
By Stephanie Kelly WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump greeted and shook hands on Thursday with his estranged former vice president Mike Pence, as current and former administrations gathered at the funeral of former President Jimmy
Fani Willis seeks to overturn her disqualification from Trump Georgia election case
ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked Georgia’s highest court to review a lower appeals court’s ruling that removed her from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others. The Georgia
