By Gessika Thomas and Brian Ellsworth PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – The leader of Haiti’s feared 400 Mawozo gang, which last year abducted a group of missionaries from the United States and Canada, has been extradited to the United States on Tuesday, the …
Abortion leak exposes U.S. Supreme Court in disarray
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The leak of a draft U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision shows a once-staid body creaking under pressure as its increasingly assertive conservative majority lo…
Canada leaders affirm right to choose after leak of draft U.S. ruling overturning abortion rights
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) -Canada’s Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister affirmed on Tuesday their support of women’s right to choose after a leaked draft ruling suggests the U.S. Supreme Court is prepared to strike down a landmark d…
U.S. CDC says travelers should still wear masks on airplanes
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday recommended travelers continue to wear masks in airplanes, trains and airports despite a judge’s April 18 order declaring the 14-month-old tr…
Wall Street sees greater risk of default by major banks
By Mehnaz Yasmin (Reuters) – The cost to insure bonds of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup against default hit two-year highs on Monday on growing fears the U.S. Federal Reserve’s aggressive moves to tame inflation might tip the economy into …
Pfizer keeps COVID sales forecast unchanged as pandemic curbs ease
By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman (Reuters) -Pfizer Inc maintained sales forecasts for its pandemic products on Tuesday after a series of hikes to revenue projections for its COVID-19 vaccine last year, in a sign that dizzying growth has slowed. Severa…
U.S. Senate to vote on abortion rights bill -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate will vote on legislation to codify abortion rights into law, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday, following a report suggesting the Supreme Court is poised to overturn its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wad…
As California burns, environmentalists find new tactic to halt development
By Daniel Trotta SANTEE, Calif. (Reuters) – The view from atop Fanita Ranch is nearly 360 degrees of rolling hills and chaparral-covered canyons, with only a few homes visible in the distant southwest. The idyllic setting, with a scent of sagebrush waf…
U.S. lawmakers in 16 states to introduce laws to protect transgender youth
By Maria Caspani (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers from 16 states on Tuesday pledged to introduce legislation providing legal refuge to transgender youth and their families displaced by restrictive laws in their states. These states will join legislativ…
Russia fires more rockets at steel plant, some evacuees reach safety
By Joseph Campbell and Alessandra Prentice ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia unleashed rockets on Tuesday on an encircled steel works in Mariupol, Ukraine’s last redoubt in the port city, after a ceasefire broke down with some civilians still tr…