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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...)

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Evacuation order lifted as wildfire threatens California homes

Evacuation order lifted as wildfire threatens California homes

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An evacuation order was lifted on Monday at the edge of a national forest in Southern (More…)

Hundreds of counties at risk for no Obamacare insurer in 2018

FILE PHOTO: Healthcare activists protest against the Republican healthcare bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

By Caroline Humer

NEW YORK (Reuters) – With Republican efforts to dismantle Obamacare in disarray, hundreds of U.S. counties are (More…)

Flooding threatens U.S. Mid-Atlantic, central Appalachians

(Reuters) – Heavy rains will drench the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and central Appalachians on Saturday after flooding overnight closed roadways and (More…)

Chicago sugary drink tax to take effect next week after ruling

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By Julia Jacobs

CHICAGO (Reuters) – A sweetened beverage tax will take effect in Chicago on Wednesday after an Illinois (More…)

Republican effort to gut Obamacare crashes in U.S. Senate

The United States Capitol is seen prior to an all night round of health care votes on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

By Yasmeen Abutaleb, Amanda Becker and David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate led by Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans (More…)

Flush times for hackers in booming cyber security job market

A recruiter advertises a QR code to attract hackers to apply for jobs at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. July27, 2017. REUTERS/Joseph Menn

By Joseph Menn and Jim Finkle

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – The surge in far-flung and destructive cyber attacks is not (More…)

Floods kill 120 in India’s Gujarat, with industry, cotton hit

People use boats as they try to move to safer places along a flooded street in West Midnapore district, in West Bengal. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

By Amit Dave

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – Widespread flooding in India’s western industrial state of Gujarat has killed more than (More…)

Senate poised for healthcare showdown

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, accompanied by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), speaks with reporters following the successful vote to open debate on a health care bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

By Amanda Becker and Yasmeen Abutaleb

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans begin their final push on Thursday to unravel (More…)

First editing of human embryos carried out in United States

(Reuters) – Technology that allows alteration of genes in a human embryo has been used for the first time in (More…)

Italy’s UniCredit reveals data attack involving 400,000 clients

Unicredit bank logo is seen in the old city centre of Siena, Italy June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

By Paola Arosio and Gianluca Semeraro

MILAN (Reuters) – Suspected hackers have accessed client data of Italy’s biggest lender, UniCredit (More…)