NEW YORK (Reuters) - The wife of the Afghan-born U.S. citizen charged in last weekend's bombings in New York City and New Jersey has returned to the United States, a law enforcement official said on Thursday, as a defense lawyer pressed to get access to the accused man.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - World stock indexes advanced and the Nasdaq hit a record high on Thursday while bonds rallied, a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled an increasingly cautious approach to future U.S. interest rate increases.

September 22 (Reuters) - Reuters U.S. sports schedule at 2:30 PM ET on Thursday:

PARIS (Reuters) - French business lobbies called on Thursday for the extension of talks between the European Union and the United States on a free trade deal, even as the French government called for an end to the negotiations.

NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Live, unscripted and unpredictable, the first 2016 U.S. presidential debate on Monday is expected to set new television audience records, with some commentators forecasting Super Bowl-sized viewership of around 100 million Americans.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In one of the marvels of nature, males of a fish species called the plainfin midshipman that dwells in Pacific coastal waters from Alaska to Baja California court females during breeding season using a nocturnal "love song" with an otherworldly sound.

WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and other agencies said on Thursday they have moved to shut down a series of mail-fraud schemes that have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from victims in the United States.

NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new website powered by the White House and partners including Google and Microsoft, aims to pull real-time climate data from NASA satellites and other sources for planners preparing for the effects of climate change, its founders said on Thursday.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Canada's RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust is looking to invest about C$1.3 billion ($998.62 million) over the next five years in the development and redevelopment of properties in urban markets, its top executive said this week.