(Reuters) – Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear on Wednesday vetoed a bill passed by the state’s Republican-dominated legislature that would have banned transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports from sixth…
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will announce a decision as early as Thursday on numerous pending applications from small fuel producers seeking to be…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed legislation to provide the U.S. Postal Service with about $50 billion in financial relief over a decade, paving the way…
By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman (Reuters) -Top U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials on Wednesday said the agency is aiming to decide by June whether to change the design…
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Julie Steenhuysen WASHINGTON -President Joe Biden on Tuesday tasked the U.S. health department with developing a national action plan to tackle the looming health crisis of…
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON -U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated two new commissioners to serve at the nation’s securities regulator in a move that will help the agency regain…
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON – A federal judge on Wednesday issued the first acquittal in a criminal trial stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, saying…
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON -As Washington emerges from its COVID cocoon, with tourists returning to the U.S. Capitol and officials attending a white-tie party that had been scotched for the…
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON -The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has wrested control of thousands of routers and firewall appliances away from Russian military hackers by hijacking the same…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ communications director tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, the White House said. The director, Jamal Simmons, was in close contact to Harris as…
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has…
(Reuters) -The threat of tornadoes and other extreme weather again loomed over the U.S. Southeast on Wednesday, a day after a swarm of twisters destroyed structures, uprooted trees and killed…
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK – A U.S. man was convicted of sex trafficking and other crimes on Wednesday for coercing a group of students at Sarah Lawrence College in…
WASHINGTON -President Joe Biden drew loud applause at a labor event on Wednesday when he turned a spotlight on Amazon.com Inc while touting his administration’s efforts to promote unions. After…
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON – A U.S. judge on Wednesday dealt a setback to Steve Bannon ahead of his upcoming criminal trial, blocking former President Donald Trump’s adviser from telling…
By Natalia Zinets and Conor Humphries LVIV, Ukraine/DUBLIN – Russian forces bombarded cities in Ukraine as the United States imposed more sanctions on Wednesday after civilian killings widely condemned as…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday afternoon after having earlier held a press conference with other top officials, the Justice Department said, adding…
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON – Sanctions imposed on Russia over its war in Ukraine should give China a “good understanding” of the consequences it could face if it provides material…
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS – Russia is likely to launch a new offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region in the next few weeks, NATO Secretary-General Jensen Stolen said on Tuesday,…
By Dan Levine (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. Congress proposed a raft of new rules for the federal judiciary on Wednesday including a formal mechanism to remove judges from hearing…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK -A decorated U.S. Air Force veteran accused of defrauding donors in a fundraising campaign to help former President Donald Trump build a wall along the…
By Kanishka Singh and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON – The parents of Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine jailed in Russia, said on Wednesday they were worried “something terrible” has happened…
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO -Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will not resign, a minister said on Wednesday, despite demonstrations against his handling of the country’s worst economic…
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON -The U.S. Justice Department has charged Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev with violating sanctions imposed on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, saying on Wednesday he…
(Please note: this story contains graphic descriptions) By Simon Gardner BUCHA, Ukraine – Sobbing uncontrollably, Serhii Lahovskyi nuzzles against the shrouded corpse of his closest childhood friend, who disappeared when…