(Reuters) – Former Minnesota state Senator Scott Jensen, who has vowed he will try to make most abortions illegal in the state, on Tuesday won the Republican nomination for Minnesota’s gubernatorial race, Edison Research projected. Jensen, a physician …
Ukraine suggests partisans behind blasts at Russian airbase in Crimea
(Reuters) – A senior Ukrainian official suggested a series of explosions at a Russian air base in Crimea could have been the work of partisan saboteurs, as Kyiv denied any responsibility for the incident deep inside Russian-occupied territory. The advi…
Suspect in killing of four Muslim men arrested in New Mexico
By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) -Police in New Mexico on Tuesday arrested a man they called their prime suspect in the fatal shootings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque since November, a series of ambush killings that have shaken the Islamic communi…
Former Twitter employee is convicted in Saudi spy case
By Jonathan Stempel SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Twitter Inc manager accused of spying for Saudi Arabia was convicted on Tuesday on six criminal counts, including acting as an agent for the country and trying to disguise a payment from a…
Biden signs bill to boost U.S. chips, compete with China
By David Shepardson and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a landmark bill to provide $52.7 billion in subsidies for U.S. semiconductor production and research and to boost efforts to make the United States more comp…
Democrats, Republicans sponsor bill to give thousands of Afghans path to citizenship
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in both houses of U.S. Congress to establish a path to American citizenship for thousands of Afghan evacuees admitted to the United States on temporary immigration status, the sponsors a…
U.S. House panel has right to see Trump tax records, court rules
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. House of Representatives committee has the right to see former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday, rejecting his claims that the request was invalid because it was…
U.S. allows alternate monkeypox vaccine injection method to increase supply
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Ankur Banerjee WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. health regulators have authorized injecting a monkeypox vaccine intradermally in adults, meaning between layers of the skin rather than below the skin, in an effort to stretch out low va…
One killed as blasts rock Russia base in Crimea, Kyiv not taking responsibility
By Kevin Liffey LONDON (Reuters) – One person was killed on Tuesday when a Russian air base near seaside resorts in the annexed Crimean peninsula was rocked by blasts that Moscow said were detonations of stored ammunition, not the result of any attack….
In hope or despair, Kenyans choose new president from familiar faces
By Duncan Miriri and Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyans voted in national elections on Tuesday, but turnout was unusually low amid voter apathy and frustration over surging food prices, corruption and fears of violence in some areas. Former polit…