(Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday blocked a 2021 Arizona law recognizing the personhood of a fetus from the moment of fertilization, siding with abortion providers who said the measure was too vague and exposed them to prosecution. The Center for R…
Japanese horseradish farmers fear for future amid climate change
By Irene Wang TOKYO (Reuters) – Masahiro Hoshina, a Japanese farmer, starts worrying about typhoon season months before it begins, haunted by memories of the heavy rains and landslides that washed away wasabi farms during one 2019 storm. “Recently the …
Biden unveils Webb space telescope’s first full-color image of distant galaxies
By Jeff Mason and Steve Gorman WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden, pausing from political pressures to bask in the glow of the cosmos, on Monday released the debut photo from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope – an image of a galaxy cluster …
Twitter hires U.S. law firm Wachtell to sue Musk after pulling out of $44 billion deal – sources
(Reuters) -Twitter Inc has hired U.S. law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP as it prepares to sue Elon Musk and force him to complete the $44 billion acquisition of the social media company, according to people familiar with the matter. Musk, the…
Musk makes meme on Twitter legal threat after scrapping $44 billion deal
(Reuters) – Elon Musk on Monday mocked Twitter Inc’s threat to sue him following his move to abandon the $44 billion takeover deal, tweeting the social media firm would need to disclose more information on bots and spam accounts. Twitter shares fell ab…
Firefighters start to contain blaze in California’s Yosemite
(Reuters) – About four days after a wildfire started in Yosemite National Park, firefighters in California have begun to contain the blaze, which has threatened some of the oldest giant sequoia trees in the world, officials said on Monday. None of the …
Biden pushes to ban assault weapons, gets heckled at gun violence event
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A man whose son was killed in the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, interrupted President Joe Biden’s remarks at the White House on Monday during an event to herald the passage of the first major federal gun…
Sri Lanka to get new president next week amid political and economic meltdown
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s parliament will elect a new president on July 20, its speaker said on Monday, after protesters stormed the residences of the current president and prime minister, who have both off…
Non-white ICU patients get less oxygen treatment than needed -study
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – A flaw in a widely used medical device that measures oxygen levels causes critically ill Asians, Blacks and Hispanics to receive less supplemental oxygen to help them breathe than white patients, according to data from a larg…
U.S. to renew but not expand humanitarian protection for Venezuelans in the country
By Ted Hesson and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will renew but not expand Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans in the country, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Monday, a move that leaves tens …