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(Refiling to fix typographical error in 6th paragraph) By Sarah N. Lynch and Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The U.S. Sentencing Commission approved new guidelines on Wednesday that will expand federal inmates’ ability to qualify for compassionate release from prison. The new policy, approved in a vote of 4-3, was part of a broader package of amendments, and represent the most sweeping criminal justice reforms the commission has enacted in more than […]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Paull, the head of Walt Disney Co’s streaming entertainment unit, is leaving the company after six years under an ongoing restructuring by Chief Executive Bob Iger, a Disney statement said on Wednesday. Joe Earley, the current president of Hulu, will take over as president of streaming for Disney Entertainment, the company said. Earley will remain president of Hulu until a successor is named. Iger is […]

(Reuters) -A man armed with a small axe climbed over a wall into a crèche in Southern Brazil and killed four children on Wednesday, police said, injuring five others in the attack. The 25-year-old man turned himself in to police after the rampage, security chief Marcio Alberto Filippi told reporters. Police said three boys – two aged 4 and one aged 5 – and one girl aged 7 were killed. […]

(Reuters) – AbbVie Inc said on Wednesday it expects first-quarter earnings to be hit by acquired in-process research and development (IPR&D) and milestones expenses. The company expects first-quarter adjusted earnings, including the impact of acquired IPR&D and milestones expense, to be between $2.31 per share and $2.41 per share. (Reporting by Arunima Kumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – A man has been charged in Arizona with the alleged assault and carjacking of Ella Mae Begay, a Navajo weaver whose 2021 disappearance became a symbol of the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the United States. The charges were unsealed on Tuesday in Arizona federal court against Preston Tolth for causing serious bodily harm to Begay on June 15, 2021, on the […]

By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday criticised the Israeli government’s “inflamed rhetoric” and urged it to change its approach to the Palestinians amid an upsurge in violence. Israeli police entered Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, early on Wednesday to try to clear groups it said were barricaded inside, leading to clashes with worshippers and triggering an exchange of crossborder fire with […]

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – A man has been charged in Arizona with the alleged assault and carjacking of Ella Mae Begay, a Navajo weaver whose 2021 disappearance became a symbol of the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the United States. The charges were unsealed on Tuesday in Arizona federal court against Preston Tolth for causing serious bodily harm to Begay on June 15, 2021, on the […]

(Reuters) -A man armed with a small axe climbed over a wall into a crèche in Southern Brazil and killed four children on Wednesday, police said, injuring five others in the attack. The 25-year-old man turned himself in to police after the rampage, security chief Marcio Alberto Filippi told reporters. Police said three boys – two aged 4 and one aged 5 – and one girl aged 7 were killed. […]

By Sarah N. Lynch and Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The U.S. Sentencing Commission approved new guidelines on Wednesday that will expand federal inmates’ ability to qualify for compassionate release from prison. The new policy, approved in a vote of 4-3, was part of a broader package of amendments, and represent the most sweeping criminal justice reforms the commission has enacted in more than four years. The seven-member U.S. Sentencing Commission is […]