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By Waylon Cunningham May 4 (Reuters) – Several U.S. restaurant chains including Wingstop and Domino’s reported weaker-than-expected sales growth in the latest quarter, saying that soaring gasoline prices caused by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran have forced their customers to cut back on other spending. Many don’t expect consumers to feel relief anytime soon. Analysts expect other restaurant chains also will show declining sales growth in upcoming earnings including Shake […]

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, May 4 (Reuters) – Lawyers for musician Britney Spears are expected to appear in a California courtroom on Monday to respond to a charge that the pop superstar drove her BMW while under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Spears, 44, was charged with one misdemeanor after authorities responded to a report in March of a black BMW traveling erratically at high speed in Ventura […]

By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) – U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is aiming for quick wins on new health initiatives to help Republicans in November’s midterm elections, after the White House asked him to pivot from a widely criticized campaign to rewrite U.S. vaccine policy, senior administration officials told Reuters. New efforts announced in the past few weeks were designed to appeal to […]

By Saeed Azhar and Matt Tracy NEW YORK, May 4 (Reuters) – Signs of turmoil in private credit are pushing some borrowers to the syndicated loans market, which is proving to be significantly cheaper even as banks press highly leveraged companies to cut debt.  Risky loans are about 200 basis points cheaper in the syndicated market – where banks lead deals – compared to the direct lending market, where non-bank players […]

May 4 (Reuters) – A Russian missile attack on the town of Merefa, in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, killed five people and wounded several others, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. Regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said that at least 10 houses, an administrative building, four shops, a car repair workshop and a food establishment were damaged in the attack. “Today during the day, the occupiers attacked civilian infrastructure of a town […]

By Streisand Neto LONDON, May 4 (Reuters) – Artificial Intelligence’s integration into Liberty Media-owned Formula One and its 11 teams has been noticeable on- and off-track in the already highly tech-powered sport. Eight new AI partnerships were signed in the past six months alone, according to research firm Ampere Analysis. Among them, nine-time F1 constructors’ champion Williams are partnering with AI company Anthropic for its Claude model to support team […]

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown on Sunday criticized officiating in the team’s first-round loss to Philadelphia and also pointed at 76ers center Joel Embiid for flopping. Brown spoke on the streaming platform Twitch on Sunday, a day after the second-seeded Celtics lost Game 7 at home to the seventh-seeded 76ers in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Boston played without injured star forward Jayson Tatum, but Brown found other reasons for the […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A North Korean women’s soccer team is scheduled to play at a regional tournament in South Korea later this month, in a rare sports exchange between the war-divided rivals. The South’s Unification Ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs, said in a statement Monday that the Pyongyang-based Naegohyang Women’s FC is expected to face Suwon FC Women on May 20 in the semifinals of the Asian Football […]

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — European leaders on Monday said that U.S. President Donald Trump’s snap decision to pull thousands of U.S. troops out of Germany came as a surprise but is a fresh sign that Europe must take care of its own security. The Pentagon announced last week that it would pull some 5,000 troops out of Germany, but Trump told reporters on Saturday that “we’re going to cut way […]