US stock futures traded mostly higher on Wednesday as investors assessed corporate earnings, developments in artificial intelligence investment and geopolitical uncertainty surrounding the conflict in the Middle East.

California officials are calling for an investigation after they say a man was injured while being detained by federal immigration agents, who were captured on video pinning him down against a curb as he yelled for help during the encounter in Long Beach over the weekend.

By Andrew Goudsward and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - When Justice Department staffers arrived in Minnesota this summer to monitor the state's primary election, they found themselves under scrutiny as well.

The US housing market is likely to stay under pressure in 2027.

Hubbard is a 74-year-old retired schoolteacher who grew up in Big Rapid, Michigan. He earned a master's degree in English and lived in Japan for 25 years where taught English before moving to Cyprus.

By Renee Hickman GARDEN CITY, Kansas, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The last time the state of Kansas sent a Democrat to the US Senate, the Great Depression was ravaging the state, wheat prices had collapsed and drought was turning the Great Plains into the Dust Bowl.

Trump also said he had asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to release Stephen Hubbard - an American taken captive by Moscow's forces years earlier in Ukraine.

While AccuWeather expects below-normal snowfall across much of the northern U.S., another forecast identified several regions that could receive above-average snow. A federal forecast, meanwhile, does not forecast snowfall totals specifically, but its precipitation outlook provides another indication of where wetter or drier conditions may develop.

Zelenskiy said Ukraine had not received full explanations over limitations placed on the ​use of the Starshield system needed to stage some drone strikes ⁠and defend ⁠agains