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By Michael Holden LONDON – Buckingham Palace says lessons have been learned following a review into bullying allegations made by royal staff against Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, although it …

By Roselle Chen NEW YORK – More than a dozen goats journeyed to Riverside Park in New York City on Wednesday to feast on weeds, a chemical-free way to remove …

By Rich McKay (Reuters) – At the height of World War Two, 18-year-old Hershel “Woody” Williams tried to join the U.S. Marine Corps, but a recruiter told the 5-foot-6 dairy …

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON – A congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol announced on Wednesday that it has subpoenaed former President Donald Trump’s White …

WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol said on Wednesday it had subpoenaed Pat Cipollone, who was White House counsel …

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY -Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives who is banned from communion in her home city of San Francisco because she supports …

By Tangi Salaün, Clotaire Achi and Ingrid Melander PARIS -A French court on Wednesday handed a life sentence to the lone survivor of the Islamist squad that killed 130 people …

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI -Indirect talks between Tehran and Washington aimed at breaking an impasse over how to salvage Iran’s 2015 nuclear pact have ended in Qatar without the progress …

By Nichola Groom (Reuters) -The Biden administration’s first sale of oil and gas drilling rights on federal land garnered thin industry interest on Wednesday while environmental groups filed two separate …

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK -Donald Trump was formally released on Wednesday from an order finding him in contempt of court for having failed to comply with a subpoena from …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK -R. Kelly was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 years in prison, following the multiplatinum R&B singer’s conviction for exploiting his stardom and wealth over decades …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON – U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm violated a law that limits the political participation and speech of federal employees during an interview in late 2021, a …

WASHINGTON – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on July 4 will participate in a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) naturalization ceremony for 52 people from 42 countries, including members …

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK -New York state and New York City sued 10 distributors of gun components to stop the sale of illegal, largely untraceable “ghost guns” that they …

(Reuters) – A former U.S. soldier captured in eastern Ukraine said he did not fire a single shot while fighting for the Ukrainian side, in a plea for leniency from …

By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON -Ketanji Brown Jackson, picked by President Joe Biden to become the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, is set to be …

NEW YORK – Multi-platinum R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday after being convicted of sex trafficking last year for exploiting his stardom and …

LONDON -The World Health Organization says “sustained transmission” of monkeypox worldwide could see the virus begin to move into high-risk groups, such as pregnant women, immunocompromised people and children. WHO …

PARIS – A criminal court on Wednesday imposed a lifetime prison sentence without any possibility of parole on Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the group that killed 130 …

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO -Doctors and bankers were among hundreds of Sri Lankans who marched on Wednesday to demand the government resolve a severe fuel shortage at the heart of …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK -Lev Parnas, a onetime associate of Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Wednesday for violating U.S. …

By Aislinn Laing, Andrea Shalal and Robin Emmott MADRID -U.S. President Joe Biden pledged more American troops, warplanes and warships for Europe on Wednesday as NATO agreed the biggest strengthening …

By Sabine Siebold MADRID – NATO agreed on Wednesday to put over 300,000 troops at high readiness from 2023, up from 40,000 previously, a new military line-up designed to better …

By Humeyra Pamuk and Andrea Shalal MADRID -The Biden administration threw its support on Wednesday behind the potential sale of U.S. F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, a day after Ankara …

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – The grandmother of the Uvalde school shooter was released from a hospital on Tuesday, just over a month after her grandson shot her and later …