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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) -A New Mexico judge on Monday told the district attorney overseeing the “Rust” movie-set shooting case that she could not appoint a new special prosecutor and remain on the case herself, marking another potential setback for the prosecution. The comments by district court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer came after the armorer charged in the 2021 shooting filed a motion to block appointment of a new special […]

(Reuters) -A female shooter killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday before police shot her dead. The assailant appeared to be a teenage girl, police said. Police began receiving calls at 10:13 a.m. of a shooter at The Covenant School, which teaches children up to 6th grade. Officers could hear gunfire coming from the school’s second floor, Don Aaron, a spokesperson […]

(Reuters) -Three pharmacy benefit management (PBM) companies are being sued in Ohio over allegations of drug price fixing, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The lawsuit filed in an Ohio state court alleged that PBM units of Cigna Corp and Humana Inc, along with Prime Therapeutics LLC, shared pricing and other information gathered by a related Swiss company to gain leverage during negotiations with drugmakers for rebates, the report […]

(Reuters) -At least three children and three adults were killed in a shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday before police shot dead the shooter, who appeared to be a teenage girl. Police began receiving calls of a shooter at The Covenant School at 10:13 a.m.. Officers could hear gunfire coming from the school’s second floor, Don Aaron, a spokesperson for Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, told […]

By Juliette Jabkhiro and Stephane Mahe HOSTENS, France (Reuters) – As France frets about an extended drought and prospects for more wildfires in another long summer, one blaze that erupted eight months ago in the southwest of the country still smoulders away underground. Columns of white, acrid smoke rise from a forest floor outside the town of Hostens in the Gironde region, south of Bordeaux. The smell of burning tyres […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly welcomed Israel’s decision to pause legislation to reform its judiciary, as he emphasised the importance of “a robust system of checks and balances.” “The UK welcomes the decision today by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pause legislation to reform Israel’s judiciary,” Cleverly said in a statement after Netanyahu delayed the decision until next month amid widespread protests. “It is vital that the […]

By Makiko Yamazaki, Mariko Katsumura and Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese construction company targeted for takeover by the family office linked to Nintendo Co’s founder is pushing back against the fund and has asked the government to investigate alleged breaches of foreign ownership rules. Toyo Construction Co, the marine construction company now 27% owned by Yamauchi-No.10 Family Office (YFO), made the request to the government this month, according […]

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Bluestar Alliance, a U.S. brand management company, said on Monday it has acquired the Scotch & Soda clothing brand from its Dutch owner for an undisclosed sum. Scotch & Soda filed a bankruptcy request for its Dutch operations, which include the company’s head office, earlier this month. “Following the closing of the transaction, Scotch & Soda will be enabled to continue its activities in selected markets,” Bluestar […]

By Nick Starkov KYIV (Reuters) – Orlando Bloom, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations children’s organization UNICEF and a star of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Lord of the Rings” movies visited a children’s centre in Kyiv on Sunday. It was his first trip to Ukraine since 2016, the British actor said. He also met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. “I would have never expected the war to […]