By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Friday that he has not yet made a decision on whether to cut some U.S. tariffs on imports from China, saying his administration was reviewing them “one at a time.” Bide…
Highland Park parade shooting left 8-year-old boy with severed spinal cord
By Christopher Walljasper and Steve Gorman CHICAGO (Reuters) – An 8-year-old boy suffered a severed spinal cord from a gunshot wound to his chest in the July Fourth attack on a Chicago-area parade that left seven dead, a family spokesman said on Thursd…
Police called to Highland Park shooting suspect’s family home many times over years
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Authorities were called to the home of the Highland Park shooting suspect’s parents numerous times between 2010 and 2014, according to police records released on Friday as funerals took place for three of those killed at a…
Uvalde mayor denies that police missed chance to shoot gunman before massacre
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin on Friday disputed a recent report about the May 24 school shooting that said a Uvalde police officer awaiting a supervisor’s permission to fire his rifle missed a chance to take out the shooter…
Before fatal shooting, Japan’s Abe was up close with the crowd
By Satoshi Sugiyama NARA, Japan (Reuters) -Moments before he was fatally shot from behind on Friday, Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was doing what he’d done for decades: getting up close to the crowds and stumping for a local candidate. As i…
Four U.S. border agency employees could face discipline over treatment of Haitian migrants
By Mica Rosenberg and Ted Hesson NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Four employees from U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have been referred for disciplinary review over their treatment of Haitian migrants who they sought to push back across the Rio …
U.S. to send $400 million in weapons to Ukraine, including more HIMARS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden signed a new weapons package worth up to $400 million for Ukraine on Friday, including four additional high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) and more ammunition. The new U.S. aid is meant to bol…
More Russian men look to avoid military service, some lawyers and rights groups say
LONDON (Reuters) – Danila Davydov said he left Russia within weeks of the Kremlin sending troops into Ukraine because he feared having to fight in a war he doesn’t support. The 22-year-old digital artist who had been living in St Petersburg said that a…
U.S. Supreme Court ‘out of control’ on abortion ruling, Biden says
By Jeff Mason and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was an exercise in “raw political power” and signed an executive order on Friday to help protect access t…
Former UK finance minister Sunak bids to replace PM Johnson
By William James and Farouq Suleiman LONDON (Reuters) -British former finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday he was running to replace Boris Johnson, three days after helping to launch the cascade of resignations that brought the prime minister do…