11+ hour, 43+ min ago   (262+ words) NEW YORK, Sept 13 (Reuters) – The death toll in Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak rose this weekend with a county coroner’s report of a woman’s death ​from complications related to the disease. The coroner’s office ‌of western Pennsylvania’s Jefferson County reported that a…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (519+ words) LOS ANGELES, Sept 10 (Reuters) – “Hacks” star Jean Smart could become the first performer to win the Emmy for best comedy actress in every season of a TV show’s run while Harrison Ford could claim his first Emmy at age 84 for…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (625+ words) Sept 9 (Reuters) – U.S. states filed two lawsuits on Wednesday accusing President Donald Trump’s administration of illegally weakening the federal Endangered Species Act, a landmark law that has shielded the bald eagle and other wildlife from dangers posed by development. The…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (355+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration has removed language that criticized a memorial to the Confederacy that previously stood at Arlington National Cemetery, according to archived versions ​of its web page. Among the removals was a line that ‌said…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (447+ words) Sept 7 – Investigators with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday they had recovered the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that overran the runway and crashed while landing in Miami…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (445+ words) Sept 5 (Reuters) – Missouri asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to use a Republican-drawn congressional map in November’s midterm elections aimed at helping the party preserve its narrow U.S. House majority. In an emergency ​request, Missouri…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (378+ words) Sept 4 (Reuters) – The trial of a Massachusetts woman who strangled her three children but argues she is not guilty by reason of insanity ended on Friday with a deadlocked jury. ​But defendant Lindsay Clancy is still charged with murder and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (367+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signed a funding bill on Wednesday to avert a government shutdown before the midterm elections after the legislation was passed by the House ​of Representatives a day earlier and the Senate in August....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (361+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) – A judge in Washington on Wednesday blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from sending landmark California vehicle emissions rules for a potential repeal to the Republican-controlled Congress. If the Trump administration is successful, it would bar ⁠California…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (379+ words) SAO PAULO, Sept 1 (Reuters) – An agreement aimed at phasing out the use of native forest wood for energy generation in Brazil’s corn ethanol plants has been put on hold, a ​reforestation industry association told Reuters, creating uncertainty for investments in…...