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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...)

Wind, flooded roads herald approach of Hurricane Florence in North Carolina

By Ernest Scheyder and Anna Mehler Paperny

WILMINGTON/WASHINGTON, N.C. (Reuters) – The outer reaches of Hurricane Florence began lashing coastal (More…)

Yemen war a ‘living hell’ for children: UNICEF

SANAA (Reuters) – In the malnutrition ward of a hospital in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, doctors weigh toddlers with protruding (More…)

U.S. reaches agreement over separated immigrant families

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has reached a settlement stemming from the separation of immigrant children from their parents (More…)

Looming Hurricane Florence heaps despair on rural U.S. towns ravaged by 2016 storm

By Patrick Rucker

FAIR BLUFF, N.C. (Reuters) – When Hurricane Matthew submerged the small town of Fair Bluff, North Carolina, (More…)

Pope orders investigation of bishop as U.S. Church leaders meet on abuse crisis

By Philip Pullella

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has ordered an investigation of an American bishop accused of sexual (More…)

Russia’s Putin inspects war games and vows to beef up army

MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Thursday promised to strengthen the army and supply it with new generation weapons, (More…)

North Carolina feels first bite of mammoth Hurricane Florence

By Ernest Scheyder

WILMINGTON, N.C. (Reuters) – Coastal North Carolina felt the first bite of Hurricane Florence on Thursday as (More…)

Catholic Church admits ‘shameful’ legacy of abuse after study leaked

By Riham Alkousaa

BERLIN (Reuters) – The Catholic Church in Germany acknowledged a “depressing and shameful” legacy of sexual abuse (More…)

Carolina coast battening down, boarding up as hurricane nears

By Ernest Scheyder

WILMINGTON, N.C. (Reuters) – Beach communities in North and South Carolina emptied out on Wednesday as Hurricane (More…)

In quake-prone Japan, attention shifts to flood risks as heavy rains increase

By Kiyoshi Takenaka

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese have long been conditioned to prepare for earthquakes, but recent powerful typhoons and (More…)