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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate will vote on legislation to codify abortion rights into law, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday, following a report suggesting the Supreme Court …

By Maria Caspani (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers from 16 states on Tuesday pledged to introduce legislation providing legal refuge to transgender youth and their families displaced by restrictive laws in …

By Amanda Ferguson and Clodagh Kilcoyne BELFAST – Sinn Fein, the former political wing of the IRA, is on course to become the biggest party in Northern Ireland’s government after …

By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON -The U.S. State Department has determined that Russia has wrongfully detained American basketball player Brittney Griner, a department spokesperson said in a statement. Russia said it …

By Joseph Campbell and Alessandra Prentice ZAPORIZHZHIA/MARIUPOL, Ukraine -Dozens of evacuees who took refuge for weeks in the bunkers of a steel works in Russian-occupied Mariupol reached the safety of …

(Reuters) – Here’s what getting an abortion in America could look like if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The first …

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON – During his 16 years on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito has forged a reputation as a staunch conservative on a range of issues, …

By Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper LONDON -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Ukraine on Tuesday he believed it would defeat Russia and expose the “gigantic error” of the Kremlin’s …

By Gabriella Borter BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Inside Planned Parenthood’s Birmingham, Alabama, clinic, a quiet space with few windows and stock photos of the city lining the walls, a woman tapped …

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday said the Supreme Court will investigate the leak of a draft decision indicating that a majority of the nine …

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he had been told that a leaked decision indicating the U.S. Supreme Court may overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade …

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON – The United States will extend expiring work permits for a year and a half for tens of thousands of immigrants due to lengthy backlogs to …

IRPIN, Ukraine – Ukraine’s prosecutor general accused Russia on Tuesday of using rape as a tactic of war and described Russian President Vladimir Putin as “the main war criminal of …

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – Donald Trump’s family business and his 2017 U.S. presidential inaugural committee will pay $750,000 to settle a lawsuit by Washington, D.C.’s attorney general claiming …

By Steve Holland, Trevor Hunnicutt and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON – Two months after warning that Beijing appeared poised to help Russia in its fight against Ukraine, senior U.S. officials say …

WASHINGTON – Following the leak of a draft U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down Roe v. Wade abortion protections, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday called for an …

By Jonathan Landay and Pavel Polityuk KYIV/BUCHA, Ukraine – Olha Boholey still had at least an hour to wait more than two hours after she pulled into the line of …

By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON – Hundreds of abortion rights supporters gathered in anger at the U.S. Supreme Court after an unprecedented leak showed a majority of justices poised to overturn …

By Brenda Goh and Hallie Gu SHANGHAI/BEIJING -Some of Shanghai’s 25 million people managed to get out on Tuesday for short walks and shopping after enduring more than a month …

By Anne Kauranen and Johan Ahlander HELSINKI/STOCKHOLM – Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Finland and Sweden have been considering applying for membership of the NATO military alliance, which would mark …

(Reuters) -Russia’s foreign ministry accused Israel on Tuesday of supporting neo-Nazis in Ukraine, escalating a row that began when Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins. …

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON -Russian President Vladimir Putin put the West on notice on Tuesday that he could terminate exports and deals, the Kremlin’s toughest response yet to the sanctions …

LONDON – Britain will donate 13 armoured vehicles to help evacuate civilians from besieged areas in the east of Ukraine, the government said on Tuesday. “This latest donation of armoured …