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FILE PHOTO: A prospective buyer examines an AR-15 at the "Ready Gunner" gun store In Provo, Utah, U.S. in Provo, Utah, U.S., June 21, 2016. REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo

House panel plans action on gun background check bill next week

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will take up legislation next week that (More...)

Inmates shiver in frigid cells at New York jail, lawmakers say

By Jonathan Allen

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Inmates at a federal jail in Brooklyn have suffered for days without heat (More…)

As death toll keeps rising, U.S. communities start rethinking Taser use

By Tim Reid, Peter Eisler and Grant Smith

(Reuters) – Warren Ragudo died after two Taser shocks by police intervening (More…)

Major European nations recognize Guaido as Venezuela president

By Jose Elas Rodriguez and Sudip Kar-Gupta

MADRID/PARIS (Reuters) – Ten European nations joined the United States in recognizing opposition (More…)

Senator Sanders to ask why drug, once free, now costs $375k

By Yasmeen Abutaleb

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders plans to send a letter to Catalyst Pharmaceuticals on Monday (More…)

‘El Chapo’ trial reveals drug lord’s love life, business dealings

By Brendan Pierson and Daina Beth Solomon

(Reuters) – On a typical day, Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman (More…)

U.S. appeals court hears challenge to FCC net neutrality repeal

By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal appeals court was hearing arguments on Friday over whether the Trump administration (More…)

Largest-ever U.S. border seizure of fentanyl made in Arizona: officials

By David Schwartz

PHOENIX (Reuters) – U.S. border agents have seized 254 pounds (115 kg) of fentanyl that was stashed (More…)

Icy blast begins to ease in U.S. Midwest, Northeast

By Michael Hirtzer and Gina Cherelus

CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Frigid weather that paralyzed a large swath of the United (More…)

NewsGuard’s ‘real news’ seal of approval helps spark change in fake news era

By Kenneth Li

NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than 500 news websites have made changes to their standards or disclosures (More…)

Trump says may declare an emergency for wall as little headway in talks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday he might declare a national emergency to obtain funding to build (More…)