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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...)

Cyber extortion demands surge as victims keep paying: Symantec

By Alastair Sharp

TORONTO (Reuters) – Hackers are demanding increasingly hefty ransoms to free computers paralyzed with viruses, as cyber (More…)

Waymo testing self-driving car ride service in Arizona

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Waymo autonomous vehicle group will begin testing a self-driving car program for hundreds of (More…)

Exclusive: Vomitoxin makes nasty appearance for U.S. farm sector

By P.J. Huffstutter and Michael Hirtzer

CHICAGO (Reuters) – A fungus that causes “vomitoxin” has been found in some U.S. (More…)

Special Report: Thousands face lead hazards as Trump eyes budget cuts

By M.B. Pell, Joshua Schneyer and Andy Sullivan

BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) – Laicie Manzella lived in a rundown house (More…)

Cyber attack hits 1,200 InterContinental hotels in United States

By Alastair Sharp

TORONTO (Reuters) – Global hotel chain InterContinental Hotels Group Plc <IHG.L> said 1,200 of its franchised hotels (More…)

Colombia landslide kills at least 17 as rains lash Andes

BOGOTA (Reuters) – At least 17 people were killed and seven are missing after a landslide sent mud and rocks (More…)

Beijing cyber regulators to summon Apple over live streaming: Xinhua

BEIJING (Reuters) – Internet regulators in China’s capital plan to summon Apple Inc <APPL.O> to urge the American firm to (More…)

Insight: Ballooning bills – More U.S. hospitals pushing patients to pay before care

By Jilian Mincer

(Reuters) – Last year, the Henry County Health Center in Iowa started providing patients with a cost (More…)

Doctor tells U.S. court drug not suitable for Arkansas executions

By Steve Barnes

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – A surgeon told a federal court in Arkansas on Wednesday that a (More…)

German military can use ‘offensive measures’ against cyber attacks: minister

BERLIN (Reuters) – The German military has the authority to respond with “offensive measures” if its computer networks are attacked, (More…)