By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Most of a Florida law that sought to stop social media companies from restricting users’ political speech violates the companies’ free speech rights and cannot be enforced, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday, agreein…
U.S. Southern Baptists release scathing report on sexual abuse
(In story dated May 22, corrects 2nd paragraph to say “information” instead of “secrets.” In 6th paragraph, updates to say statement was joint and adds name of official. Refers throughout to ‘Convention’ rather than ‘church’) By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reu…
U.S. households felt financially flush going into 2022, Fed says
By Lindsay Dunsmuir and Ann Saphir (Reuters) – U.S. households reported their highest level of financial well-being since tracking began almost a decade ago and the gains late last year were felt across all racial and ethnic groups, a Federal Reserve r…
U.S. Republicans join Democrats in backing NATO expansion despite rising nationalism
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic and Republican U.S. Senate leaders introduced a resolution on Monday backing Sweden and Finland’s bids to join NATO, underscoring support for expanding the alliance despite growing nationalism in t…
U.S. FDA sets June meeting dates for Moderna, Pfizer small children COVID-19 vaccines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration set June 14-15 as the new meeting date to review Moderna Inc’s emergency authorization request for its COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6 months to 5 years and Pfizer Inc’s vaccine for those…
WHO says no evidence monkeypox virus has mutated
(Reuters) -The World Health Organization does not have evidence that the monkeypox virus has mutated, a senior executive at the U.N. agency said on Monday, noting the infectious disease that is endemic in west and central Africa has tended not to chang…
World faces a turning point, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy warns leaders at Davos
By Natalia Zinets and Sabine Siebold DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told global business leaders meeting at Davos on Monday that the world faces a turning point and has to ratchet up sanctions against Russia as a …
White House weighs use of emergency diesel reserve to ease supply crunch
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jarrett Renshaw TOKYO (Reuters) -The White House is weighing an emergency declaration to release diesel from a rarely used stockpile in a bid to address a major supply crunch and blunt rising prices, an administration official s…
Ukraine urges more world pressure, says it repels Russian attack on eastern city
(Fixes spelling of Bondarev in second to last paragraph) By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets KYIV/MARIUPOL (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told global business leaders on Monday the world must increase sanctions against Russia to d…
Australian grandmother hopes queen has jubilee to remember
NULKABA, Australia (Reuters) – Jan Hugo never realised her childhood dream of becoming a princess so instead she became Australia’s queen of royal memorabilia with over 10,000 pieces, a collection she plans to grow as Queen Elizabeth marks her Platinum…