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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...)

Record snow and rain stretches across parched U.S. west

(Reuters) – Record snow and rain pummeled the western United States on Thursday, raising the threat of floods and freezing (More…)

Scientists link higher dementia risk to living near heavy traffic

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) – People who live near roads laden with heavy traffic face a higher risk of (More…)

Storms that pounded U.S. South seen easing leaving 5 dead

(Reuters) – A severe storm system that left five people dead in the U.S. South is expected to weaken significantly (More…)

Exclusive: CDC considers lowering threshold level for lead exposure

By Joshua Schneyer and M.B. Pell

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering (More…)

Winter storm socks U.S. New England region

By Brendan O’Brien

(Reuters) – A winter storm socked the U.S. New England region with heavy snow and high winds (More…)

Winter storm with heavy snows, fierce winds targets New England

By Brendan O’Brien

(Reuters) – A winter storm is expected to dump heavy snows and produce fierce winds in New (More…)

Strong earthquake hits Japan, no tsunami warning

TOKYO (Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 hit eastern Japan on Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, (More…)

Blizzard baring down on North, South Dakota

(Reuters) – North and South Dakota entered a second day of blizzard conditions on Monday as a strong winter storm (More…)

Treacherous Travel, Snow, Ice, Thunderstorms, Tornado chances

By Brendan O’Brien

MILWAUKEE, Dec 23 (Reuters) – Heavy snow, freezing rain and wind gusts will make holiday travel treacherous (More…)

Artificial leaf copies nature to manufacture medicine

By Ben Hirschler

(Reuters) – Dutch scientists have developed an artificial leaf that can act as a mini-factory for producing (More…)