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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Young

Trump asks U.S. Congress to prohibit late-term abortion

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump called for curbs on late-term abortion in his State of the Union address (More...)

North Carolina devastated as floodwaters rise from deadly storm Florence, 17 killed

By Ernest Scheyder and Anna Mehler Paperny

WILMINGTON/WILSON, N.C. (Reuters) – Deadly storm Florence drenched North Carolina with more downpours (More…)

Mother and child plus two others killed as Florence swamps Carolinas

 

By Ernest Scheyder

WILMINGTON, N.C. (Reuters) – Hurricane Florence crashed into the Carolinas on Friday, knocking down trees, swamping (More…)

North Carolina feels first bite of mammoth Hurricane Florence

By Ernest Scheyder

WILMINGTON, N.C. (Reuters) – Coastal North Carolina felt the first bite of Hurricane Florence on Thursday as (More…)

‘Monster’ Hurricane Florence to pummel U.S. Southeast for days

By Ernest Scheyder

WILMINGTON, N.C. (Reuters) – Hurricane Florence, on track to become the first Category 4 storm to make (More…)

U.S. farmers scramble to harvest crops as hurricane looms

By Tom Polansek and P.J. Huffstutter

(Reuters) – As powerful Hurricane Florence crept closer to the southeastern United States on (More…)

U.S. southeast braces for ‘days and days’ of floods from Florence

By Anna Driver

HOLDEN BEACH, N.C. (Reuters) – The powerful Hurricane Florence threatened to bring “days and days” of rain (More…)

Hurricane Florence set for ‘direct hit’ on U.S. east coast

By Anna Driver

HOLDEN BEACH, N.C. (Reuters) – More than 1 million people were ordered to evacuate their homes along (More…)

Hurricane Florence nears Carolinas, forcing 1.5 million in westward exodus

By Anna Driver

HOLDEN BEACH, N.C. (Reuters) – More than 1.5 million people were ordered to evacuate their homes along (More…)

Evacuations in North Carolina as hurricane Florence roars closer

By Rich McKay and Letitia Stein

(Reuters) – North Carolina officials on Monday ordered residents to evacuate the state’s Outer (More…)

Ebola fight has new science but faces old hurdles in restive Congo

By Fiston Mahamba

BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – When Esperance Nzavaki heard she was cured of Ebola after (More…)