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By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis will preside at a funeral Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Thursday for his predecessor former Pope Benedict, who died on …

By Frank Pingue (Reuters) -The Buffalo Bills said on Wednesday that safety Damar Hamlin has shown “signs of improvement” since suffering a cardiac arrest during a Monday night NFL game …

By Tommy Wilkes NAIROBI (Reuters) – A year that began with no end in sight for one of the world’s deadliest conflicts finished on a note of cautious optimism in …

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -The architect of the largest U.S. college admissions fraud scheme ever uncovered was sentenced on Wednesday to 3-1/2 years in prison for helping wealthy parents …

By Steve Holland, Ted Hesson and Dave Graham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States plans to accept up to 30,000 migrants per month from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela under a …

LIMA (Reuters) -Police used tear gas to disperse protesters trying to approach Peru’s Congress headquarters on Wednesday, as thousands took to the streets two weeks after a wave of deadly …

SAN YSIDRO, Calif., — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials announced today the re-opening of the Pedestrian West facility at the San Ysidro port of entry (POE) beginning Monday, …

SAN YSIDRO, Calif., — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials announced today the re-opening of the Pedestrian West facility at the San Ysidro port of entry (POE) beginning Monday, …

SAN YSIDRO, Calif., — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials announced today the re-opening of the Pedestrian West facility at the San Ysidro port of entry (POE) beginning Monday, …

(Reuters) – A doctor whom police say intentionally drove his Tesla off a California cliff – injuring his two children, his wife and himself – will face attempted murder and …

By Sharon Bernstein and Steve Gorman SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) -Emergency crews braced for the latest bout of high winds and torrential rains sweeping California on Wednesday, renewing the threat of …

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong residents have swamped clinics to get vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the expected reopening of the city’s border with mainland China, which some people …

(Reuters) -Walgreens Boot Alliance Inc and CVS Health Corp said on Wednesday they plan to offer abortion pills following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to allow retail …

By David Shepardson (Reuters) – New York said on Wednesday it will replace more than 900 city-owned fossil-fuel powered vehicles with electric models and install 315 additional EV charging ports …

By Rory Carroll (Reuters) – Danielle Reyna, the mother of U.S. men’s national team midfielder Gio Reyna, notified U.S. Soccer last month about a 1991 incident where head coach Gregg …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States still recognizes Venezuela’s 2015 National Assembly after a recent shakeup and will keep coordinating with its former leader Juan Guaido “and other like-minded individuals,” the …

By Steve Holland COVINGTON, Ky. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell made a rare joint appearance on Wednesday at a bridge in Kentucky in a …

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia has signaled to U.N. Security Council counterparts that it will likely allow humanitarian aid deliveries from Turkey to about 4 million people …

By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump failed on Wednesday to persuade 20 fellow Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to fall in line behind Kevin McCarthy’s bid …

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – A federal judge cut by millions of dollars damages that were imposed on organizers of the 2017 “Unite the Right” white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, …

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia was planning to call up more troops for a major new offensive, even as Moscow was facing some …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Here are six potential candidates to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives if Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy fails to win the post due to a …

HAVANA (Reuters) – The U.S. embassy in Havana resumed full immigrant visa processing and consular services for the first time since 2017 on Wednesday in a bid to stem the …