Police clash with Portland protesters and press; more than 20 arrested
By Deborah Bloom and Andrew Hay Police clashed with anti-racism protesters and pushed back members of the press in downtown Portland, Oregon into early Sunday...
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White House slams FBI chief Wray over voter fraud testimony
FBI Director Christopher Wray faced criticism from the White House for the second time in a week on Friday when President Donald Trump’s chief of...
Tears and push-ups for Ginsburg, first woman to lie in state at U.S. Capitol
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion of gender equality, made history again on Friday as the first woman and first Jewish person to...
Two police officers shot amid Louisville protests over Breonna Taylor ruling
Two police officers were shot and wounded late on Wednesday in Louisville, Kentucky, during protests of a grand jury ruling decried by civil rights activists...
Trump declines to commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses elections
U.S. President Donald Trump declined on Wednesday to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 election to Democratic rival Joe Biden...
Biden says black turnout key to winning White House, battling inequality
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday said black turnout was the linchpin to his hopes of winning the White House in November and reversing...
Police officer charged over fatal Breonna Taylor shooting
A Kentucky grand jury considering the March killing of Breonna Taylor, a black medical worker, in her home voted on Wednesday to indict one of...
Chilean scientists rediscover ‘ghost’ frog in far-flung desert hot spring
Chilean scientists have rediscovered a species of frog last seen more than 80 years ago, prompting new calls for the conservation of its habitat in the far-flung...
Chief Justice Roberts memorialises Ginsburg at US Supreme Court
The United States began three days of tributes to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Wednesday, as pallbearers carried her flag-draped coffin into the white marble...
As U.S. surpasses 200,000 COVID-19 deaths, Wisconsin sounds alarm over surges in cases
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers late on Tuesday declared a new public health emergency and extended a face mask mandate into November to fight a coronavirus flareup in...
Disney appeal to California: ‘It’s time’ to let Disneyland reopen
By Lisa Richwine Walt Disney Co urged California officials on Tuesday to let the company reopen the Disneyland theme park, which remains shuttered six months...
At UN, Trump demands action against China over virus, Xi urges cooperation
By Michelle Nichols and Steve Holland U.S. President Donald Trump used the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to attack China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic,...
Romney says Senate should vote on Trump Supreme Court pick
Republican Senator Mitt Romney said on Tuesday he would support holding a Senate confirmation vote for President Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, giving Trump a...
CDC takes down warning on airborne spread of Covid-19
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday it had posted guidance on possible transmission of the new coronavirus through airborne...
Trump says he will announce US Supreme Court nominee Friday or Saturday
President Donald Trump said on Monday he is looking at four or five jurists to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme...
Democratic Supreme Court ‘packing’ would prompt a gloves-off political fight
The vow by Republican President Donald Trump and the Republicans to quickly fill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat despite a looming election has revived...
Envelope with deadly poison ricin addressed to White House intercepted
By David Shepardson and David Ljunggren WASHINGTON/OTTAWA, Sept 19 (Reuters) – An envelope addressed to the White House and intercepted by U.S. authorities contained a...
Trailblazing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg dies; succession battle looms
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a stalwart liberal on the U.S. Supreme Court since 1993, died on Friday at age 87, giving President Donald Trump a...
Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source Democrat emails link
U.S. President Donald Trump offered to pardon Julian Assange if the WikiLeaks founder provided the source for the hacking of Democratic National Committee emails before...
Trump to block US downloads of TikTok, WeChat on Sunday
The U.S. Commerce Department said it will issue an order Friday that will bar people in the United States from downloading Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat...
