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By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, May 21 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has made no bones about who he blames for Cuba’s economic woes. The culprit, according to the Cuban American politician, is a military conglomerate known by its initials GAESA. “Cuba is controlled by GAESA,” Rubio said on Wednesday in a video message in Spanish addressed to the Cuban people. “A ‘state within the state’ that is […]

By Waylon Cunningham NEW YORK, May 21 – Starbucks terminated a worker-facing AI program for automating inventory counts this week, nine months after deploying it across its North American stores, according to an internal newsletter reviewed by Reuters and two people with direct knowledge of the situation. The tool was part of CEO Brian Niccol’s efforts to fix the coffee chain’s persistent product shortages that he has blamed for hurting […]

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday urged lawmakers to pass long-stalled rail safety legislation after the 2023 derailment of a Norfolk Southern-operated train in Ohio that caught fire and released over a million gallons of hazardous materials and pollutants. Despite support from President Donald Trump and many Democrats, the bill’s fate is in doubt and faces significant opposition from railroads and many Republicans […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s far-right national security minister has a long history as a provocateur. This week, Itamar Ben-Gvir sparked global outrage after promoting a video of himself taunting activists from a flotilla to Gaza who were detained by his police force. Denied entry into the military as a teenager because of his extreme views, Ben-Gvir nevertheless rose to become one of the most powerful people in the country after […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration spent almost a year crafting regulations to block U.S. adversaries from buying commercial data gathered from cell phones at the federal government’s most sensitive locations. The resulting rules, however, have a few gaps. Left off the list of 736 sensitive locations were the White House, Congress and the CIA’s headquarters, among others, according to a warning issued Thursday by three congressional Democrats. “The sale […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump called off a signing ceremony Thursday for a new order on artificial intelligence because he worried it could dull America’s edge on AI technology. Trump said he was postponing the signing because he did not like what he saw in the order’s text. He announced the change hours before the event was scheduled to take place in the Oval Office. “We’re leading China, we’re […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed Alabama’s bid to be allowed to execute a convicted murder who was found by lower courts to be intellectually disabled. The court’s action leaves in place lower court rulings in favor of Joseph Clifton Smith, 55, who has been on death row roughly half his life after his conviction for beating a man to death in 1997. The Supreme Court […]

By Joseph Ax May 21 (Reuters) – Bowing to pressure from within its ranks, the Democratic National Committee released on Thursday its long‑withheld “autopsy” of Kamala Harris’ loss to Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race — only to quickly disavow it.   The report found that Democrats have ceded ground to Trump’s Republicans through under-funding of state parties and a “persistent inability or unwillingness to listen to all voters.” […]

Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Rueben Chinyelu withdrew from the 2026 NBA Draft and will return to a loaded Florida lineup, the university announced on Thursday. Chinyelu, 22, averaged 10.9 points and 11.2 rebounds in 35 games (all starts) last season for the Gators. The 6-foot-11, 245-pound center set Florida single-season records with 19 double-doubles and 137 offensive rebounds. Chinyelu took part in the NBA combine in Chicago last […]