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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...)

Two die as winter storm wallops northeastern United States

By Scott Malone and Jonathan Allen

BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The fiercest snowstorm of the winter slammed the northeastern United (More…)

Venezuelan girl’s diphtheria death highlights country’s health crisis

By Alexandra Ulmer and Maria Ramirez

PARIAGUAN, Venezuela (Reuters) – Eliannys Vivas, 9, started to get a sore throat on (More…)

A foot of snow, icy cold forecast for northeastern U.S.

By Scott Malone and Joseph Ax

BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The heaviest storm the northeastern United States has seen this (More…)

Facebook creates ‘Community Help’ feature for disaster assistance

By David Ingram

(Reuters) – Facebook plans to add a feature on Wednesday to make it easier for people affected (More…)

Yellow fever kills 600 monkeys in Brazil’s Atlantic rainforest

By Anthony Boadle

BRASILIA (Reuters) – An outbreak of yellow fever has claimed the lives of more than 600 monkeys (More…)

Thirty-one reported injured after tornadoes pummel Louisiana

By Bryn Stole

BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) – Some 31 people were reported injured after six tornadoes tore through New (More…)

Mother sues Pennsylvania school district over lead-tainted water

By Jonathan Allen

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A mother has sued a Pennsylvania school district for a delay in telling (More…)

NSA contractor indicted over mammoth theft of classified data

By Dustin Volz

(Reuters) – A former National Security Agency contractor was indicted on Wednesday by a federal grand jury (More…)

At least one dead in numerous car crashes in icy New England

By Scott Malone

BOSTON (Reuters) – An unexpected bout of icy weather on Wednesday morning caused scores of accidents around (More…)

Tornadoes tear path of destruction through Louisiana, at least 20 hurt

By Bryn Stole

BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) – Six tornadoes tore through New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana on (More…)