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By Brad Brooks LONGMONT, Colorado (Reuters) -A Colorado prosecutor on Tuesday told jurors in closing arguments that two officers charged with manslaughter in the killing of Elijah McClain repeatedly and …

(Reuters) – U.S. gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton is “fighting for her life” and has been in an intensive care unit for more than a week battling a rare form …

By Sheila Dang and Riniki Sanyal (Reuters) – The rapid spread of misleading claims and doctored images in the aftermath of a deadly rampage by Hamas gunmen in Israel has …

By Steve Holland and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden, his voice gripped with emotion, condemned the deadly attack against Israel by the Hamas militant group as “an act …

By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – North Carolina Republicans on Tuesday pushed through new curbs on same-day voter registration by overriding a gubernatorial veto, prompting immediate lawsuits by Democratic and progressive …

(Reuters) – U.S. congressman George Santos was hit with additional criminal charges on Tuesday for inflating his campaign’s fundraising numbers in a bid to qualify for financial and logistical support …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty or more Americans are missing following Palestinian Islamist group Hamas’ attack on Israel over the weekend that left hundreds dead, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan …

HOUSTON (Reuters) – The head of Exxon Mobil’s multi-billion-dollar shale oil business on Oct. 25 is scheduled to be appear before a Texas judge to enter a plea on a …

By Sharon Bernstein and Omar Younis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California baseball legend Steve Garvey launched a campaign on Tuesday as a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate seat that …

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Powerful Iraqi and Yemeni armed groups aligned with Iran have threatened to target U.S. interests with missiles and drones if Washington intervenes to support Israel in its conflict …

By Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel on Wednesday to meet with senior Israeli leaders, U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller …

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Gazan rescuers on Tuesday pulled the body of a four-year-old girl and other dead from the rubble of a municipal building where she and …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A pro-Palestinian statement from Harvard University students that blamed Israel for violence engulfing the region does not speak for the educational institution as a …

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinians in Gaza are preparing for an Israeli offensive of unprecedented scale after Saturday’s deadly Hamas raid, with more than 130,000 fleeing their homes …

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemala’s president-elect Bernardo Arevalo said on Monday the government is using violence to counter protests and create tension which could be used as an excuse for declaring …

By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell accused the Israeli government on Tuesday of breaking international law by imposing a total blockade of Gaza in …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday said he had made clear to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a Beijing meeting that the United States wanted …

By Dan Williams, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM/GAZA/KFER AZA (Reuters) -Israeli air strikes hammered Gaza on Tuesday, razing entire districts and filling morgues with dead Palestinians as Israel took …

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily limited Idaho’s ability to enforce its near-total abortion ban in medical emergencies while it weighs in on a …

By Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Tuesday U.S. law enforcement agencies were taking steps to disrupt any domestic threat that may emerge after …

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Syed Hassib HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) -Rescuers on Tuesday scaled back operations in Afghanistan’s devastated northwest as chances of finding survivors diminished 72 hours after one …

BEIRUT (Reuters) -The Palestinian Hamas group has claimed a rocket attack and the Lebanese group Hezbollah exchanged fire with Israel in a third day of violence at the border that …

(Reuters) -One of the last three known Black Tulsans who lived through a 1921 race massacre in the Oklahoma town has died at 102, his family said. Hughes Van Ellis, …

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s popularity was near the lowest level of his presidency this month as Americans’ concerns over immigration rose to their highest …

By Daphne Psaledakis and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday declared that the July takeover in Niger was a military coup d’etat, which results in officially suspending …