WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court looks set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a leaked initial draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. The unprecedented leak from th…
Judge rules that Tulsa massacre lawsuit seeking reparations can proceed
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – The three known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa massacre that saw a white mob murder scores of Blacks and raze much of their neighborhood can proceed with a lawsuit seeking reparations for the death and destruction, a judg…
Grand jury selected in Trump election probe in Georgia -prosecutor’s office
(Reuters) – A special grand jury was selected on Monday to consider evidence in a Georgia prosecutor’s inquiry into then-President Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to influence the U.S. state’s 2020 election results, a county prosecutor’s office said. Th…
Israel demands apology after Russia says Hitler had Jewish roots
By Crispian Balmer JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel lambasted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday for claiming that Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, saying it was an “unforgivable” falsehood that debased the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust. In a …
COVID threatens new U.S. Senate delays for Biden’s Fed, FTC nominees
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An effort by U.S. Senate Democrats to move forward on President Joe Biden’s nominees for the Federal Reserve and Federal Trade Commission appeared headed for a second week of delay on Monday, after another Democra…
Huge New Mexico wildfire forces hundreds of households to flee
By Andrew Hay LAS VEGAS, N.M. (Reuters) – Hundreds of households in the historic New Mexico city of Las Vegas were told to evacuate immediately on Monday as intense winds and bone-dry conditions fueled a huge wildfire burning on the outskirts of town. …
U.S. manufacturing activity slowest in more than 1-1/2 years as workers quit
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. factory activity grew at its slowest pace in more than 1-1/2 years in April amid a rise in workers quitting their jobs, and manufacturers are becoming more anxious about supply over the summer because of Ch…
Police arrest several in Canadian capital as bikers parade turns unruly
By Jenna Zucker and Blair Gable (Reuters) -Police in the Canadian capital, Ottawa, arrested several people on Friday, after a march by hundreds of bikers, pedestrians and cars waving Canadian flags through downtown Ottawa turned unruly, authorities sai…
Hispanics lose faith in Democrats over inflation as U.S. elections loom
(Fixes election year in paragraph 35) By Tim Reid and Brad Brooks PHOENIX/COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (Reuters) -Ricardo Aguirre sits near his two taco trucks and laments the soaring cost of tomatoes, onions, meat and cilantro, which have doubled in price in …
U.S. Treasury’s Adeyemo urges states, local governments to use COVID aid for housing
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo on Monday called on state, local and tribal governments to use more of their shares of a $350 billion COVID-19 relief fund to address a severe shortage of affordable ho…