By Kevin Light SAANICH, British Columbia (Reuters) -Canadian police shot dead two men during a gunfight on Tuesday at a bank in British Columbia which left six officers injured, and nearby homes were evacuated after the discovery of a possible explosiv…
Fourth person dies following Amtrak train derailment in Missouri
By Rich McKay (Reuters) – A fourth person has died after an Amtrak train carrying about 275 passengers and a dozen crew hit a dump truck at a railroad crossing on Monday and derailed, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said on Tuesday. The fourth victim…
Former Trump aide Meadows wanted a pardon for actions on Jan. 6 – witness
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows wanted a pardon for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top aide to Meadows, testified on Tuesday to the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 …
Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for helping the sex offender and globetrotting financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. The British socialite, 60, was convicted in Decemb…
U.S. ‘actively’ seeking WNBA star Griner’s return from Russia, White House says
AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -The United States is actively trying to resolve WNBA star Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Tuesday, reiterating Washington’s call for Moscow to release…
Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years for ‘horrific’ sex trafficking
By Luc Cohen and Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for helping the sex offender and globetrotting financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls, in what a judge called a “horri…
Four takeaways from the sixth day of Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot hearings
(Corrects paragraph 15 to attribute testimony about Trump throwing a plate to Cassidy Hutchinson, not Kayleigh McEnaney) By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The sixth day of congressional hearings into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol …
Biden to host Mexico’s Obrador at White House on July 12
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will host Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the White House on July 12, the White House said on Tuesday. “The leaders will discuss their efforts to address global challenges, such as food s…
U.S. FDA will decide on redesigned COVID vaccines by early July
By Michael Erman (Reuters) -U.S. regulators plan to decide by early July whether to change the design of COVID-19 vaccines this fall in order to combat more recent variants of the coronavirus, with hopes of launching a booster campaign by October, a to…
Abortions can resume in Texas after judge blocks pre-Roe v. Wade ban
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Abortions can resume in Texas after a judge on Tuesday blocked officials from enforcing a nearly century-old ban the state’s Republican attorney general said was back in effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the con…