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SHANGHAI – Chronic air pollution cuts average global life expectancy by more than two years per person, a study published on Tuesday showed, an impact comparable to that of smoking …

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON -U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order aimed at curbing discrimination against transgender youth and drying up federal funding for the controversial practice …

By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman (Reuters) -A panel of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday unanimously voted to recommend Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine for children …

NEW YORK -The man suspected in the fatal shooting of a subway rider in New York City last month has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder and second-degree …

WASHINGTON -A senior aide and a retired federal judge who advised former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence are set to testify on Thursday to the House of Representatives committee investigating …

By Pavel Polityuk and Abdelaziz Boumzar KYIV/NIU-YORK, Ukraine -Ukraine ignored a Russian ultimatum to surrender the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday as the United States announced more weapons for …

By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman (Reuters) -Advisers to the U.S Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday unanimously recommended the agency authorize COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna Inc and Pfizer Inc/BioNTech …

By Idrees Ali and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS -Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was at a “pivotal” moment and the United States and its allies could not lose focus on the three-month …

By Sarah N. Lynch and Costas Pitas (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Wednesday the Justice Department supports congressional legislation aimed at boosting protections for federal judges, …

(Reuters) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers on Wednesday recommended the authorization of Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6 months through 5 years, an important step toward …

WASHINGTON – The White House does not believe it currently needs an additional Ukraine aid package from Congress after just tapping a recently approved $40 billion measure. “I don’t think …

By Madeline Chambers and Christoph Steitz BERLIN -Russia’s Gazprom on Wednesday announced a further cut in the amount of gas it can pump through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to …

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON – Three Florida residents were charged on Wednesday in connection with the January 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, including one of whom prosecutors said …

By Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON -U.S. Senate negotiators, racing to settle details of bipartisan gun legislation, on Wednesday struggled to resolve serious disagreements over federal funding of state …

By Ruffin Prevost CODY, Wyo. -Emergency crews scrambled on Tuesday to reopen roads and restore utilities in rural communities of Montana and Wyoming cut off by historic floods in the …

By Conor Humphries MYKOLAIV, Ukraine – For the Ukrainian soldiers fighting to retake ground in the wheat fields and empty villages northwest of the city of Kherson, the liberation of …

By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON -Legislation to improve health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic military burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan advanced with bipartisan support in the U.S. …

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Arkansas on Wednesday urged a federal appeals court to revive the state’s first-of-its-kind law prohibiting doctors from providing puberty blockers, hormones and surgery as part …

By Liliana Salgado (Reuters) – Arizona fire captain Kevin Goodman says his company, Escape Armour, exists for one reason: to prevent the loss of even a single child in a …

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) exceeded its authority when it cut billions of dollars in annual Medicare reimbursements to a group of …

(Reuters) – Black, indigenous and other racialized communities have faced disproportionate use-of-force and strip searches by Toronto Police, Chief James Ramer said on Wednesday, as he apologized and promised to …

By Brendan O’Brien CHICAGO – Another sweltering hot day loomed on Wednesday for the middle third of the United States, where dangerously high temperatures were stuck well above normal while …

By Andrew Chung -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a bid by Republican state officials to take over the legal defense of a hardline immigration rule imposed under former …

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON – Russia said on Wednesday that the West had “shot itself in the head” by trying to limit energy imports from the oil and gas fields …