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By Julie Steenhuysen and Jeff Mason CHICAGO/WASHINGTON -The U.S. government is ramping up efforts to staunch the spread of monkeypox by sending hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses to states …

WASHINGTON – U.S. congressman Sean Casten defeated fellow Democratic U.S. Representative Marie Newman in an Illinois primary that pitted the two incumbents against one another due to redistricting, Edison projected …

By Kate Abnett LUXEMBOURG -EU countries clinched deals on proposed laws to combat climate change early Wednesday, backing a 2035 phase-out of new fossil fuel car sales and a multibillion-euro …

WASHINGTON – Colorado construction company owner and self-financed candidate Joe O’Dea beat state Representative Ron Hanks to win the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, AP projected on Tuesday. O’Dea will …

By Humeyra Pamuk and Anne Kauranen MADRID/HELSINKI – NATO ally Turkey lifted its veto over Finland and Sweden’s bid to join the Western alliance on Tuesday after the three nations …

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Abortions can resume in Texas after a judge on Tuesday blocked officials from enforcing a nearly century-old ban the state’s Republican attorney general said was …

By Simon Lewis KREMENCHUK, Ukraine -Firefighters on Tuesday searched the rubble of a Ukrainian shopping mall in the central city of Kremenchuk where authorities said 36 people were missing after …

By Simon Lewis and Anna Voitenko KREMENCHUK, Ukraine – Already displaced from the frontline region of Kharkiv that has been partially occupied since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Alia Skrypka, …

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – R. Kelly deserves no more than 10 years in prison despite his conviction for scheming over decades to recruit women and girls for sex, …

By Rich McKay (Reuters) -A fourth person has died after an Amtrak train carrying about 275 passengers and a dozen crew hit a dump truck at a railroad crossing on …

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling this week that will determine the degree to which the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate …

(Reuters) – Advisers to the U.S Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday overwhelmingly recommended the inclusion of an Omicron component for COVID-19 booster vaccines in the fall. The panel of …

MADRID – President Joe Biden supports a deal that will allow Finland and Sweden to join NATO and played a behind-the-scene role in the Nordic countries’ negotiations with Turkey, a …

WASHINGTON -An angry Donald Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the Secret Service limousine when the then-president was told he would not be joining supporters moving on the …

WASHINGTON – Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows wanted a pardon for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top aide to Meadows, testified …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK – Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for helping the sex offender and globetrotting financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage …

WASHINGTON -U.S. President Joe Biden will host Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in Washington on July 12, the White House said on Tuesday, a visit that was initially planned after the …

AIR FORCE ONE -The United States is actively trying to resolve WNBA star Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Tuesday, reiterating …

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is watching closely for states violating women’s rights after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 ruling that made abortion a constitutional …

NEURUPPIN, Germany – A German court sentenced a former SS guard, now 101 years old, to five years in prison on Tuesday for assisting in the murder of some 3,500 …

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – The Michigan Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out charges against former Governor Rick Snyder and eight others in connection with the Flint water scandal, ruling …

By Kantaro Komiya and Elaine Lies TOKYO -Japan baked under scorching temperatures for a fourth successive day on Tuesday, as the capital’s heat broke nearly 150-year-old records for June and …

(Reuters) – The fast-spreading BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron are estimated to make up a combined 52% of the coronavirus cases in the United States as of June 25, …