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By Joseph Ax

(Reuters) - The man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home in 2022 and assaulted her husband with a hammer was sentenced on Friday to 30 years in prison, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

In a politically motivated attack, David DePape forcibly entered Pelosi's home in San Francisco early in the morning on Oct. 28, 2022, just a week before that year's congressional elections. At the time, Pelosi, the... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Apple is developing a slimmer version of the iPhone that is likely to be launched by 2025, the Information reported on Friday, citing three people with knowledge of the project.

The potential thinner version is likely to be priced higher than Apple's iPhone Pro Max, and is expected to be launched with the iPhone 17 in September 2025, the report said.

The Cupertino, California-based company is still testing different designs... (continue reading...)

By Nell Mackenzie

LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge funds ditched bearish stock bets early this week at some of the highest rates in three years as U.S. meme stocks rallied sharply, a Goldman note seen by Reuters on Friday showed.

The note, published on Wednesday just before the rally faded, said hedge funds dropped positions on the most actively shorted stocks tracked by a Goldman Sachs index. These funds also piled into long bets just as retail... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Boeing is facing heightened scrutiny from U.S. regulators and prosecutors into its safety and quality practices following the Jan. 5 panel blowout on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9.

The planemaker is producing its cash-cow MAX jets at a low rate as it works to address the issues, which have also sparked a reshuffle in its top management and led to a drop in its stock price this year.

Below are some of the probes since the... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Ukraine will lift a temporary ban it imposed on consular services for military-age men living abroad starting on Saturday, the foreign ministry said.

Hundreds of thousands of military-age Ukrainian men are living abroad, while the country faces an acute shortage of troops to help it defend itself against Russia's full-scale invasion.

Kyiv introduced the ban in April citing a need for a technical pause to align with legislation... (continue reading...)