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WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has cited a legal thriller written by James Comey as evidence the former FBI director knew his social media post that featured the numbers “86 47” would be interpreted as a threat against President Donald Trump. U.S. prosecutors, in court filings published late on Tuesday, said Comey’s novel, in which a right-wing podcaster uses coded language to encourage his followers to […]

WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Concern about inflation deepened at the Federal Reserve’s meeting last month, with “several” policymakers ready to raise interest rates and “many” saying a hike in borrowing costs would be needed if inflation does not decline to the U.S. central bank’s 2% target, the minutes of the session showed on Wednesday. The policymakers who favored a rate increase at the meeting “remarked that price pressures appeared […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Amazon said on Wednesday it will expand its drone delivery service to reach hundreds of U.S. cities and towns by year end, up from 11 locations where it currently operates serving multiple surrounding communities.  The expansion comes more than a decade after founder Jeff Bezos showed off what he called octocopters, or unmanned drones, in 2013 and predicted the service would be available within […]

Moderna shares more than doubled Wednesday after it announced initial results from a study of an experimental cancer treatment that would be the first of its kind if approved by regulators. Moderna and Merck are developing a treatment using an mRNA-based cancer vaccine called intismeran that is designed to be tailored to individual patients based on unique mutations within their tumors. In current studies, they are pairing it with Keytruda, […]

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — At least 36 humanitarian workers and contractors have been killed in South Sudan since January, surpassing the 31 killed in all of 2025, as violence persists in the country that’s one of the most dangerous for aid workers, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator there said Wednesday. “These are not just statistics,” Ramanathan Balakrishnan said in a statement marking World Humanitarian Day, adding: “Every killing must be […]

Houston Texans wide receiver Jayden Higgins has been diagnosed with a torn ACL, multiple media outlets reported on Wednesday. Higgins, 23, was injured in a red-zone drill during Tuesday’s joint practice against the Las Vegas Raiders. The injury is expected to keep him sidelined for the entire 2026 season. The 6-foot-4, 214-pound Higgins recorded 41 catches for 525 yards and six touchdowns in 17 games (10 starts) during his rookie […]

SEOUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) – South Korea will flag off on Saturday a container ship bound for Europe via the Arctic, testing whether a route opened by melting sea ice can be commercially viable, but risking friction with Western allies, as the voyage requires Russian cooperation. If successful, the trip would be South Korea’s first such commercial voyage to Europe via the Arctic, placing it with China and Russia among […]

Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte, who left the team unannounced Monday, is dealing with a personal issue as well as a knee injury, his agent confirmed Wednesday through MLB Network. While manager Torey Lovullo said he hoped to have Marte back before the end of the regular season, Marte’s agent, Charisse Espinosa-Dash, noted that the infielder is intent on getting back to his teammates. “He is currently managing a […]

Los Angeles Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike, a 2016 WNBA MVP, 11-time All-Star and president of the Women’s National Basketball Players Association, announced that she will retire at the end of the season. Ogwumike, 36, currently ranks fourth in league history in points (7,879) and third in rebounds (3,565) after playing 13 of her 15 WNBA seasons with the Sparks. Off the court, she has served as the president of the […]