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By Michael Holden and Kanishka Singh LONDON -WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange has appealed to the High Court in London to block his extradition to the United States to face criminal …

(Reuters) -Alphabet Inc’s Google will delete location data showing when users visit an abortion clinic, the online search giant said on Friday, following concern that a digital trail could inform …

(Note: Language offensive language in para 15, adds quotes, details throughout) By Amy Tennery NEW YORK – Four-times gymnastics Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles and twice soccer World Cup winner …

By Doyinsola Oladipo and Gigi Zamora NEW YORK -The number of people traveling by car and airplane for the Fourth of July holiday is expected to climb near pre-pandemic levels, …

By Phil Stewart and Mike Stone WASHINGTON -The United States is sending Ukraine two NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems, four additional counter-artillery radars and up to 150,000 rounds of 155mm artillery …

By Ross Kerber BOSTON -Activist investment leaders who have urged U.S. companies to cut carbon emissions said on Friday they expect more such efforts following a milestone U.S. Supreme Court …

‘EPA Is Playing Politics’: Biden Admin Pushes New Regs On Farmers As Food Inflation Skyrockets Jack McEvoy on July 1, 2022 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is pushing new regulations …

FOSSIL-FUELED FREEDOM: US Overtakes Russia As Europe’s Biggest Gas Supplier Max Keating on July 1, 2022 The United States sent more liquefied natural gas to Europe than the region got …

Presidential Historian Slams Liz Cheney For Attacking GOP During Reagan Library Speech Harold Hutchison on July 1, 2022 A long-time Republican said that Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming is …

Army Scraps Plan To Boost Recruitment By Eliminating High School Grad Requirement Micaela Burrow on July 1, 2022 The Army scrapped an initiative allowing applicants to waive the high school …

Biden Admin Fails To Secure The Release Of American Hostages In Venezuela Micaela Burrow on July 1, 2022 Multiple Americans are being “wrongfully detained” in Venezuela, according to the State …

POLL: Majority Of Latinos Support Key Trump-Era Border Policy Jennie Taer on July 1, 2022 A majority of Latinos agree with Title 42, a Trump-era policy used to quickly expel …

Financial Markets Report Worst Opening In Fifty Years Max Keating on July 1, 2022 The worst financial opening to a calendar year in decades concluded Thursday. Everything from U.S. stocks to …

FBI Adds ‘Cryptoqueen’ Accused Of Defrauding Investors Out Of $4 Billion To Ten Most Wanted List Gabe Kaminsky on July 1, 2022 A German woman who allegedly defrauded investors out …

Former Obama Official Compares Current SCOTUS To Justices Who Decided Dred Scott Harold Hutchison on July 1, 2022 Neal Katyal, former acting Solicitor General, compared the Supreme Court’s latest term …

Man Allegedly Built Massive Drug Ring In Tennessee Prison With Cartel Supplied Fentanyl: REPORT Jennie Taer on July 1, 2022  A Tennessee inmate orchestrated an advanced drug smuggling network that …

By Trevor Hunnicutt, Nandita Bose and Andrea Shalal MADRID/WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Thursday proposed that U.S. senators remove a legislative roadblock to restoring abortion rights that were taken …

By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court’s most consequential term in decades, with blockbuster rulings on abortion, guns, religion and climate change policy, illustrated how …

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority has shown in its blockbuster abortion ruling and other high-profile decisions in recent days that it is fearless when …

KHIMKI, Russia -U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial in a court on the outskirts of Moscow on Friday to hear drug charges that could see her serve up …

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -The maker of a drug used in medication abortions has told a federal judge that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling eliminating the nationwide right to …

JOHANNESBURG – Former South Africa paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, last week met her father, a lawyer for the Steenkamp family said …

By Ted Hesson, Laura Gottesdiener and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON/MONTERREY – Months before dozens of migrants died inside a sweltering tractor-trailer this week that had slipped through a Border Patrol checkpoint …

By Meg Shen and James Pomfret HONG KONG -There is no reason to change Hong Kong’s “one country, two systems” formula of governance, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on a …