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By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) -A gunman opened fire at a medical building in midtown Atlanta on Wednesday, killing a 39-year-old woman and wounding four others before carjacking a vehicle to flee, police said on Wednesday. The suspect, identified as 24-year-old Deion Patterson, remained at large several hours after the 12:30 p.m. EDT shooting at Northside Medical, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said at an afternoon news conference. Schierbaum said […]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s army welcomed a new search puppy on Wednesday, gifted from Turkey following the death in the line of duty of a Mexican rescue dog who had been helping to find survivors of February’s massive earthquake near the Syrian border. The three-month-old German Shepherd will join Mexico’s famed canine unit, specialized in helping locate survivors in a country prone to earthquakes and other natural disasters. The […]

(Reuters) – Manchester City striker Erling Haaland broke the record for most goals scored in a single Premier League season on Wednesday when he netted in the 3-0 win at home to West Ham United to take his tally up to 35 with five games left in the season. Haaland had equalled Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah’s goal-scoring record of 32 in a 38-game season earlier this month when he scored […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Trade Commission’s chief said the agency was committed to using existing laws to rein in some of the dangers of artificial intelligence, such as enhancing the power of dominant firms and “turbocharging” fraud. “Although these (AI) tools are novel, they are not exempt from existing rules, and the FTC will vigorously enforce the laws we are charged with administering, even in this new market,” FTC […]

(Reuters) – Marathon Oil Corp on Wednesday topped first-quarter profit estimate, as crude prices traded at elevated levels amid tight supplies and higher demand and increased production. U.S. WTI crude averaged $75.75 a barrel in the January-March quarter, 20% lower than multi-year high levels reached in 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upended global oil markets, but still at elevated levels where drilling for oil and gas is profitable. Marathon said […]

By Chavi Mehta and Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) -Qualcomm Inc on Wednesday forecast third-quarter revenue and profit below Wall Street estimates, citing worries the smartphone industry would take longer to exhaust excess supply before fresh orders flow in. Shares of the chip designer fell 4% in extended trading after it said its forecast also accounted for macroeconomic headwinds, weaker global sales of handsets and channel inventory drawdown. “As we navigate […]

(Reuters) – PacWest Bancorp has been weighing a range of strategic options, including a sale, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Jahnavi Nidumolu in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

(Reuters) – Lithium producer Albemarle Corp posted a more-than fourfold jump in quarterly profit on Wednesday but cut its annual forecast, citing softening prices for the metal used to make electric vehicle batteries. The company posted first-quarter net income of $1.24 billion, or $10.51 per share, compared to $253.4 million, or $2.15 per share, in the year-ago period. (This story has been corrected to show Albemarle’s annual forecast was cut, […]

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to speak in the Netherlands on Thursday, the Dutch government said. In an invitation, the Dutch foreign ministry said Zelenskiy was expected to deliver a speech titled “No Peace Without Justice for Ukraine.” Zelenskiy was in Helsinki, Finland, on Wednesday. A surprise visit to the Netherlands would be a first for Zelenskiy, who has made few journeys abroad since Russia’s February […]