Dec 12, 2023
US budget deficit hits record high for November on interest costs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. federal budget deficit jumped 26% in November from a year earlier to $314 billion, a record for the month and the highest since March, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday, driven by sharply higher interest…

Dec 08, 2023
Michigan teen gets life in prison for 2021 school shooting

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -A teenager who fatally shot four classmates two years ago at his high school outside Detroit was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Friday, following hours of harrowing testimony from his victims' grieving family…