By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON -Rising COVID-19 cases are driving up the use of therapeutics, with Pfizer Inc’s oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid seeing a 315% jump over the past four weeks,…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell urged the Biden administration on Tuesday to lead an effort to ensure broad, sustained international support for Ukraine and said Washington should…
By Chris Gallagher WASHINGTON -U.S. House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a bill to provide $28 million in emergency funds to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help it respond…
By Anne Mimault and Thiam Ndiaga OUGADOUGOU -Rescue workers have found no survivors in a rescue chamber deep inside a flooded zinc mine in Burkina Faso, the government and the…
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON -Federal prosecutors on Tuesday sought to portray an attorney who formerly worked for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign as a privileged, high-powered person who abused…
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) -A Michigan judge on Tuesday granted a temporary injunction to block the enforcement of a state abortion ban, which might have taken effect if the U.S.…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – U.S. traffic deaths jumped 10.5% in 2021 to 42,915, regulators said on Tuesday in a preliminary estimate, marking the highest number killed on American roads…
LOS ANGELES – Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are suing each other for defamation, each claiming they were abused before and during their roughly two-year marriage. A Virginia jury…
By Maria Caspani and Tyler Clifford (Reuters) -A Dallas man suspected of shooting three women in the city’s Koreatown neighborhood last week harbored delusions about Asian people, police officials said…
KAMPALA -Uganda will pull troops from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo in two weeks, the military said on Tuesday, after a joint operation against Islamist insurgents since late last year.…
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON -The U.S. State Department on Tuesday announced the launch of a new program to capture and analyze evidence of war crimes and other atrocities allegedly perpetrated…
By Tom Balmforth and Jonathan Landay KYIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine – Even as the Kremlin prepares to take full control of the ruins of Mariupol city, it faces the growing prospect of…
By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized the use of a booster shot of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children…
By Simon Johnson and Anne Kauranen STOCKHOLM -Finland and Sweden voiced optimism on Tuesday that common ground can be found with Turkey over its objections to them joining NATO amid…
MARIUPOL, Ukraine -Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters surrendered to an uncertain fate on Tuesday after weeks holed up in the bunkers and tunnels below Mariupol’s Azovstal steel works as the most…
Catastrophic Explosion At Nail Salon Leaves Seven People Injured In Baltimore County Bryan Babb on May 17, 2022 An explosion at a Maryland nail salon injured seven people on Monday…
STERLING, Va. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested a Maryland woman on first degree and second degree murder charges out of Prince George’s County, Maryland, after she…
By David Lawder BRUSSELS -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called for U.S. allies to step up financial support for Ukraine on Tuesday, saying that funds announced so far would not…
By Maria Caspani (Reuters) – South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster this week signed a bill banning transgender athletes from playing school sports that match their gender identity, joining a number…
By Marcy de Luna HOUSTON – A weekend call for Texans to restrict air conditioning and appliance use after six power facilities tripped offline highlights a weakness in the state’s…
By David Morgan WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Fox News and its owner Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday to stop what he said was “reckless amplification”…
WASHINGTON -U.S President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on all Americans to reject the “poison” of white supremacy, addressing families and local officials at the Buffalo, New York, site of…
BUFFALO, New York – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday said it will be difficult to push through any gun control measures but that he will not give up on…
By Laila Bassam and Timour Azhari (Reuters) -Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies have lost their majority in Lebanon’s parliament in a general election, a Reuters tally of final results showed…
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK – A billionaire fundraiser for former U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign sought investment from two United Arab Emirates sovereign wealth funds at the same time…