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USDA confirms cow-to-cow transmission a factor in bird flu spread
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said this week that cow-to-cow transmission is a factor in the spread of bird flu in dairy herds, but it still does not know exactly how the virus is being moved around.
RFK Jr running mate injects needed cash in independent's campaign
By Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) - The role Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, will play in his White House bid is coming into focus, as the wealthy lawyer injects millions of dollars into their independent campaign and amplifies ...
Organisers of Jewish pilgrimage in Tunisia cancel annual celebrations over Gaza
TUNIS (Reuters) - An annual Jewish pilgrimage to Tunisia's Djerba synagogue and celebration has been cancelled due to the war in Gaza, the head of the organising committee, Perez Trabelsi, told Reuters on Friday. Trabelsi added that the ...
Person covered in flames outside NY courthouse where Trump trial underway, says CNN
(Reuters) - A person was covered in flames outside the New York city courthouse where former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial is underway, CNN reported on Friday. (Writing by Susan Heavey, editing by David Ljunggren)
UN rights chief urges states to act on slavery reparations
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief called for countries to take concrete steps on reparations for people of African descent at a U.N. meeting on Friday, adding his voice to calls for justice for slavery ...
Alberta municipalities, farmers agree to cut water use as drought persists
By Nia Williams (Reuters) - Municipalities and irrigation districts in the western Canadian province of Alberta have agreed to use less water this summer to combat a severe ongoing drought, the provincial government said on Friday. Environment ...
Butler Hall Capital urges Vanda to engage in sales discussions
(Reuters) - Hedge fund manager Butler Hall Capital said on Friday it is urging Vanda Pharmaceuticals to form an independent special committee to engage with Future Pak over its takeover offer and run a full sales process. On April 17, Vanda ...
N.S. apartment dispute boils over into gun threats: 'I should shoot you'
A dispute over people moving out of a Dartmouth apartment boiled over into violence this past winter involving a Sikh man allegedly threatening to shoot his roommate. Sehajpal Singh was living at an Alfred Street apartment with Harkirat Singh when ...
A multimillion-dollar question: Should the lobster carapace size be increased in southwestern Nova Scotia?
Lobster licence holders in Atlantic Canada’s Lobster Fishing Areas (LFAs) have a lot to consider when it comes to whether or not they follow suit with their American counterparts and increase the minimum lobster carapace size effective Jan. 1, ...
Three California police officers charged in 2021 death of man in custody
(Reuters) - California prosecutors announced involuntary manslaughter charges against three police officers for the 2021 death of a man in their custody, reversing the outcome of a previous investigation that had cleared the officers. The ...
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